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The American River Parkway/Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail is absolutely beautiful! It’s a peaceful, scenic place to walk, bike, jog, or just enjoy the outdoors. The river views, trees, wildlife, and fresh air make it feel like a little escape right in the Sacramento area. Such a wonderful trail and definitely a local treasure!
I’ve found great pit stops, the Dragon tea house, Pho place, Mexican restaurant and O’briens awesome sandwiches. Still more to explore. Oh The yogurt Mill… yum.
Trail is long, but it seems it is just the canal access road. No benches, no water, no shade, no facilities, so be prepared.
I love this trail! It's a beautiful ride along the river. There are some slight hills to give your work out some variety. Don't forget to stop and take pictures!!
From the East end most of the trail was roadside but did have a paved bike lane. Several wineries to stop at including Concannon. However the main trail was closed. I posted photos.
Nice trail, flat and shady. There are a couple of big streets to cross but it is easy to pick up the trail again.
Lots of shade along the way, a few dismount areas as you make it to where the path crosses the street.
We are new to biking and still finding our way. We started at the Livermore end and don’t recommend it. There is a lot of Urban riding on streets and lights to cross, we had to turn around a few times as the trail seemed a bit disjointed. So…. Start in San Ramon. We went on a Saturday morning about 8:30. The bushes are trimmed back to allow for bike riding. People were nice a courteous. I didn’t see any urban living that would have made me feel unsafe. We will definitely try this one again, but start farther north. Once we hit San Ramon, everything was great! We stopped at a Starbucks, had breakfast and used the bathroom.
This trail is “extending” the southern bike access to the American River boundary. The “current” maintenance on the I80 and railroad bridge(s) that cross the American River are ongoing for many years, restricting access to the trail. Still not complete (as of 8-11-25). Once this one mile-long stretch under both vehicle and train bridges is complete for pathed biking, this will be an excellent trail from Sutter’s Landing to Watt Avenue bridge. It will provide excellent biking possibilities for “loops” around stretches of the American River, accessing both sides of the river via the excellent Jedediah Smith/Twin Rivers trails. There are bridges currently for bikes to cross the American River at various locations. Apparently in the plans is a dedicated bike pathway over the I80 vehicle bridge. This will allow more opportunities to cross the river. Can’t wait for this opportunity to be complete!!!¿¿¿
Rolling reflections ¿¿¿¿¿ For the past few weeks, I had the joy of riding an electric bike~compliments of the City of Elk Grove. On my final day, I rode the full length of Laguna Creek and let the ride speak for itself. Looking forward to it connecting to the American River one day. Can’t wait to get back on an e-bike again. A few snapshots from the journey…
I used this app while running 10K today. This is great.
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