California State Railroad Museum
Discover railroading history through the museum’s current galleries, ticket information and scheduled activities.
Visitor details ↗Capital, Gold Country & Sierra / Find your place
Sacramento
Rail history · Art collections · Riverfront
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Sacramento.
Build a city day around rail history, art and the historic waterfront. Keep room for a neighborhood meal instead of treating Sacramento as merely a transfer point on the way to the mountains.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Crocker Art Museum
Plan an art visit around the museum’s collections, changing exhibitions and current visitor guidance.
Visitor details ↗Old Sacramento Waterfront
Explore the historic district’s current shops, museums and events using the waterfront’s visitor information.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Explore local restaurants, cafés and places to pause around Sacramento.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Sacramento. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Sacramento area places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Sacramento. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real California photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- Sacramento, California skyline.jpg — Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Mariposa, California.jpg — Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2007 - panoramio.jpg — Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Sacramento, Mariposa, South Lake Tahoe. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.