Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (Southern California)
- Overview
- Restoration & Land Stewardship
- Trails & Hiking
- Palos Verdes Nature Preserve
- Abalone Cove Reserve
- Agua Amarga Reserve
- Alta Vicente Reserve
- Forrestal Nature Reserve
- Portuguese Bend Reserve
- San Ramon Reserve
- Three Sisters Reserve
- Upper Filiorum Reserve
- Vicente Bluffs Reserve
- Vista Del Norte Reserve
- White Point Preserve & Education Center
- Linden H. Chandler Preserve
- George F Canyon Preserve & Nature Center
- Defense Fuel Support Point & Nursery
Unique geological features, coastal bluff habitat, and beautiful sunset views
The Reserve stretches around the bluffs of Lower Point Vicente (6 acres), the Fishing Access property (9 acres), and the habitat areas within the Oceanfront Estates project (69 acres). The area contains rare coastal bluff scrub habitat and unique geological formations including dramatic hexagonal shaped columns of rock formed from black basalt. Trail reconstruction and native plant restoration activities are supported by a California Coastal Conservancy grant with the goal to reduce sedimentation along the state coastline. Monitoring of the Reserve resulted in the discovery of exciting and unexpected colonies of the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly.
Location:
The trailheads for Vicente Bluffs Reserve are located off Palos Verdes Drive South, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.
Parking:
Parking areas are available at several points along Palos Verdes Dr. South. See the Vicente Bluffs trail map below for information.
Vicente Bluffs Reserve Trails Map [PDF: 258KB]
Fishing Access Restoration Plan [PDF: 280KB]
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Map (Natural Open Space Preserves on the Palos Verdes Peninsula) [PDF:4.5MB]
