Delta River Ride to Sacramento with Return by Train

The Delta is where California’s biggest rivers – the San Joaquin and the Sacramento – join. Riverboats were California’s first mass transit and Sacramento is where the Transcontinental Railroad terminated. The line to Lodi is the same one that first connected Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay a few months after the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory, Utah in 1869. When railroad construction ended, thousands of Chinese laborers were hired to build some of the levees and roads you ride on this route. Their descendants still live in the quaint river towns along the way. Leave early and enjoy a unique ride through old California. The ride is flat but the Delta can be windy and it’s important to be on time for the train from Sacramento to Lodi.

This route includes optional stops at:

• Panaderia Primo’s Bakery
• Walnut Grove
• Holland Market

Due to the COVID pandemic, Amtrak's San Joaquin train service has been suspended. However, there are Amtrak buses servicing this route and unboxed bicycles can be placed in the lower bins under the bus on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no service charge for bikes. Check Amtrak for current departure times. You can buy a ticket for yourself at: https://www.amtrak.com/routes/san-joaquins-train.html or at the Sacramento train depot.

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Lodi Roads (209) 333-6740

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Lodi (209) 333-6741, after hours (209) 333-6727

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Caution: You will be riding primarily on country roads with no bike lanes. Please ride responsibly and pull off the road to let large farm machinery pass safely. The routes in this map are provided as a representation of routes commonly used by local riders. No representation is made that they are safe from vehicular, animal, or road hazards. Users are cautioned to exercise judgment. Users assume all risks of riding bikes on the routes and agree to release hold harmless Visit Lodi! from any and all injuries or damages incurred as a result of riding on the routes.