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Hooker Oak Park

Hooker Oak Park 

A sign for "Hooker Oak Recreation Area" with trees, a lawn, and a fence in a sunny park.

Hooker Oak Park is located in north Chico on the southeast corner of Upper Bidwell Park along Manzanita Avenue. The park sits within Bidwell Park, and is owned by the City of Chico, but operated and maintained by CARD. This 35 acre community park is the former site of the large hooker oak tree which was its namesake and a featured element in the 1930’s movie Robin Hood. This 35 acre park was developed in 1953 and includes the following amenities: 

  • Play Equipment for ages 2-5          
  • Handicap accessible Play Equipment for ages 5-12
  • Covered Picnic Area
  • Additional Picnic Areas/Tables
  • Barbecue
  • Restrooms
  • Horseshoe Pits
  • Basketball Court
  • Softball Fields
  • Baseball Fields
  • Home of Sherwood Forest Kids Disc Golf Course

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Ariel view of disc golf course labeled Sherwood Forest

The Chico Area Recreation and Park District, in partnership with, The Outsiders, a recreation group, worked to build a children's nine-hole disc golf course at Hooker Oak Park in 2008.  The course took on a Robin Hood theme to honor the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" that was filmed nearby.