A Bit of Wildness on the Edge of the City

El Dorado Nature Center

On the east side of Long Beach, along the San Gabriel River, is the 800-acre El Dorado East Regional Park, first established in 1955. The park has picnic areas, three fishing ponds, a golf course and other attractions. My favorite is the 105-acre El Dorado Nature Center.

A Great Place To Wander

With more than two miles of trails, lakes, varied vegetation, a cool interpretive center and turtles!

Turle at the El Dorado Nature Center — Turtle basking *at El Dorado Nature Center*

This is a great place to wander in a semi-wild but friendly natural environment. Enjoy the sites and smells, the wildflowers, and assorted small animals.

Nature Center lake with palms — The pond is a beautiful feature of the reserve.

Read the Nature Center Web Site in Khmer

Check out the El Dorado Nature Center web site. You can read it in English, Spanish, Tagalog or Khmer!

The interactive interpretive center is filled with tactile displays. Don’t miss the display about the most dangerous animal in the reserve. Can you guess what it is?

What’s the Most Dangerous Animal in the Reserve?

Answer:

Humans

There are approximately 1.5 billion animals, for every one human on the planet. Even though we are greatly outnumbered we are still the most dangerous.