Area Attractions
You Can’t Do Better Than Chico for Big Fun
Activities, events, and attractions around every corner! Load the family in the car and go…
Activities, events, and attractions around every corner! Load the family in the car and go…
Located next to Bidwell Junior High, Pleasant Valley Pool offers a 25 yard pool, a wading pool, restrooms, showers, benches, picnic tables, and swimming lessons. Open to the public.
Dancing is fun and Downtown Dance specializes in teaching partners dancing. Learn West Coast Swing, Salsa, Blues Fusion, and much more. Special deals when you bring a partner!
A perfect setting for a round of golf. Great 18-hole course layout, 72 par, natural setting with lots of wildlife all over the course! Friendly staff in the pro shop and bar and grill. Bidwell Park Golf Course offers instruction too.
Some of Chico’s largest employers are Enloe Medical Center, Knife River Corp, Pacific Coast Producers, Walmart, and Wittmeier Chevrolet.
Dog-friendly Verbena Fields offers a wide, level path of crushed gravel (handicap accessible and suitable for small children and strollers) as it meanders along the perimeter of the park. You’ll see native and non-native plants, like western redbud, California poppy, buckwheat, cottonwood, willow, and yellow and purple lupine on your hiking adventure.
Plant a vegetable garden and grow your own dinner. Or beautify your life with flowers. The Old Farmers Almanac tells you how and when.
Learn something new at CSU! Whether you’re looking to earn a degree, for professional development, or to learn for the love of learning, you are invited to explore the current programs at CSU.
A wonderful museum and a must see outside and inside. Very interesting displays of airplanes and Chico’s place in the history of flight. The Chico Air Museum is handicapped accessible and fun for children of all ages.
Downtown Chico is a one-stop shopping destination where you’ll find trendy clothes, inspiring art, hand-crafted jewelry, home décor and plenty of restaurants.