Environmental Education Center

I've been going to Lord Stirling Envi Ed Center occassionally for years and have enjoyed every event. The one I went to last night really impressed me, it was kayaking for beginners and although I was a little nervous because I haven't done it before, the instructors Monica and Chase were great! They took us through all the safety stuff, helped us into kayaks, and personally visited with each of us to ensure we got all the strokes and felt comfortable. In addition to it being a beautiful evening on the pond where you could relax and soak in the nature. What's great about the Center is the wide variety of classes, all excellent, for all different ages. Check out the schedule and enjoy!

Great education center surrounded by an excellent park. Perfect for photography and a leisurely stroll with the family.

This is a very well loved and used park. The trails go over low hills and around this pond. Everywhere around the pond you could see fishermen enjoying the day. Lots of wildlife can be seen darting about and making noise. I love the sound of frogs singing in the back trails. Picnic Ramada's are big and well spaced out. Water fountains are scattered around. I love the Ramada that tops the hill overlooking the park with free to use binoculars to use to look out over the valley. Only one thing disappointed. The labeled play area. We walked past it several times before we realized that that was it. I guess the knee high cement curvy walls in the Sand pit and positioned rocks were the toddler's play area and the twisty maze like trail through the brush with occasional groupings of rock to sit on were the big kids play area. For someone looking for a classic swing and slide playground I was disappointed. The play area needs better maintenance of the vegetation. If you have a great amount of imagination like my kids do they made t;he best of it and had great natural adventure in this play area. At least there was no trash or graffiti. It is a very clean park.nnThere are restrooms available in the Environmental center during business hours and another restroom can be located directly across the lake from the play areas which is a bin inconvenient. We had a hard time finding it our first visit. While we where there I saw several different groups of people carrying props for photo shoots. It is a very beautiful desert park. My kids can't wait to go run the trails again.

awesome place. great to take your kids to. staff are really friendly and love to teach kids about stuff.

Best time to see wildlife activity is early morning. Great walking paths. Wish the plants were identified.