Connect to the Outdoors
Connect to the OutdoorsAcross Santa Barbara County, many organizations support leading an active outdoor lifestyle. Please contact each organization for up-to-date information on the program and event schedules. Many events are offered at no cost; however, some have event fees.
If you would like to volunteer for the Healthy People Healthy Trails program, please contact us to learn more.
Free to participate; membership not required
- Trails Council Hiking Program
- Sierra Club Hiking Program
- Audubon Society Birdwatching
- Land Trust Treks Hiking Program
Free and docent-led
- Neal Taylor Nature Center | Lake Cachuma | County Parks
Fee or donation—Docent-led or self-guided
- Arroyo Hondo Preserve | Land Trust of Santa Barbara
- Sedgwick Reserve | UCSB
- Lotus Land
- Botanic Gardens
- Natural History Museum
- Guadalupe Dunes Center
Children-focused outdoor programs
Health awareness charity walks
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Cancer Society
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Heart Association
- Arthritis Foundation
- Avon
- JDRF
- March of Dimes
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Barbara Ireland Wall/Run for Breast Cancer
Volunteers Needed
We are currently looking for volunteers with the following interests:
- Surveying Trail Conditions
- Writing for Trail Guide
- Cartography
- Photography
- Updating Web Site
- Grant Writing
- News Editor, Writer or Reporter
- Publicity, Public Relations
- General Program Support
Please contact us: moreinfo@healthypeoplehealthytrails.org