Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Oroville, CA

Oroville

Long Creek Winery & Ranch is a family-owned winery on 26 acres near Lake Oroville, with a climate-controlled tasting room pouring by the glass or bottle for a $5 fee that includes five to six samples and a logo glass. The property has a self-guided vineyard trail and a two-acre pond with picnic space, plus seasonal mandarin picking each fall. The venue also hosts events for up to 100 guests under its Long Creek and Vaquero Brand wine labels.

Oroville

Harvest Hill is listed on Mt. Ida Road in Oroville, a Butte County town where citrus, olives, and almonds are common crops along the Feather River foothills. No working website or social page turned up in research, so current offerings and hours could not be confirmed.

Butte

Chaffin Family Orchards has farmed the same Butte County ground since 1924, now run by the third generation across roughly 2,000 acres of permaculture-based orchard and pasture. The farm grows more than 40 heirloom fruit varieties, presses an award-winning extra virgin Mission olive oil, and raises grassfed Angus cattle alongside sheep, goats, and chickens that supply pastured eggs. Farm tours run by appointment, and the orchard sells jams and other preserves made from its own fruit.

Oroville

Karen Mueller's Christmas Farm sells cut trees each holiday season out of Oroville, in the Butte County foothills below Lake Oroville. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; contact the farm directly before visiting.

Yankee Hill

Santa Delivers Trees sells Christmas trees from a small farm on Nelson Bar Road in Yankee Hill, up in the Butte County foothills. It's a modest seasonal operation rather than a big production — call ahead to confirm they're open before driving out.

Durham

Multi-generational farm on Highway 99 outside Durham raising grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and pastured poultry. The family runs educational farm tours and school field trips year-round, with a pumpkin patch added each October and farm products sold on-site.

Biggs

Max's Miracle Ranch is based in Biggs, a small farm town in Butte County's rice and orchard country. No details on what the ranch grows, raises, or offers visitors are available online.

Paradise

Mountain View Christmas Tree Farm in Paradise lets visitors cut their own tree or pick a fresh pre-cut one from a lineup that includes Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Giant Sequoia, and Sugar Pine. Owner Joe McNally keeps a campfire going for marshmallow roasting and leads flashlight walks through the field after dark. Leashed dogs are welcome. The farm runs weekends only through mid-December — call ahead to check the schedule.

Gridley

Johnson Farm is based in Gridley, in Butte County's kiwifruit and walnut country north of Sacramento. No current crop list, hours, or contact details are published online.

Gridley

Johnson U-Pick Farm is a five-acre operation two miles south of Gridley growing cherries, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, peaches, and fall pumpkins for pick-your-own harvest from late May through October. Owner Mark Johnson holds a master's degree from UC Davis in organic weed control and runs the farm with minimal spraying. The farm opens Wednesdays and Saturdays during the season, with pre-picked produce available for anyone who'd rather skip the fields.

Durham

Patrick Ranch Museum preserves 28 acres of working ranch history between Chico and Durham, anchored by the 1877 Glenwood Farmhouse and several original barns. The Far West Heritage Association opened it to the public in 2010 after Hester and William Patrick left the property to the group. Fall brings the museum's Autumn Fest and pumpkin patch alongside its regular exhibits and volunteer programs.

Chico

Chico State's College of Agriculture runs a working University Farm on the edge of campus, including a dairy unit, a meat lab, and the student-run Organic Vegetable Project, which sells produce through a farm stand and seasonal CSA boxes. It operates primarily as a teaching farm for ag students, with some sales open to the public.

Chico

Fred Selby started this apiary in Chico in 1974, and the family business now keeps hives across three states: California, Wyoming, and Utah. Selby Family Honey's bestseller is a Wyoming clover and alfalfa blend, alongside a newer California orange blossom variety, all harvested raw with no processing or additives. The honey is stocked at Raley's, Nob Hill, and Bel Air stores across Northern California.

Chico

This Chico vineyard operation is listed at Hegan Lane in the Sacramento Valley's Butte County wine country, an area better known for olives and almonds than grapes.

Chico

L and T Farms is based in Chico, in the almond and rice country of the northern Sacramento Valley. No crop list, hours, or contact information for the farm turned up online.

Rough and Ready

Amaizing Cattle Drive is listed on Cattle Drive Road in Rough and Ready, a small unincorporated Nevada County community in Gold Country. Its name suggests a corn maze paired with a cattle-drive attraction, a common fall agritourism combination in the region, but no working website turned up to confirm current activities or season.

Orland

Boysen Berry Farm, run under the name Rudy's Original, is kept by Jeanette 'Nettie' Boysen Fitzgerald and her husband Tom, who are reviving her family's namesake fruit on County Road 23 outside Orland. The u-pick boysenberries move fast during the short harvest window, open Friday through Monday, 7am to 7pm.