Chico Creek Nature Center
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Overview
The Chico Creek Nature Center serves both as an introduction to Bidwell Park and as a center for numerous hands-on environmental education, field trip and day camp programs. Located between the World of Trees and the Deer Pen, "the Chico Creek Nature Center has provided quality environmental education programs on the natural systems of Bidwell Park to elementary school students and the general public, using the Park as a classroom."
Chico Creek Nature Center
1968 East 8th Street
Chico, CA 95928
Living Animal Museum: Wednesday through Friday;- 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday - 11a.m. - 3 p.m.
Howard Tucker Exhibit Hall: Friday - 11a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday - 11a.m. - 3 p.m.
Closed Mondays-Tuesdays
Phone: 530-891-4671
Email: info@bidwellpark.org
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