The Washout used to be THE place to go. It was amazing all year 'round, but the spring and summers were amazing. There would be cars, and trucks parked 3 and 4 deep along the mile or so gravel bar. People partying, carousing, hooking up, and just having a great time. Those were the days!! THEN after the infamous Pioneer Days riots, The State of California came along and decided the entire area needed to be regulated, patrolled, and gated. It is still a beautiful area, the entire Sacramento River is bitchin. From Shasta to Sacramento. The Washout DID get a bit off th hook...but it was all good.

One of my favorite places to go relax and enjoy the view. You can fish, swim and soak up some sun.

Very peaceful when I visited here with my dogs. Seen a family of otters which was cool. Will be back in the summer to try some fishing.

Beautiful calm place to have family fun

Best place for dog swimming. Perfect for a short getaway, canoeing, swimming, rafting, fishing, short walks with few people. Plenty of little turnouts along River Road for resting. Allot of drive up small parks and boat launches for fishing. And it's a nearby alternative to five mile at Bidwell when it's crowded.

Beautiful river, nice place for sunset. The water is pretty cold year round come please respect the river and it's ability to swallow you whole! Pack out trash and have fun!

This park is not for the inexperienced, be ready to go on a beautiful hike. Calm tides make for excellent swimming.

Excellent place to relax and enjoy nature. Easily accessible by bike as well courtesy of the route mapped out by Chico Velo

I like to go here late at night and study, it's a nice cozy place to hangout at night.

Beautiful area!! Nice, flat terrain for people who don't want a challenging hike and other trails with harder terrain as well!!

Quaint, quiet little park full of wildlife. Birds, turtles, and deer are all very common sights here. Beware of the mosquitos, this is their territory.

While we had been hoping to enjoy birding in another state park, closer to Red Bluff, driving to Chico in Butte County was a gem. We could not tell if we had to pay as we came through the gates, and meeting up with employee where we stopped let us know, this end was free. WOW, what a deal! A year ago my sister-in-law had given me a brochure on local birding. And, with my nephew having just graduated from Chico State, we could not pass up the opportunity. There are many turnouts along this area, but we chose the last one. A nice walking trail with so many butterflies (Palmedes Swallowtail) my camera thought they were birds. There are two ways to take the trail, but as State Park Employee emphasized, tuck your pant legs and where boots as rattle snakes may be lurking. There were so many native plants using my inaturalist app was exciting. My favorite of the day was definitely the Floating Primrose-willow. It was a wonderful hiding spot for Herons and Egrets. Plus baby ducklings. Bird species we saw: Belted Kingfisher (one male); Acorn WP; Spotted Towhee; Bullock's Oriole; Western Wood Pewee; Black-headed Grosbeak; Oak Titmouse; Common Raven; CA Scrub-jay White-breasted Nuthatch; Am. Robin; Nuttall's WP; Northern Flicker; Ash-Throated Flycatcher; Bushtit; Greater Yellowlegs; Great Blue Heron; Great White Egret; Black Phoebe; House Wren Red-shouldered Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Wood Ducks(7) and family of new ducklings with mother Wood Duck; Wild Turkey (female).

Quiet, low level walk amongst the trees by the Sacramento River. Early evening, dusk I usually see a few large does.

not so clean area and very dusty. hope the water level goes up then it may look much better.

Hiking trails are nice. Trails are clearly marked. There is a map at the front. Would like to do more exploring there soon.

There's still people breaking rules with glass bottles being drunk on their boats, slash kayaks, paddle boards. And the boaters need to slow down when people are in the water and fishing. Maybe it needs to be having someone check on things once in a while. We didn't see anybody there checking on anybody

It is such a beautiful place to see . Catch stripers and relax with the family .is a verry relaxing place. Please come take a look and post what you see.