SCHOOL & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Program Offerings
Day programs are 2.5 - 4 hours depending one age and group request.
1 or 2 night overnight programs
K-12 programming aligned with Next Generation Science Content Standards
Preschool & toddler programs
Homeschool groups
Community group programs (senior groups, youth leadership groups, scout troops, etc..)
Slide Ranch is a unique outdoor education facility with a rich coastal landscape where wildlands meet human habitation and agriculture. Students engage with our goats, sheep, chickens, organic garden, and beehives. Most programs include a farm-to-table activity where students harvest and prepare a healthy snack together.
Slide Ranch Outdoor Instructors weave sustainable agriculture and honorable harvest into each of our hands-on programs while fostering wonder, curiosity, and student-centered exploration and discovery. Throughout our programs, we celebrate our interconnection with the land and our food systems. Find more detail in our brochure.
Slide Ranch offers our school and community programs September - May.
We are currently accepting applications for the 2025-2026 School Year! Apply early for best consideration. Program dates fill quickly.
Generous scholarships are available! School and Community groups will be considered for needs and organizational mission-based scholarships based on information in your program application.
Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts! See below for the variety of badges a Slide Ranch program can fulfill.
Learn more about Slide Ranch before your visit!
Testimonials & slide show
Questions? Email us!
Included in program rates is 1 chaperone for every 5 students/participants for preschool - 5th grade OR 1 chaperone for every 10 students/participants for 6th grade - adults.
Participant rate applies for additional chaperones.
Transportation
A transportation grant is available to Title I schools (40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) in grades PreK through 12. The grant provides up to $1,000 that can be used for transportation to programs within National Park lands.
The “Let’s Go!” Field Trip Fund offers transportation subsidies to high need, low-income schools and youth-serving organizations that support students in those schools. Schools and Organizations within the 9 Bay Area Counties are eligible to apply.
Yoots is an organization that helps find affordable transportation modes throughout the Bay Area. Philanthropic Ventures may also provide funding for transportation in specific Bay Area counties.
Bus services familiar with Slide Ranch include D.Harris Tours and Zum Transport.
Additional questions? Contact the program office at (415) 381-6155 or program@slideranch.org.
Transportation is an important consideration when planning your Slide Ranch program. Due to the rural (and beautiful) location of our site, public transportation is not available. Groups travel to our site by car, vans, charter buses, or school district buses.