Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S.
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Valley. It is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous city in the state, and 35th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 524,943 at the 2020 census. The Sacramento metropolitan area, with 2.46 million residents, is the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Sacramento
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is the seat of the California state government, located in Sacramento, the state capital of California. The building houses the chambers of the California State Legislature, made up of the assembly and the senate, along with the office of the governor of California.
600 m · state capitol building of the U.S. state of California · Wikipedia - 02ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. Opened in 1988, it was the home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association from 1988 to 2016.
7.8 km · indoor arena in Sacramento · Wikipedia - 03California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
600 m · lower house of the California State Legislature · Wikipedia - 04California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. The state senate convenes, along with the state assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
600 m · upper house of the California State Legislature · Wikipedia - 05Golden 1 Center
Golden 1 Center is an indoor arena in downtown Sacramento, California, United States. It sits partially on the site of the former Downtown Plaza shopping center.
500 m · an indoor arena, located in downtown Sacramento, California · Wikipedia - 06California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Sacramento is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State University system.
6 km · public university in Sacramento, California, United States · Wikipedia - 07Diocese of Sacramento
The Diocese of Sacramento is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
3.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 08Crocker Art Museum
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art.
1.1 km · art museum in Sacramento, California · Wikipedia - 09Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, in Sacramento, capital of the state of California. It is the seat of Bishop Jaime Soto.
400 m · American cathedral · Wikipedia - 10Sacramento Zoo
The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento, California, United States. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals and occupied 4.2 acres.
4.8 km · zoo in the United States · Wikipedia
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Where to eat
The diversity of Sacramento is not only reflected in its various neighborhoods but also in the food choices you can find here. The places in the central district tend to be more trendy and hip while food establishments in their respective neighborhoods reflect the tastes of their residents.
From Wikivoyage: Sacramento, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Sacramento
- Airports
- Sacramento (SMF), 15 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 115 km · San Francisco (SFO), 132 km
- Stations
- Sacramento Valley Station, 700 m · Sacramento Executive Airport, 7.7 km · City College, 4.5 km · Florin, 9.5 km · Fruitridge, 6.4 km
- Oakland → Sacramento110 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · $11–15
- San Francisco → Sacramento121 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · $11–16
- San Jose → Sacramento4894 km · quickest by air, 13h 24m · $820–1,250
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sacramento
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sacramento. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Sacramento
- Parkway–South Sacramentounincorporated community in California, United States8.6 km
- New HelvetiaMexican-era California settlement1.3 km
- Big Four Buildingensemble of historic buildings in Old Town Sacramento, California, United States800 m