Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the northern part of the Central Valley in California.

Other destinations
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is the delta of the Sacramento River, and covers a huge area of the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley. The California Delta includes islands, farming towns, and wildlife refuges.

By plane
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is the region's biggest airport, offering flights from California cities, as well as other states.

By bus
Amtrak and Greyhound offer bus service to many Sacramento Valley cities, including Redding, Chico, Oroville, Corning, and Marysville.

By train
Amtrak runs two long distance trains and two regional trains through Sacramento and the Sacramento Valley.


 * The Coast Starlight runs from Seattle and Portland through Sacramento to San Francisco (via Emeryville), Oakland, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles.
 * The California Zephyr runs from San Francisco (via Emeryville) through Sacramento to Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, and Chicago.
 * The Capitol Corridor is a regional train that runs from the Bay Area to Sacramento making major stops in Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun City, Martinez, Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Fremont, Santa Clara and San Jose. Carefully consult the schedule when buying tickets for this since some of the daily runs are by bus instead of train.
 * The San Joaquin is a regional train that runs from Sacramento south into the San Joaquin Valley making major stops in Stockton, Fresno, and Bakersfield.

By car
Major roads through the Sacramento Valley area include Interstate 80, which runs east-west, and Interstate 5 and Highway 99, which run north-south.

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 * North Coast and Shasta Cascades, to the north
 * San Francisco, the Bay Area and the Central Coast, to the west
 * San Joaquin Valley, to the south
 * Sierra Nevada and the Gold Country, to the east