Locat­ed in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia, where the fer­tile val­ley floor meets the recre­ation-rich Sier­ra Neva­da and Cas­cade moun­tain ranges, Butte Coun­ty exem­pli­fies how seem­ing­ly con­trast­ing char­ac­ter­is­tics - val­leys and moun­tains, rur­al com­mu­ni­ties and urban cen­ters, farms and cities - come togeth­er perfectly.