Nature Story Loop
Welcome to the Nature Story Loop
Welcome to CuriOdyssey's newest outdoor exhibit, The Nature Story Loop, a unique interactive exhibit that connects visitors with nature through storytelling and outdoor play, launching June 13, 2025.
Each stop along this self-guided storybook trail invites children to build, dig, or simply daydream in interactive outdoor spaces that connect kids to nature. It also offers an opportunity for adults and kids of all ages to think about their relationship to the natural world, and perhaps learn something new.


Designed by CuriOdyssey’s Director of Animal Health and Conservation, Kate Sulzner, in collaboration with staff, the Nature Story Loop centers around a storybook path and interactive outdoor spaces and gardens, where children can engage in uncurated play and nature exploration.
Visitors will take an adventure around CuriOdyssey’s sprawling property where key environmental science topics will be highlighted throughout a story trail. Conservation stories will be told through beautifully illustrated signs positioned at each stop. Stories are image-rich and easy to read, with text and audio available in English and Spanish, accessed through a QR code on each sign. In our pavilion near the start of the loop, you'll find a map to help you navigate.
TEXT ABOUT THE STORY TRAIL AND RACHEL HUDSON and the concepts covered
The garden centers around themes of biodiversity, environmental justice, soil health, and climate resilience, while offering a great opportunity for children and caretakers to indulge their green thumbs and cultivate a love of native plants and pollinators. MORE INFO ABOUT ACTIVITIES
The Nature Story Loop will be a permanent exhibit at CuriOdyssey, free with admission, where interactive nature spaces will be unveiled gradually over the next two years. Other future zones along the trail will offer an escape from indoor spaces and screens, and provide green spaces where kids and caretakers can engage their senses in nature exploration and play.
The Nature Story Loop exhibit will be completed in two phases:
- Phase One: The storybook trail, including the Environmental Education Garden will open to the public on July 13.
- Phase Two: Completion of Bay Grove Nature Play Zone, Field Pod Stations, and further exhibits, Sept 2025–December 2027.

Questions?
Email conservation@curiodyssey.org.
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LOCATION
1651 Coyote Point Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401
Ohlone Land Acknowledgement
650-342-7755
info@curiodyssey.org
CuriOdyssey is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Tax ID 94-1262434

