The Effie Yeaw Nature Center, in Ancil Hoffman Park, is an award-winning environmental and cultural education center within the American River Parkway. The center offers a wide variety of hands-on educational activities and exhibits for all ages.<\/p>\n
Who Was Effie Yeaw?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A leading spirit in the movement for protecting Sacramento’s natural environment, Effie Yeaw’s vision stimulated powerful support for environmental causes such as adoption of a county tree control ordinance, formation of the Save the American River Association (SARA) and establishment of the American River Parkway.<\/p>\n During the 1950’s and 1960’s, she promoted appreciation for plant and animal life, protecting our streams and preserving heritage oaks and plant seedlings. She cultivated heightened awareness, especially among young people.<\/p>\n She was a teacher by trade and continued teaching about nature well into retirement; she influenced the lives of thousands of children whom she, and those she recruited, led into the fields, woods, and river paths in search of the living worlds within the natural environment.<\/p>\n When Mrs. Yeaw passed away on January 3, 1970, the organizations she had served so well proposed that the planned interpretive nature center in Ancil Hoffman Park (at the time, no funds were available) be named in her honor. The Effie Yeaw Interpretive Center, erected at the edge of the natural area formerly known as Deterding Woods, was opened and formally dedicated on June 19, 1976.<\/p>\n How to Get There:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From Auburn:<\/strong><\/span><\/span> The Effie Yeaw Nature Center, in Ancil Hoffman Park, is an award-winning environmental and cultural education center within the American River Parkway. The center offers a wide variety of hands-on educational activities and exhibits for all ages. Who Was Effie Yeaw? A leading spirit in the movement for protecting Sacramento’s natural environment, Effie Yeaw’s vision … Continue reading Effie Yeaw Nature Center<\/span>
\nTake I-80 west towards Sacramento
\nTake Madison Ave. east exit (left at end of exit ramp)
\nTurn right on Manzanita Ave.
\nManzanita Ave. turns into Fair Oaks Blvd; stay on Fair Oaks Blvd.
\nTurn left on Palm Drive (called Marconi Ave. to right)
\nTurn right on California Avenue
\nGo two Blocks and turn left on Tarshes Drive (entrance to Ancil Hoffman Park)
\nPast entrance kiosk, continue on Tarshes Drive to stop sign
\nTurn left at stop sign (San Lorenzo Way) and continue to the Nature Center<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFrom Davis or Downtown Sacramento:<\/strong><\/span>
\nTake I-80 east towards Sacramento
\nTake Highway 50 east
\nTake Watt Avenue north exit
\nTurn right on Fair Oaks Blvd.
\nTurn right on Van Alstine Ave. (called El Camino Ave. to the left)
\nTurn left on California Ave.
\nGo one block and turn right on Tarshes Drive (entrance to Ancil Hoffman Park)
\nPast entrance kiosk, continue on Tarshes Drive to stop sign
\nTurn left at stop sign (San Lorenzo Way) and continue to the Nature Center<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFrom Elk Grove:<\/strong><\/span>
\nTake I-80 east towards Sacramento
\nTake Highway 50 east
\nTake Watt Avenue north exit
\nTurn right on Fair Oaks Blvd.
\nTurn right on Van Alstine Ave. (called El Camino Ave. to the left)
\nTurn left on California Ave.
\nGo one block and turn right on Tarshes Drive (entrance to Ancil Hoffman Park)
\nPast entrance kiosk, continue on Tarshes Drive to stop sign
\nTurn left at stop sign (San Lorenzo Way) and continue to the Nature Center<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFrom Placerville:<\/strong>
\nTake Highway 50 west
\nTake Sunrise Ave. north exit
\nTurn left on Fair Oaks Blvd.
\nTurn left on California Ave.
\nGo about six blocks and turn left on Tarshes Drive (entrance to Ancil Hoffman Park)
\nPast entrance kiosk, continue on Tarshes Drive to stop sign
\nTurn left at stop sign (San Lorenzo Way) and continue to the Nature Center<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"