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Wetlands are a rich home for aquatic life and birdlife.

Soon turn left onto Bayview Way, and find the trail again. A short spur on the right leads to streetside parking. The trail briefly splits with a paved bike path on the left and a dirt equestrian route on the right, which then rejoin before a long bridge and boardwalk. Cross the Santa Ana Delhi Channel, and reach the parking area where you began.

trip 2.3 San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

Distance 2–4 miles (loop)

Hiking Time 1–2 hours

Elevation Gain Negligible

Difficulty Easy

Trail Use Good for kids

Best Times All year, open dawn–dusk

Agency IRWD

DIRECTIONS Exit the 405 Freeway at Jamboree Road. Go south for 1 mile and turn left on Campus Drive. In 1 mile, make a U-turn at University Drive and an immediate right onto Riparian View, and follow it to the parking area for the wildlife sanctuary. Note that construction projects may change the preferred access at some point in the future.

As one of the richest wetland areas along the Southern California coast, the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary offers an uncommon opportunity to come into contact with a natural ecosystem in the midst of Orange County’s high-rise urban core. Amid willows, bulrushes, and mulefat, you can spy on ducks, geese, and shorebirds, listen to songbird serenades, and perhaps even observe a bobcat and her kitten. You can thrill to the graceful antics of herons and egrets and the soaring flights of hawks and falcons.