In-Person Field Trip
Program Type: Hybrid Learning program includes a virtual pre-visit and a guided field trip.
Grade Level: 2nd-12th grade
Capacity: 60 students
Chaperone Ratio: 1 adult per 10 students
Length: Virtual Pre-visit: 45 minutes, Field trip: 120 minutes + Lunch and Commute time
Los Encinos State Historic Park offers students an opportunity to explore the often-overlooked histories that shaped California before and between colonization and statehood. The park’s historic buildings and landscape tell the stories of the many people who have called the San Fernando Valley home. The site highlights Native communities that maintain enduring connections to this land, the Spanish and Mexican periods, and the Rancho era that bridged California’s transition to the United States. Through hands-on activities and interpretive stations, students explore the remains of a once 4,500-acre rancho, including the eight rooms of the 1849 De la Osa Adobe, the 1872 Garnier Building, the natural spring and duck pond, and the park’s native plants, trees, and wildlife.