Urban Trails: Sacramento. John Soares
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Название: Urban Trails: Sacramento
Автор: John Soares
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Книги о Путешествиях
isbn: 9781680512854
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Funderland has a variety of rides, giving young children the opportunity to fly on the back of a dragon, spin inside some really big cups, and ride the miniature train. (See http://funderlandpark.com for more information, including admission fee and hours.)
North of the Sacramento Zoo, Land Park Drive travels past Duck Lake a fishing spot where anglers young and old try their luck. Farther along Land Park Drive several baseball diamonds make great stopping points during spring and summer if you want to catch a practice or a game.
Anne Rudin Peace Pond on the north side of William Land Park
A section of the park extends west from the northernmost baseball diamond, bounded by Riverside Boulevard, Eleventh Avenue, Thirteenth Avenue, and Thirteenth Street. This is a relatively peaceful area to meander among the large trees.
The northern boundary of the main part of the park lies along Thirteenth Avenue between Land Park Drive to the west and Freeport Boulevard to the east. Beautiful homes with interesting landscaping line the north side of Thirteenth Avenue, while on the south side in the park itself native trees such as redwoods, valley oaks, and California sycamores invite you to enjoy their cool shade. Be sure to visit the Anne Rudin Peace Pond, accessed from Fourteenth Avenue to the north and Eighteenth Street to the east. Named for former Sacramento mayor Anne Rudin, the pond is a beautiful spot to watch ducks and geese.
You can also walk the perimeter of the park on the packed dirt path, which runs beside city streets with their attendant traffic noise. To have a more natural experience, in many instances you can walk a bit farther inside the park parallel to the packed dirt path.
Oaks shade a section of the trail from Mormon Island Cove to Browns Ravine (Trail 11).
GREATER SACRAMENTO URBAN AREA
The burgeoning population of the Sacramento area has expanded mainly eastward from downtown Sacramento, with small towns like Roseville and Folsom becoming sizable cities in recent decades. Indeed, much of the population of the greater urban area now lives outside of the Sacramento city limits.
The broad American River winds through this suburban expanse, and you’ll find plenty of walking and hiking opportunities on and near this waterway. The Sacramento area is extremely fortunate to have the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail (American River Bike Trail; see “The American River Parkway” sidebar in the Downtown Sacramento section), a paved path open to walkers and runners that stretches 32 miles along or near the American River from its confluence with the Sacramento River in Discovery Park all the way to Folsom Lake.
This section features several regional parks along the American River where you can both explore the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail and wander dirt paths and roads that wind across the floodplain and down to the banks of the river itself. You’ll also find the best hikes farther upstream, including a long loop around Lake Natoma, plus paths running along and above the shores of Folsom Lake. Two hikes also run along the riparian corridor of Dry Creek in the Roseville area.
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