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Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center is located at 2301
University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, at the corner of
University and Irvine Ave. The Center is currently open to the
public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tuesday through Sunday. Call
(714) 973 6820 for information. Please note that the building is not
visible from the street.
The Back Bay Science Center
(BBSC) is located at Shellmaker Island, 600 Shellmaker Road, Newport
Beach, CA 92660. School tours, patch programs, shark camps, canoe
tours, campfires and walking tours take place at Shellmaker Island.
The island is only open to the public when programs and tours are
scheduled.
Friends tours meet at the
Lookout on the corner of Back Bay Drive and East Bluff at the north
end of Back Bay Drive.
For motor vehicles, Back
Bay Drive is a one-way street from the Shellmaker end. |
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Kayak tours leave from
the Newport Dunes Resort located on Back Bay Drive at PCH, and the
Newport Aquatic Center at North Star Beach on the other side of the
Back Bay.
Follow the directions for
Shellmaker Island to get to Newport Dunes. The entrance is on the
left immediately after you turn onto Back Bay Drive.
To get to the Newport
Aquatic Center/North Star Beach from PCH, take Dover Dr. from PCH
and head up the hill to Westcliff Drive. Turn right on Westcliff,
right at the next two stop signs and follow the road down the hill.
Turn right on Whitecliffs Drive (the third road on the right).
The Aquatic Center will be on your left.
From the 55 Freeway take
17th Street past Irvine Ave. to Dover. Turn left on Dover and then
immediately right on Westcliff Drive. Follow above directions from
there.
From the Interpretive
Center take Irvine Ave. to Dover and turn left at Dover. Turn left
on Westcliff Drive. Follow above directions from there.
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