Cabrillo National Monument Foundation

Spend the day at Cabrillo National Monument! 🗺🥾🪸 There are endless ways to enjoy the park, but if we had to plan the perfect day at Cabrillo, it would look a little something like this. Plan your visit at cnmf.org/visit-the-park 📍

Discover the native bees of Cabrillo during this Member Exclusive Walk & Talk led by Park Science Technician and local bee expert Patricia Simpson. 🐝🌾 There are approximately 3,600 species of native bees in North America, and more than 700 of them are found in San Diego County. With its dense coastal sage scrub and diverse native blooms, Cabrillo provides ideal habitat for many of these important pollinators, and an incredible place to learn about them. Guests will explore the world of Cabrillo’s native bees up close through Patricia’s skilled netting demonstrations and gain a deeper understanding of the native habitats these species rely on for food and shelter. 📍Cabrillo National Monument 📅 Thursday, May 14 🕙 10:30 - 11:30 AM RSVP at the link in our bio or with the QR code!

Tucked between the Old Point Loma Lighthouse and the Assistant Keeper’s Quarters lies one of Cabrillo National Monument’s most charming features: the Kitchen Garden! Once a crucial source of food for the lighthouse keeper and his family, the garden offers a window into the everyday resourcefulness required to live on the tip of Point Loma in the late 1800s. Today, planted with leafy greens, flowering herbs, and seasonal fruits, the kitchen garden is an ever-changing exhibit that brings the past to life at Cabrillo National Monument. Read our newest blog to dig into the history and present-day care of Cabrillo’s Kitchen Garden. Linked in our bio or at cnmf.org/news/kitchengarden 👩‍🌾🥕🥔🍠

There's still time to take one of these critters home... Obviously we mean the plush versions on the last slide ... but we promise they are almost as cute as the real thing! 🐙🐦🐝 This spring, adopt an octopus, hummingbird, or bee and receive a plush, exclusive updates about your species at Cabrillo, and an invitation to Bagels on the Bay on June 12. Attendees will learn about these Critters from a panel of park experts and enjoy a light breakfast in the early hours before the park opens to the public. Adopt your Cabrillo Critter with a $250 donation at CNMF.org/adopt-a-cabrillo-critter or at the link in our bio! *CNMF does not promote, endorse, encourage, or otherwise advise any visitor remove ANYTHING, living or dead, from the park. Photo credit: iNaturalist / alienora, iNaturalist / braxtonl, Patricia Simpson

Our Executive Director, Emily Moore, represented CNMF this week in Washington D.C. at the @nationalparkfoundation Hill Day 2026! 🏛️📣🌾 #HillDay is when park partners from across the country meet with Members of Congress to advocate for continued bipartisan support for our national parks. It’s a chance to share the impact national parks have on our cities and gateway communities, the importance of federal funding, and why strong public-private partnerships are so vital for our parks. We are honored to be part of this work and proud to represent San Diego’s national park on Capitol Hill! #AllForParks Photo 1: Emily Moore, Executive Director, Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, with Sarah Slavin, Director of Integrated Marketing, National Park Foundation. Photo 2: Emily Moore and Sarah Slavin outside the office of Rep. Scott Peters. Photo 3: Emily Moore with Rep. Pete Aguilar. Photo 4: Emily Moore and Sarah Slavin outside the office of Rep. Juan Vargas. Photo 5: Emily Moore and Sarah Slavin outside the office of Rep. Sara J. Jacobs. Photo 6: #AllForParks sticker held outside Rep. Scott Peters’ office.

Please join us in welcoming four new members to the CNMF Board of Trustees: Chris Helmer, Brett Schwartz, Mark West, and Tom West. These four bring decades of collective experience in environmental advocacy, philanthropy, strategic leadership, and local government to CNMF's Board. We are honored to have them join us and excited for the perspective, passion, and knowledge they’ll bring to our work at Cabrillo National Monument! Read their full bios at cnmf.org/board-of-trustees 🔗

Today, we’re celebrating two years of the Oceanside Trail! 🥾 On April 24, 2024, Cabrillo's Oceanside Trail was opened to the public after years of planning, fundraising, and construction. As CNMF’s first major capital project, this trail was a milestone in our work to improve safety, expand access, and enhance the visitor experience at the park. Here’s to two years! Photo credit: Gary Junker

"Leading the Cabrillo National Monument Foundation is deeply personal to me, but it is also a profound responsibility. It means caring for a place that has shaped my own life while helping ensure it remains meaningful for others. It means honoring Cabrillo’s legacy, investing in its future, and working every day to make sure more people feel the same sense of connection, belonging, and wonder that first drew me here. That is why I am #AllForParks: because these places have the power to shape us, connect us, and stay with us—and because they deserve all of us in return." - Emily Moore, Executive Director, CNMF Read Emily's full letter at the link in our bio 📬🔗 Photo: Red-tailed Hawk / credit iNaturalist user Sidesplotch

Happy #EarthDay to the winged, the fuzzy, the shelled, the spiny, the slimy, and all the wild and wonderful residents of Cabrillo. Today and every day, CNMF is proud to support the conservation of this beautiful piece of our planet: the 166 acres of Cabrillo National Monument. 🌍💚 Photo credit: Hopkins' Rose Nudibranch / credit iNaturalist user alienora Behr's Metalmark / credit iNaturalist user patsimpson2000 Gray Hairstreak / credit iNaturalist user patsimpson2000 Western Fence Lizard / credit iNaturalist user martianhiker Penninsular Fishook Cactus / credit iNaturalist user jwanderer6 California Ground Squirrel / credit iNaturalist user jspaulding Black Oystercatcher / credit iNaturalist user Biohexx1 Song sparrow / credit iNaturalist user dchernack

Where would we be without our VIPs? We don’t event want to think about it. Teachers, gardeners, scientists, historians, photographers... and the list goes on. Our volunteers give so much to our park, and we are beyond grateful for all they do. Thank you, VIPs. 🫶 #NationalVolunteerWeek #AllForParks

This April, CNMF is proud to join the @nationalparkfoundation All For Parks campaign in celebrating the parks that mean so much to us. Parks are powerful. They connect us to nature, to history, to each other, and to something bigger than ourselves. We are all for history. All for recreation. All for nature. And most importantly, #AllForParks. Learn more about why CNMF's Executive Director, Emily Moore, is #AllForParks at the link in our bio!

This spring, adopt a Cabrillo Critter with a gift of $250 and help protect the habitats they call home! Each adoption includes a plush, email updates about your chosen species, and an invitation to Bagels on the Bay at Cabrillo National Monument in early June! 🐙🐝🐦🏡 How to adopt: 1. Visit CNMF.org/adopt-a-cabrillo-critter or click the link in our bio 2. Choose the Critter(s) you would like to adopt and make your $250 spring gift 3. Check your mail for your new plush and adoption certificate 5. Join us for "Bagels on the Bay" at Cabrillo in early June, and learn from park experts about the octopus, bee, and hummingbird 6. Check your email over the coming months for exclusive park updates about your species and their habitat 📧 Adopt your Cabrillo Critter by May 15! CNMF.org/adopt-a-cabrillo-critter