Selma: Parks, Culture and Raisin Festival

Selma offers several reasons to visit: historic brick buildings and shaded sidewalks downtown, parks, cultural offerings, and its place on the Fresno County Blossom Trail. When looking for a hotel, you can plan your stay around whether a festival, walks and jogging, arts and culture, or spring blossoms are your priority. The following places offer different experiences and bring specific travel ideas to life.

Downtown and Parks

Historic brick buildings and shaded sidewalks shape the downtown streetscape. The sidewalks are ideal for walking and browsing shop windows. Along the way, you can take in the brick buildings and storefronts together.

The parks offer different activities: Shafer Park has a path for walking and jogging, while the skate park in Berry Park is lit. You can choose between a path for getting around on foot and the skate park as the focus of your park visit.

Festival and Culture

The annual Selma Raisin Festival takes place in Lincoln Park in early May and features food, arts and crafts, and entertainment. It offers a specific event to plan around. If you’d like to plan your trip around the festival, check the current dates and program details in advance.

The Cultural Arts Center offers a range of cultural programs and experiences for the community and the South Valley through the Recreation and Community Services Department, the Raisin Cain Players, the Cool Kids Players, and the Selma Arts Council. The Selma Arts Council also hosts Art in the Park. These organizations and the dedicated arts program give culture enthusiasts specific options to explore during their stay.

Pioneer Village offers a different experience: The historic site covers 15 acres and includes buildings from the 1880s. Here, the focus is on a historic site with buildings from a specific period, while the Cultural Arts Center and Art in the Park offer the cultural programs mentioned above.

Fresno County Blossom Trail and Regional Setting

Selma is included on the self-guided drive or bike ride along the Fresno County Blossom Trail. In spring, blossoms can be seen in working orchards along the trail. The orchards are privately owned; visitors can photograph the blossoms from the roadside. This means there are different options for planning your trip: the festival calls for checking current dates and program details, while the Blossom Trail offers spring blossoms and a self-guided tour.

In the wider Fresno destination area, Fresno County’s regional recreation facilities include 12 parks, two fishing access points, and a boat ramp with parking at Shaver Lake. Millerton Lake State Recreation Area is also part of this regional setting: it is a Sierra Nevada foothill reservoir in Fresno and Madera counties.

Discover more destinations: Shaver Lake, Sanger, Fowler, Huron, Reedley, Fresno, Kingsburg, Kerman.

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