The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
California

Stop 11 · Days 453–454

Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

California's capital and Gold Rush river town — a domed statehouse, a restored 1850s waterfront, and a great railroad museum.

Where to stay

  • A downtown or Old Sacramento hotel

    Near the Capitol and the river.

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You gotta eat this

  • Farm-to-fork everything

    Sacramento is America's 'Farm-to-Fork Capital.'

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 453Day 453 — Capitol & Gold RushFull day · 4h planned
  2. 454Day 454 — West to wine countryDrive day · 1h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • State Capitols
  • Museums & History