Moved here and it's a cute little town located in Central Valley by Hwy 33 and I-5…read more About 85% farmland, 10% residential, and 5% shopping/food... we usually go out to Newman or Los Banos to do any weekend shopping. It gets super windy here in the fall/winter, and swelteringly hot in summers. Small police force, so crimes are somewhat common. Crimes. Residents seem more pleasant and kind than back home in San Jose, which is a nice surprise. It's definitely a slower paced city than most. So far, Gustine has treated us well!

Sad to see bad reviews because my experiences with our police department have been five-stars over…read morethe last 10+ years. I've had the pleasure of speaking with Officer Gomez and Officer May the last couple times, both are very professional and took the time to speak with me and assure me that everything will be taken care of. They both explained what steps need to be taken in each case and made me feel at ease. I hope everyone else will get to have a positive experience as well.

It's a PD. I don't trust cops, but this town needs them…read more The girls up front are great and always helpful. Little place. Very small. But, they do have a coke machine:) Only 1.25:(

Great place to visit and walk around. Highly recommend to go mornings or evenings cause it gets…read morehot. Hardly any shade so bring an umbrella/hats/sunglasses if you can't stand the heat, definitely no heavy clothes you will sweat and bring comfortable shoes as well a lot of gravel. The walk and the self car tour took us about 2hr and 30 min to explore. Bathrooms are a nasty but open and bring water too. There's 3 trails for walking.

Bring your binoculars. Amazing birds. Very few people, even on a Saturday. The auto trail is well…read moreworth it and only one way. Saw many many sandhill cranes. Don't use the bathroom. It is gross.

A very beautiful well kept cemetery. Surrounded by the mountains and the valley, very serene…read more The ceremony for my husband was in September and I couldn't ask for a better day and a better place to bury him. My husband served in the navy and the pastor who conducted the service couldn't have been nicer. There were many comments on how nice the ceremony was. Thank you to all service men and women who helped me with the burial of my husband. My husband was buried with honors Sincerely, Patricia Vanlier

My dad, my grandpa and grandma are all buried here. The grounds are well kept and the process for…read moremy dad's burial were made easy by the front office. They also did a 21 gun salute for my dad which was really nice. Sometimes when you come in they have all the flags being flown which is pretty nice. There is also a Korean War memorial wall with my other grandmas brother's name on it that I found. He passed away in combat and it was really touching to see his name on the memorial all these years later he was not forgotten. I'm sure my grandma would have loved that.

My experience at Chowchilla Post office for a new Passport application for my 2 months old son. I…read morelive in Madera, CA and it takes me 20 mins or so to reach there. I went on 18th Dec 2025 to collect forms. And with all the documents, me, my wife and our little one reached there on 22nd, and the young lady told us that we need an appointment for new passport acceptance, which we realized our mistake, and set up an appointment for the next day for 11.45am. Next day, as we were leaving the house, the infant started to cry, to take care of his needs, it took us some time, as we didn't want him to be fussy at the post office appointment, so we were late 10 to 15 mins. We were feeling bad that we didn't make it on time and apologized to the young person standing behind the counter. and were glad at the same time, as no one was there in the post office so we might get helped. We were surprised to hear the tone of the young tall person, saying that they don't help with passport services between 12pm-1pm, which I understand, and again told him that due to infant issues we were only 10-15 mins late, but the manner of tone of the tall young man was so demeaning that we thought for a second what a big mistake we have done. We were thinking, even if we were to be helped at 1145 am, it should have easily taken 30 to 40 mins with infant picture taking all, and which would have passed the 12pm deadline. And with nobody besides us in the post office, he just kept repeating they can't help. As we were to drive back to Madera, I went back again just one more time to request them, as it's not very easy travelling with infant and more importantly the store was not busy at all. The moment I entered I saw 4employees just chit chatting behind the counter area, and I asked one employee to see if they could help us, he also said the same thing and told me that I should have reached 30 mins early, which sounds great and I understand that. Thankfully, another older gentleman was there, must be a supervisor, I requested him too and asked him politely, that due to child issue we got 10 to 15 mins late, but he also said same thing, like the others were saying, looks like they must be really good at throwing policy book at clients or great team players, because, they knew my issue well before I talked them in detail, must have talked to each other, when I entered the store second time. Which is great, as team unity is important in a retail environment. Funny part is, when I was pleading with the supervisor, an older female customer came and overheard our conversation. Even she said, give him a break, as Christmas is around the corner, at that time, the supervisor said ok, wait for one hour then we will help you, especially if the other scheduled appointment doesn't show up. I realized they are in no mood to help me today, even when the store was empty most of the time. I left the store and scheduled an appointment for another day, unfortunately at the same place, as this is one nearest to me for passport services.   My issue is not that I wasn't helped, or rule book was thrown at me, as I was polite at all times and left the store thinking, why everyone there was not in a mood to accommodate, starting with demeaning tone to making sure no one makes exception especially in regard to passport services even when they were not busy. Being myself in a retail leadership role for the last 15 plus years, I felt there was something missing out there.  To which I realize there is a leadership issue at this location, especially when I talked to supervisor, I could feel that he don't want to do different what his staff have already said, or try to understand the situation, and take action on what is best for this store, which is providing a great customer experience. And now I also understand why that young gentleman spoke to us like this, why even the store was empty, they don't want to help, because the culture in the store is like this.  As I looked more regarding functioning of Post office, I came across that Post Office employees are Public Servants but are NOT funded through public taxes, instead are self-funded through sales In there stores, which suggests me this should be a great reason to provide strong customer service experience, as I was also going to buy passport size pics and other stuffs, which I guess was revenue for the store. Which makes me wonder about a lot of other things.  I understand that there are times when there should be no exceptions and policies should be followed. But sometimes, when circumstances like this, a person was in your store 3 times, bringing his 2 months old infant twice, coming from a different town, only a few mins late and the store was not busy, I guess little consideration should have been given, just my thoughts.   Going through others' feedback, I see a pattern in this location, that employees don't like helping people especially coming with passport submission requests. It is unfortunate that the

Madera post office: In & out, like it should be. The coldest A/C Ive experienced in a long tome…read more Like, I would quit my job to work there. I wish I lived in Madera, just to use this list office for all my shipping needs.

I have driven past this at least 20 times. We finally pulled off to stop and why would a treat the…read moreviews are breathtaking and the visitor center is modern it has a fun 3-D interactive tour of the damn very clean restrooms and lots of information written on walls for people who like to read that. It was warm, but there are lots of shady spots under the trees and a nice set of benches to just sit and take in the reservoir. Kid friendly. Not pet friendly.

If you want to have a newly experience in nature, put this on your lists…read more They got a mini theater for the public information. So nice about it i saw Pres. Kennedy speech did a speech . Try it! Be ready to have your jacket, it's kinda cold and windy too. So come a have a day tour with your friends and families.

Colorado Ball Park is a recreational area(park) in Los Banos. When I was in junior high we would…read moreplay tournaments here at this park. There are 3 baseball/softball diamonds here. If your looking for a good play to practice your swing or play some catch and throw the ball around this is a nice park. This is a cool park to play recreational softball. I heard this park now has a skate park. The only skate park in town! Skate or die!!! Now that's rad!! This park was the site of many cool baseball tournaments when i was in junior high. I went to Oro Loma elementary( a K-8th school) just outside Dos Palos and our arch rival was OLF(private catholic school) from Los Banos. Dos Palos Junior High's rival was Los Banos junior high. Well in my 8th grade year. There was a tournament at this park that involved all these schools in one big clash. It was at this tournament that I hit a grand slam in and i got to meet people i would later go on to be teamates with at Dos Palos high. Those were good times! I will always cherish playing at this cool park!! Till this day i remember playing night games at this park! The times of my life! The only reason i'm giving this park 3 stars is because this park is not a new park its an older park. The Ag complex at the other end of town is a better place to play softball but again. This is a great park for kids. Grab your big league chew and get your skate on!!