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Ancil Hoffman Park is a major 396-acre (1.60 km 2) park located in Carmichael, California, accessible by taking the Watt Avenue exit off Highway 50. [4] Named after a Sacramento County Supervisor and manager to the famous boxer Max Baer, the park has many ancient oaks and is bordered on two sides by the American River.
The park is located on the border of Butte County and Glenn County. Common activities include fishing for salmon, steelhead and shad; and floating the river on inner tubes, canoes or kayaks. The 349-acre (141 ha) property was established as a state park in 1979. [1] The park's riparian habitat is an example of a disappearing natural resource.
Today, the Old Sacramento Historic District covers the area between the river frontage and Interstate 5, between I Street and the Capitol Mall. The State Historic Park comprises about a third of the total acreage of the district including half of the waterfront, a large grassy area and railroad features.
In the early 19th century, the famous fur trapper Jedediah Smith explored the area east of Sacramento, between the settlement at the confluence now known as Old Sacramento, and Folsom. The area follows the course of the American River, and is rich in a diversity of wildlife. In the late 19th century, the trail was marked out by a prototype ...
The Old Sacramento State Historical Park currently includes the California State Railroad Museum, a train depot for excursion train rides and reconstructions of a cluster of early commercial ...
An adjacent park would create the possibility of visiting the river on foot. Opinion Known as the Sacramento Stitch Park Riverfront Reconnection Project , the open space would be created atop the ...
It is located near the historic Chinese American town of Locke, 28 miles (45 km) equidistant from Sacramento and Stockton. [2] The 472-acre (191 ha) property was established in 1985. [3] Delta Meadows preserves a river delta much as it appeared 150 years ago, crowded with stands of oak, tule, walnut, willow, and cottonwood.
Old Sacramento State Historic Park, California State Railroad Museum 38°35′04″N 121°30′14″W / 38.5844°N 121.5039°W / 38.5844; -121.5039 ( First Transcontinental Sacramento