Discovering Cities in California Series - Chowchilla

Welcome to Chowchilla, California.
Located in Region 7.
The County is Madera.
The city has 20,000 residents and inmates living in 7.1 square miles of area.
The city was incorporated in February 1923.
The city is in Northen California.

Some Interesting facts about Chowchilla, California.
This small California city is home to the two women’s prisons the Central California Women’s Facility and the Valley State Prison for Women. The city the setting for one of the largest American School Bus students 26 and 1 driver kidnappings in 1976 that many bokks and movies were written about all of these people survived their ordeal.

Located along the State Route 99 what we have come to call the Central Valley Agricultural Highway of California this is a heavy farming area.

 
The city is not without it’s own airport the Chowchilla Airport. 

Things to do in and around Chowchilla, California.
This is a farming city so they offer a lot of annual events at the Chowchilla-Madera County Fair Grounds a 75 acre event center that offers depending on the time of year you are visiting Livestock, carnivals and festivals for the whole family to enjoy so to see what is coming while you are there or coming through there visit the County Fair.

The city has parks and 1 skate park named Area 15 a 10,000 square foot skate park with night lighting and you can view the skate park Area 15 Skate Park.

If you can obtain a permit you can stay the night even have an open fire at Berenda Reservoir a lake and park where personal water craft and swimming are permitted as well as BBQ’s so to learn more and call for a permit visit Berenda Reservoir.

Official City of Chowchilla, California web sites.
City of Chowchilla, California Chowchilla, California Chamber of Commerce

Chowchilla, California Chamber of Commerce Chowchilla, California Chamber of Commerce

ChowchillaWeather.com