butte county is in the sacramento river valley and extends up into the foothills to the east up the feather river canyon toward Quincy. We are about 100 miles north of Sacramento-about 3-4 hour from the s.f. bay area...Chico, Oroville and Paradise are the 3 main population centers in this part of the county. When i was booking agent for the folk society we had a call from a musician who wanted to play here right after their gig in Missoula..I had to inform them that the travel time was more than they were intending....if you draw a triangle from Reno to Sacramento to Chico you have--well, you have a triangle...in northern california, between san franciso and portland...chico is on hiway 99, east of I-5.