Information

Park Topics of Current Interest

Street maps showing locations of places in and around the park

The History of Bidwell Park

Resources

• Park gate hours
• Geology Of Bidwell Park:
  An Outline Summary by Philip A. Lydon
• A map of Upper Bidwell Park Soils (pdf) courtesy of
  Andrew Conlin, of the Chico Soil Survey Office, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Judy Stolen, at Upstate CA Planning and GIS
• A guide to the Chico Park Division
• A guide to the Park Commission
• Research and Resource Documents
• League of Women Voters of Butte County Position Statement on Bidwell Park
• Directions for motor vehicle access to Bidwell Park facilities
• Park Activities
• Kids’ Activities
• How You Can Help Bidwell Park
• Sycamore Pool Operations
• Access for Everyone
• Park Rules

Articles

• “Bidwell Park: Crown Jewel or Poor Stepchild? — Perception Versus Reality,”
  by Susan Mason
• “Bidwell Park In Peril” by Josephine Guardino
• “A Brief History Of Bidwell Park” by Philip A. Lydon
• “Chico’s Lost Arboretum” by Wes Dempsey
• “Construction of the Yahi Trail” by Wes Dempsey
• “Plants in the Lives of Northern
  California Native Americans” by Wes Dempsey
• “Weeds In Bidwell Park” by John Dittes.