Paradise is a town in Butte County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 4,764, a decline of over 80% from the 26,218 residents recorded in the 2010 census.
Welcome to Paradise sign in 2011
Satellite image showing the fire at 10:45 a.m. on November 8, 2018
A burnt-down house in Paradise, eight months after the Camp Fire
Butte County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. The county seat is Oroville.
Butte County in 2005, with a view of the Sutter Buttes in the background
South Table Mountain Near Oroville
California State University, Chico was founded in 1887
Butte County is home to Bidwell Park in Chico, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States