Sonoma State University

Welcome to Copeland Creek Trail Educational Activities

Welcome! We are glad you are exploring the activities along the Copeland Creek trail through the SSU campus.

Using the QR codes on the 12 posts placed along the trail, you can engage in activities involving Physical Fitness, Mental Well-Being, Water, and the Natural History of the Copeland Creek Corridor and the region. The signs are installed along the Copeland Creek Trail from Rancho Cotate High School at Snyder Lane through the Sonoma State Campus to the east. 

Logo: T-Mobile

This project was made possible thanks to a T-Mobile Hometown Grant. 

The content found via the QR codes is the result of a collaborative effort involving multiple SSU departments, including Kinesiology, Psychology, Biology, Geology, Cinematic Arts, Communication & Media, Geography and Environment and Planning, and Business. It also involved SSU Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS), SSU Student Health Center (SHC), more than a dozen SSU students, and the Center for Environmental Inquiry (CEI). It inspired projects by students in Electrical Engineering, Cultural Hertitage & Resource Management, Art Department. SSU Facilities Management was integral to the success of the project.

Learn more about this grant-funded project.

Copeland Creek Trail Educational Activities

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Physical Fitness in Nature
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Mindfulness & Well Being in Nature
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Copeland Creek: Water’s Role in Nature
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Natural History of Copeland Creek Corridor

Check out an interactive map of Copeland Creek

Please explore this interactive map. To see the QR code locations, click on "Nature Connection."

More About Copeland Creek Trail Educational Experiences

Along this trail you will see wooden posts with QR codes that offer you opportunities to interact with this natural space, enhance your well-being, and learn about the world around you. 

  • Learn about the plants, animals, creek, rocks, soil, and climate around you with images and facts created by SSU's Center for Environmental Inquiry (green QR codes). 
  • Learn about Copeland Creek and its place in the Russian River Watershed, and the research projects that have and are being pursued to ensure the health of our community, designed by SSU's Geography and Environmental Planning Department (blue QR codes).
  • You can enhance your physical well-being by engaging in exercises curated by SSU's Kinesiology Department (orange QR codes). 
  • Calm your mind and delve into the experience of nature with meditative audio recordings created by SSU's Psychology Department (purple QR codes).

Sonoma State University acknowledges the Coast Miwok, Central and Southern Pomo, and the Wappo as the traditional stewards of our preserved lands. Let it be acknowledged that the Sonoma State University campus is located within the traditional homelands of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Sonoma State offers deep gratitude to the original stewards of this land and recognizes its immense historical, spiritual, and personal significance to the Native nations and peoples of this region.

Sonoma State University reconoce a los Miwok de la costa (Coast Miwok), los Pomo del centro y del sur (Central and Southern Pomo), y los Wappo como los guardianes tradicionales de nuestros terrenos preservados. Cabe destacar que el campus de Sonoma State University está ubicado dentro de las tierras tradicionales de los Indios Federados de Graton Rancheria (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria). Sonoma State expresa su profunda gratitud a los guardianes originales de esta tierra y reconoce el inmenso significado histórico, espiritual, y personal a las naciones y pueblos indígenas de esta región.