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Horsin' Around LbNA #28099 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jan 11, 2007
Location:
City:Chico Upper Bidwell Park
County:Butte
State:California
Boxes:1
Planted by:Lichen Hikin'
Found by: celebr8evrytng
Last found:Feb 11, 2007
Status:F
Last edited:Jan 11, 2007
Very sorry. Box was missing 11/24/07...Will replace shortly.

Bidwell Park is a park located in Chico established 1905 through the donation by Annie Bidwell. It is 3,670 acres (nearly 11 miles in length), making it one of the largest municipal parks in the United States .Upper Bidwell Park has a terrain that is wild and open, with grassy slopes dotted with brush. Slabs of basalt crown a peak near Horseshoe Lake; the hill is crisscrossed with hiking trails roamed by people with bikes and dogs.

TO TRAIL: From Hwy 99 in north Chico, take East Ave. exit, and go east thru town. Turn left past Chico Fire Station Five, on Wildwood Ave into Bidwell Upper Park. Past the baseball fields there’s a sharp right turn putting you onto Upper Park Drive. Continue beyond the leash rules and the horseback riding signs and under the power lines. A gravel road on the left takes you to NORTH RIM TRAIL parking lot. Careful of poison oak (“leaves of three, leave it be”). Dogs, kids, bikes, horses all welcome on this 45 minute walk.

TO THE BOX: Head north past 2 red diamond signs on a locked gate Cross. At 100 steps walk between the 2nd set of 2 boulders and see a fork about 35 steps ahead. Take the lower right trail that skirts the meadow. Note the cross is on your left. Stay on this level trail named “Middle Trail”. Across from a large boulder, you’ll see Puelicher’s bench overlooking the meadow and golf course. Continue on path to a fork. To the east you can see golfing, and a white building housing an observatory. Straight ahead is Horseshoe Lake and looking up to the rim, is the rock formation “Monkey Face”. The long red building across the lake is the Chico Rod and Gun Club. Hike along the left “Blue Oak to North Rim Trail” here. As you zig zag to the rim going up 2 stone steps a sign points SW to Parking Area B on the North Rim Trail. Go 19 steps to Joyce Rickert’s memorial bench for a nice view of the lake and valley. With your back to the lake, head 70 steps north and you’ll see a 3 foot tall solitary rectangular rock. The box is hidden under small rocks on the north side. If you get to barbed wire, you went too far.
Enjoy!