parks – Exploring Sacramento

Walking in William Land Park

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 Posted in A to Z, Annual Events, Sacramento Sights

If you’re planning on going to William Land Park today, be prepared: it’s the 25th annual SPCA Doggy Dash and Bark in the Park festival!

doggy-dash

(Actually, since I’m posting this a bit after 2 PM, the festivities should just be wrapping up, but if you’re seeing an unusual number of dogs, that would be why.)

KeithA — William Land Park (photo by Yelp user Keith A.)

William Land Regional Park, also known to locals simply as Land Park, is one of the city’s biggest and best known parks. Aside from being a large (166.5 acres!) and luxurious park where you can hang out, enjoy a picnic, cool off in the wading pool, jog or stroll around, play basketball, softball or soccer, you’ll also find these attractions within the park:

And if those still weren’t enough reasons to visit, well, you might just be juvenile enough to be reeled in by this very unfortunately named softball field:

Unfortunate-KristianD — Tom A. Dicktakes Field – that is quite an unfortunate name, Sac Parks (photo by Yelp user Kristian D.)

Quirky on Q Street

April 19, 2019April 28, 2019 Posted in A to Z, local businesses

Sacramento has the entire alphabet in its downtown grid, so you’ll be able to orient yourself by figuring out where you are from A to Z. But once you leave the grid, things can get messy.

Q Street, in particular, has a number of stops and starts, dead ends, disconnected pieces, and other quirks.

But if you’re on the long, unbroken stretch of Q, here’s a list of all the things you’ll find there:

Advanced Tire Services & Auto Repair: 226 Q Street
CalPERS: 400 Q Street
Chita’s Taqueria: 2019 Q Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt Park: 1615 9th Street is the official address, but the park is bordered by 9th, 10th, P and Q streets
Fremont Community Garden: 14th and Q Street
Highwater: 1910 Q Street
Midtown Market & Deli: 2828 Q Street
Naked Lounge (coffee shop): 1500 Q Street
Q Street Bar & Grill (Benny’s): 2013 Q Street
The Sacramento Bee: 2100 Q Street
Truitt Bark Park: 1818 Q Street

NatalieD — Truitt Bark Park photo by Yelp user Natalie D.

Journey to the Jensen Botanical Garden

April 11, 2019February 1, 2020 Posted in A to Z, Sacramento Sights1 Comment

Though the Jensen Botanical Garden may be small (at only 3.5 acres), in comparison with other cities’ botanical gardens, visitors find that the price is right: admission is free!

Located in Carmichael, the garden is open to the public from 8 AM to dusk, daily, and includes a Nature Path for the Blind with Braille placards indicating the names of plants throughout.

Spring is the best time of year to visit, since this is when most of the flowers will be in full bloom. April is a great month to get out and enjoy nature, in any of Sacramento’s parks.