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Stockton

Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States.

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The place

Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is the most populous city in the county, the 11th-most populous city in California and the 60th-most populous city in the U.S., with 320,804 residents at the 2020 census. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley, within California's Central Valley. It lies at the southeastern corner of a large inland river delta that separates it from other nearby cities, such as Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Stockton

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.

  1. 01
    University of the Pacific

    University of the Pacific is a private, historically Methodist-affiliated university with its main campus in Stockton, California, United States, and graduate campuses in San Francisco and Sacramento. It was the first university chartered in the state of California, the first independent coeducational campus in California, and the first conservatory of music and first medical school on the West Coast.

    2.9 km · private university in Stockton, California, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Diocese of Stockton

    The Diocese of Stockton is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

    2.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    California's 9th congressional district

    California's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Josh Harder, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2023.

    4.8 km · U.S. House district centered on Stockton, CA · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Haggin Museum

    The Haggin Museum is an art museum and local history museum in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, located in the city's Victory Park. The museum opened in 1931.

    1.9 km · art museum in Stockton, California · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Adventist Health Arena

    Adventist Health Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It opened in December 2005 and seats a maximum of 12,000 fans.

    300 m · indoor arena in Stockton, California · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cathedral of the Annunciation

    The Cathedral of the Annunciation is a Catholic cathedral in Stockton, California, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Stockton.

    900 m · church in California, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Humphreys University

    Humphreys University, previously known as Humphreys College, is an independent, non-profit university with two campuses in California, one in Modesto and the other in Stockton. It has been in continuous service to the central San Joaquin Valley since 1896, giving it the distinction of being the first institution of higher education in the area.

    6.4 km · independent, non-profit university with two campuses in California, one in Modesto and the other in Stockton · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    San Joaquin Delta College

    San Joaquin Delta College is a public community college in Stockton, California. It was founded in 1935 as Stockton Junior College.

    4.7 km · public community college in Stockton, California, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Smith Canal

    The Smith Canal is a former barge canal in Stockton, California, United States. It currently runs approximately 2.4 miles east-northeast from the San Joaquin River, although it previously ran about 0.65 miles further to El Dorado Street.

    3.3 km · barge canal in Stockton, California · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Weberstown Mall

    Mershops Weberstown is a small enclosed shopping mall in Stockton, California, United States. Opened in 1966, it is anchored by JCPenney, Dillard's, and Barnes & Noble, with a vacant anchor last occupied by Sears.

    4.5 km · shopping mall in Stockton, California · Wikipedia

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Getting to Stockton

Airports
Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 86 km · Sacramento (SMF), 86 km · Mineta San Jose (SJC), 87 km
Stations
Stockton Metropolitan Airport, 8.5 km · San Joaquin Street station, 1.5 km · Robert J. Cabral Station, 1.2 km · Port of Stockton, 2.3 km
  • Oakland → Stockton
    88 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · $9–13
  • Sacramento → Stockton
    72 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · $6–9
  • San Jose → Stockton
    4843 km · quickest by air, 17h 27m · $990–1,490
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Stockton

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 Stockton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  3. 03
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    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

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  4. 04
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    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

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    Courtenay, Comox and the Comox ValleyCA

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