Its absolutely amazing! Everybody is so friendly and the park is very maintained. You really cannot ask for a better place to go roam around while enjoying natures beauty!

Great place been going there since I was little.

Gate was closed on the road so we walked in. The walk was really great. We needed more time to finish the hike. Lets try another time.

It’s a Beautiful Park! Highly recommend! Be careful tho, dangerous in the water if you’re not careful. People have lost their lives...stay safe!

I love that this place has everything you could want. Theres baseball parks regular parks grassy fields, barbecue areas, picnic areas, Scenic walking trails that go along the creek. And the water is pretty clear until it gets churned up when you walk in it but its a great place to cool off

Beautiful out door picnic area. Great place to get out and enjoy some outdoor life. Beautiful area

Beautiful amazing picnic area of 5mile. Very clean and felt very safe for my family and all of our children!

Great place to spend time with the family or even take the pups out for a walk

This place is true beauty. The dirt roads are closed sometimes so you have to walk in. Thats a good thing cause it keeps the place quieter and gives you a chance to take a the scenery. No glass bottles and make sure to take all trash with you. The water is chilly and Crystal clear. Be safe and respect the area. Great place to mountain bike as well.

Beautiful park with lots of swimming areas. Beware poison oak. The North Rim area is more popular, but the South Rim off of Chico Canyon Road is really nice too.

Bidwell Park is absolutely gorgeous & not only a great place to take your dogs or go for a hike but it makes for fun photography as well!As for any grassy mountain area, etc. you need to watch for rattlesnakes but it’s their home... Respect it & you should be just fine ️

Beautiful park and a huge reason to enjoy Chico except... the homeless trash, hypodermic needles on the ground, bum fights and unsafe feeling is more than enough to stay away. I would never bring my daughter here. This seems like a huge lawsuit against the city waiting to happen. I hope the ELECTED city officials can learn to protect its tax paying citizens and natural resources better in the future. Its a disaster at this point.

Great place for a hike or a mountain bike ride or to play some golf

Really pretty fall colors there at this time

Son had lots of fun checking out some large tadpoles.

Great hiking spot right on river. Dog friendly and safe.

This place is amazing! Fantastic views of upper bidwell park. This course is hard I would say. I definitely lost a few disc out here especially hole 3! It does close after it rains for a bit. but still I had lots of fun here and I will for sure be back when it opens again.

Best hiking in town. Great swimming holes. A++

Not the same anymore like when I was a kids growing up in chico. So much poison oaks everywhere, trails all messed up, lake drying significantly, creek very low and theres leeches now during low water level and warm weathers, a lot of homeless everywhere now.

One of my favorite places for outdoor fun in the chico area! Great for taking your dogs out. Such beautiful sights. Great hiking, biking, and much more! I go there often.

It was beautiful. Tons of trails. Tons of things to explore. Beware there are a lot of dogs unleashed which is great, except my dog wouldnt do well there. I had a lot of fun!

Awesome place to hike. The creek is nice to cool off in. Mountain biking is good if youre into slow, rocky, technical climbs and downhills. Some hike-a-bike sections mixed in. Start at wildwood Park and climb north rim to B trail, about 4miles. B trail is a fun 1.5mi section of mixed technical rocky downhill switchbacks with touch of fast, flowy single track. Take a left on fence road when B trail ends and follow it till it dead ends. Cross the creek and follow the trail up and out(keep right) until you hit Annie Bidwell trail. Take that back to South rim/legacy trail. Head out of the trees, follow the rock wall that runs along the creek to centennial drive and eventually it runs into 5mile recreation area. Cross the bridge at 5mile and back up to wildwood trails and back to the parking lot. Nice loop. Pretty challenging. Go early to beat the heat.

Chicoans are beyond lucky to have this gem in the city. 20 years going and I still find new trails to hike, new nooks to explore. Spring is best, summer and fall are stickery in the uplands, but the scenic vistas inspire year round. Bravo, Chico.

While hiking at Bidwell I became dehydrated and struggled to get back to my car. Thank goodness there were a couple of park staff who came by and gave me and my daughter a lift. Thanks to the young man and woman in the white SUV. My heroes!

This park is just depressing anymore. Tons of homeless people and their associated trash are everywhere. Last time I was there with my family there was a spun out tweeker sorting rocks in the creek, which was a fun conversation with the kids.

Fantastic place to hike. Our wiener dogs love it!

A beautiful area surrounded by towering basalt. Salmon Hole is my favorite for a swim on a hot summer day!

Upper bidwell is one of my favorite places to go hike and picnic. Its beautiful up there.

Its a very beautiful park, and the water was very nice. Just make sure if you go, to wear some good foot protection. The ground is scattered with used needles, broken glass, and human feces from all the homeless camps. You can thank Gavin newsom for all of that.

We are so fortunate to have a beautiful Park like Bidwell Park nestled in our little city. With 3600+ Acres of park land its the third largest Municipal Park in the country. Having grown up in Chico I have been hiking, biking throughout the park and swimming in Chico Creek with friends for over 30 years. There are many great trails to ride your bike, to hike or just take a leisurely walk with your favorite canine companion. There are many quiet spots to sit and chill Creekside. When the weather is hot swimming holes abound including salmon hole and bear hole to name a couple. I cant say enough good things about upper Bidwell Park. Its one of my favorite places to visit.

Love the area. Too bad the roads have so many deep potholes. Kinda hard on the car.

I love it at upper Bidwell Park, my 1 year loves to go there with his and Play at the park there

Great place to have lunch outside when the weather is great.

Great for day hikes and swimming, one of my favorite places in Chico. Youll find a lot of photos opportunities if youre into that. Also, I always find some wildlife here.. wild turkeys, deer etc are common. The park is HUGE with miles and miles of hiking trails. Good place to bring your dogs too.. i live watching sunset from Monkey face

You feel miles from the hustle and bustle of town and one with nature

Love upper park. It was sad to see the gate locked. We parked in the very busy parking area and walked down the road.

Nice walk with good friend. No many people out. Hadnt been there in quite a while. Beautiful weather, lovely surroundings.

I love it up here it can get very crowdes tho but clean waters great trails

Love the area and the trail but people need to learn to pick up their trash. Not every place has such a beautiful area to go walking and swimming, take care of your spot

Lower Bidwell may be in a mess right now, but Upper Bidwell is still as beautiful as ever. Its massive and can take multiple days to discover everything.

I love going here. It seems like there is always a new trail to take or another part of the park to explore. You can go on a long hike or a short hike. You can walk up hills or stay on the flat ground. There are lots of options. There are places where my dog can be off leash and she loves it.

Its a very beautiful place to go for a strenuous hike or just for a liesurley walk! Would highly recommend going, especially with the nice whether that Chico has been having!

Lower upper Bidwell Park. Clean, expansive, and loaded with trees to help keep you cool from the summer Chico sun. Paved and unpaved trails for walking and biking. Equestrian trails too.

All I have to say is that Bidwells upper park is just fantastic. Simply perfect. Having bike paths, trails for hiking, multiple swimming areas and just the beauty of being outdoors. So proud to say Ive been taking a full dose of the outdoors regularly and have noticed that my it brings out my best self

Great times a bear hole every time

Beautiful park with decent facilities.

Hot, dry desolate. We began hiking around 10:30, but it was so miserable that we ended after 45 mins. Go to lower Bidwell Park-much nicer!

Amazing views, creek is cold and refreshing!

Whats not to love about Upper Park its one of the most beautiful places in the city.

I visited in October and it was really nice. We came for the hiking trail but theres also a lot of biking routes. Its still a nice place for a hike and a nice view.

Great hikes, great place to hang out by the water.

Golf course is great but road into several swimming holes is closed to motorized vehicles.

Fantastic views and great hiking trails for all difficulty levels. Dogs allowes on or off leash depending on the side of the main road you are on. Worth a day trip!

Enchanting views and well maintained trails make Upper Bidwell a perfect place to hike any distance, even when hiking along the road you are surrounded by the sound of running water and the surrounding foliage. As you hike further in youll find plenty of sandy banks to enjoy the creek, volcanic rocks and rushing waters, waterfalls, and secluded glassy pools of water.

This park has so many different points of interest to discover. I started out with the basic Monkey Face hike, trip to Bear Hole via Yahi Trail or walking the upper trail. What is unique about this park is that there is so much more to it, some things you wont discover until quite a few trips down the road because there are more trails and sights then easily meet the eye, and I have yet to discover the end of a trail by walking. Its beautiful, but depending on where you go not a lot of shade is available, so you might be best off planning visits around the temperature.

Had to get out of the house for fresh cool air. Not crowded at all.

Wow! This place is amazing. We hiked to the Monkey view section. We werent prepared to hike but still made it up there in 15-20minutes. There is parking available too. A lot of families hiking. I also saw some families with strollers.

Daughter took me for a little hike. Will go back

Wonderful place to hike and swim, careful for rattlesnakes and ticks though!

Awesome park for biking or hiking.Dogs can be off leash in some trails.A must of Chico

Very nice looks

A great spot for practically any summer outdoor recreation you could think of.

Great bike trails, hiking, and a observation/ fishing pier that extends into the pond. There are even concrete parking and concrete walking areas constructed in the gravel parking lots just for handicapped access with picnic tables overlooking lake and handicapped parking on concrete ( vs gravel) next to the porta-pottys located at both ends.

Amazing creek and scenery. There are great bike paths for bikers to go on. There are beautiful plants, lakes, creeks and the list can go on. Yes this is not the best place to bring toddlers and people who NEED whelechairs, but for commonly active people it is great place to visit. I recommend to you that if you are in the area then you should go to this place for not only for beautiful sites but to get some fresh air. And no there is no WiFi.

I love bidwell park!

Great park! Awesome disc golf course! Amazing view!

It was a wonderful day to hike to Bear Hole and Salmon Hole. 91 degrees and cold water. Took the kids, ages 6, 10 and 14 and they had a blast. It was a wonderful adventure.

Its great!! For family or extreme hiking, this place hours all the notes for sure!!

Good exercise and beautiful scenery.

Good hiking on well used trails. The trails are very rocky at times and there is a fair amount of broken glass on several trails which is s concern for children and our four-legged family members! Beautiful vistas, and well worth the hike!

Great hiking trails for the dogs without leashes.The best swimming holes in Chico, CA, and one of the best golf course around this area.

Love the Yahi trail. Today, the water was high and fast in Big Chico Creek and there were several spots with water running across the trail. The views are always great. I enjoyed Bear Hole. Now to hike it to Salmon Hole.

Like to hike the trails, it just so pretty.

Great for hiking with friends.

Beautiful. Great hiking areas. Nice swimming holes. Some are dangerous but there is a spot for every.one

This is one of my favorite places to hike bike and run.

Great place to hike, ride mountain bikes, swim and just get away

Love nature and Upper Bidwell has it all.

Beautiful park! Weve been here several times with the whole family to explore. There are swimming holes and we usually bring a picnic and watch the birds and turtles sunning on the rocks in the stream.

Amazing park that is great for walking, hiking, biking, swimming, fishing, bird watching, sun bathing and more.

I love this place very safe and the familys have a great time

Great place to hike & bike

What an amazing escape. From a pump track to beautiful Vista and swimming in the creek.. great hiking trails too. Ive been here 25 years and Im still finding great spots in the park Ive never been before.

Beautiful and clean. No smoking

This place has many recreation opportunities. Find something you like to do and you can probably do it here.

16-1-19 was the annual hooked on fishing tournament for kids. They hold it at horse shoe lake. Great turn out this year!

Play golf out at Bidwell a lot. Great old course winding through the park and along the creek. Great place for a hike as well, with a lot of options for shade or sun depending on the weather. Never gets old. Great place to enjoy wildlife also, including black bear, deer, fox, bobcats and mountain lions. Too much to see in one day,worth multiple trips.

Great hiking place, fishing too, swimming. Its beautiful with all the nature

Love upper bidwell

Its not as nice as it used to be. I was sorta dissapointed at how much it changed

Upper Bidwell is a gem of Chico. Gorgeous hikes and great swimming holes. Recommend Monkey Face and Bear Hole.

Fun for everyone...Big or small...enjoy!!!

Upper Bidwell park is always a beautiful place to go for a bike ride maybe just a walk on a trail with your girl or you want to spend some time with the family and go for a swim. There is plenty of trails plenty of areas to swim and Ive honestly never had a bad experience there. Just when you think you have explored ever trail or swimming home that the is, trust me you havent because youll find another trail.

Back to nature. Great trails

Challenge with mountains to climb. Good workout for the beginner.

Havent even begun to explore

Beautiful park.

Best place to relax and to get way from your wife.

Nice place for a run/hike. It offers great views of the golden state.

Great hiking trail, birds, refreshing creek and wonderful flora and fauna.