Travel and Outdoors

These are your favorite Sacramento spots for fall colors

It’s a hue deal

November 4, 2022 • 
Matt Marcure
Three Chinese pistache trees are in the process of changing colors

We spotted these ember-like Chinese pistache trees in East Sac.

Photo by SACtoday Staff

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🏠 Neighborhoods
🌳 Parks
🥾 Trails

We recently asked you to recommend your favorite neighborhoods, trails, parks, and nearby towns to take in the fall colors, and you all didn’t leaf us behind.

Well, except for towns — only one answer was for a trail outside of Sacramento proper. Talk about taking pride in the City of Trees.

Here are your recommendations, broken down by type.

A map with symbols of a tree, house, and boot across Sacramento

Click on the map to see each spot and to add your own.

Map made with Proxi

🏠 Neighborhoods

  • East Sac
  • Land Park
  • Campus Commons
  • Curtis Park
  • River Park

🌳 Parks

  • Southside Park
  • McKinley Park
  • Paradise Beach
  • University Arboretum at Sac State
  • UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden

🥾 Trails

  • The American River Bike Trail, particularly the stretch near Guy West Bridge
  • Robie Point Firebreak Trail in Auburn

Don’t see your favorite stomping grounds for making the most of autumn? Let us know.

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