{{short description|Park management agency in Orange County, California}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = OC Parks | type = department | seal = | seal_width = 150px | logo = Ocparks.png | formed = {{Start date and age|1922}}<ref name="linked" /> | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | jurisdiction = Orange County | headquarters = 13042 Old Myford Rd<br>Irvine, California 92602 | coordinates = {{coord| 33.4348|-117.4705|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} | employees = 200 (2020)<ref name="linked">{{cite web |title=OC PARKS |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/oc-parks |website=LinkedIn |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> | budget = {{US$|90,018,793}} (2015-16)<ref name="budget">{{cite web |title=405 - OC PARKS CSA26 |url=http://bos.ocgov.com/finance/2018WB/agency/405.pdf |website=OC Gov |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> | chief1_name = Stacy Blackwood | chief1_position = Director | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = | child1_agency = | website = {{URL|ocparks.com}} | footnotes = | map = | map_width = | map_caption = }}
'''Orange County Parks''', more commonly abbreviated to '''OC Parks''', is a government agency that maintains and oversees the public parks of Orange County, California. OC Parks is responsible for {{convert|60000|acre|ha}} of inland and coastal open space that collectively receives millions of visitors every year.<ref name="oca">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.ocparks.com/about |website=OC Parks |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>
==Operations== ===Wilderness parks=== OC Parks manages several wilderness parks:<ref name="list">{{cite web |title=Parks & Trails |url=https://www.ocparks.com/parks/ |website=OC Parks |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=35em| * Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Aliso Viejo * Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano * Featherly Regional Park, Santa Ana * Irvine Lake * Irvine Ranch Open Space {{small|(a category of parks)}} * Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach * Limestone Canyon Regional Park * O'Neill Regional Park * Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza * Peters Canyon Regional Park, Orange * Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange * Talbert Regional Park, Costa Mesa * Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park * Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach }}
===Urban parks=== OC Parks is in charge of many manmade or partially manmade parks in urban settings:<ref name="list" />
{{columns-list|colwidth=35em| * Carbon Canyon Regional Park, Brea * Ralph B. Clark Regional Park, Buena Park * Ted Craig Regional Park, Fullerton * Irvine Regional Park, Orange * Laguna Niguel Regional Park * William R. Mason Regional Park, Irvine * Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley * Tri-City Regional Park, Placentia * Harriett M. Wieder Regional Park, Huntington Beach * Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim }}
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==External links== * [http://ocparks.com OC Parks website]
Category:Parks in Orange County, California Category:County government agencies in California Category:County parks departments in the United States Category:Organizations based in Orange County, California