Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center

The Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center is a small museum and educational center set in Galster Wilderness Park, a 42-acre wilderness park located on the north slope of the San Jose Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, California. The Galaster Wilderness Park Nature Center is currently closed.  Please check back for updates.

The History of Galster Wilderness Park and Nature Center

The center is named after Emil S. and Gladys Galster, who deeded the park to the City of West Covina in 1971. Emil and Gladys Galster stipulated that the park will always remain a wilderness park and be available for educational use to scouting organizations.

Galster Wilderness is one of the last remaining native plant communities of Southern California Black Walnut Woodlands, Juglans californica trees, which grow on the north slope of the San Jose Hills. Besides the non-natives, coastal sage scrub dominates the remainder of the park.