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Upper Bidwell Park
Managed by City of Chico
3,289 acres52.5 mi of trail
Annie Bidwell TrailYahi TrailGuardian TrailMiddle TrailNorth Rim Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Chico
Chico, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Chico is conserved land, roughly 5,697 acres. There are about 93 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Upper Bidwell Park (52.5 mi), Lower Bidwell Park (6.7 mi), and Hooker Oak (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chico, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chico outdoors
Conserved land
26%
5,697 of 22,087 acres
Trails
93 mi
2.7 mi per sq mi · 70 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
56 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
64.0 mi
27.8 mi lanes · 35.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Lower Bidwell Park
Park
306 acres6.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hooker Oak
Park
30 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Verbena Fields
Park
20 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Wildwood Park
Park
11 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Baroni Park
Park
7 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Upper Bidwell Park3,289 acres · 52.5 mi of trail · City of Chico
Lower Bidwell Park306 acres · 6.7 mi of trail
Hooker Oak30 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Verbena Fields20 acres · 1 mi of trail
Wildwood Park11 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Baroni Park7 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
20th Street Community Park36 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hancock Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Blue Oak Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Dorothy F. Johnson Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,697 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 22 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 60 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes27.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths35.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball85
- Tennis46
- Baseball30
- Pickleball28
- Soccer13
- Volleyball3
- Softball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Chico and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico | 25.8% | 93.3 mi | 22 |
| Durham | 2.3% | 24.6 mi | 1 |
| Butte Creek Canyon | 1.8% | 27.9 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chico's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 31.4-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.