Things to Do in Sacramento
Top things to do in Sacramento
- California State Railroad Museum. Widely regarded as the finest railroad museum in North America, this Old Sacramento landmark fills 225,000 square feet with beautifully restored locomotives and passenger cars tracing the story of the transcontinental railroad. Seasonal weekend excursion trains run 50-minute rides along the Sacramento River behind…
- Crocker Art Museum. Founded in the 1870s and housed partly in a stunning preserved Victorian mansion, the Crocker is the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi and holds over 28,000 works spanning California Impressionism, ancient Asian and Pre-Columbian art, European drawings, and contemporary California artists including Wayne…
- California State Capitol Museum. Sacramento's most iconic landmark is a fully functioning seat of government you can walk through for free, exploring restored 19th-century offices of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Governor alongside the active legislative chambers — you may catch a real floor vote during session. Free guided tours run…
- Old Sacramento Waterfront. A National Historic Landmark District where wooden boardwalks, 1849-era storefronts, and the Sacramento River converge to recreate the energy of the Gold Rush — also home to the Railroad Museum, the Sacramento History Museum's underground tours, Delta King riverboat, and horse-drawn carriage rides. The district is…
- American River Parkway & Bike Trail. A 32-mile paved trail from Discovery Park in downtown Sacramento to Folsom Lake — used by more than five million people a year — cuts through cottonwood riparian forest along the American River and is largely flat, making it accessible to all fitness levels. The trail connects to whitewater rafting put-ins on the…
- Sutter's Fort State Historic Park. The reconstructed 1839 adobe fort where John Augustus Sutter built his private empire in the Sacramento Valley stands in Midtown exactly where it always was — the spot from which news of the 1848 gold discovery spread to the world and triggered the California Gold Rush. Self-guided tours wind through historic rooms,…
- Tower Bridge. Sacramento's golden 1935 Streamline Moderne vertical-lift bridge — painted its distinctive metallic gold after a citywide vote in 2002 to evoke the Gold Rush — connects downtown to West Sacramento over the Sacramento River and is the city's most photographed landmark, especially at sunset when it reflects on the…
- Midtown Second Saturday Art Walk. On the second Saturday of every month from May through October, Midtown's galleries, studios, restaurants, bars, and pop-up installations open their doors from 2 to 8 PM for a free self-guided art walk that spills into the neighborhood's nightlife until the early hours. It is Sacramento's signature cultural street…
Top-rated tours & activities in Sacramento
60 Minute Adventures - The Escape Game at The Galleria — 5.0★ (290 reviews)
South Fork Half-Day Whitewater Rafting Trip from Lotus (Class 2-3+) — 5.0★ (136 reviews)
Shadows, Scandals, & Secrets of Old Town Sacramento Ghost Tours — 4.4★ (216 reviews)
Full-Day Whitewater Rafting Trip on Middle Fork from Auburn (Class 3-4) — 5.0★ (97 reviews)
Pedal, Drink, and Bar hop through Sacramento on a 15 seat Beer Bike — 4.9★ (50 reviews)
Downtown Sacramento Historical Food Tour — 4.8★ (137 reviews)
Wine Tour Pros - Sprinter Van Wine Tour: Up To 14 Guests — 5.0★ (42 reviews)
Full-Day 21 Mile Whitewater Rafting Trip on South Fork from Lotus (Class 2-3) — 5.0★ (33 reviews)