Sacramento is the Fun Capital
We Love Recreation
World Class
Skiing
Two Hours from the Snow
Two Hours from the City
We have a pretty ideal location. Sacramento is situated about two hours from both the beach and the mountains — two completely different settings with unique sets of outdoor recreation options.
Lake Tahoe is situated amongst the majestic Sierra Nevada, where snow sports enthusiasts travel to from all over the globe. We are fortunate to live within reasonable driving distance from a collection of popular ski resorts, from big names like Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe to smaller resorts, like Sierra-at-Tahoe.
Travel to one of these ski resorts near Sacramento for non-stop snow fun, whether you ski, board, sled, tube or simply like making snow angels!
Golf
30 Golf Courses in & Around Sacramento
Try Something Different
Worst Ball and Blood Bath
The best-ball format is relatively well known, but not so well known is "worst ball."
The team of two or four players must play the worst ball hit by their team for the next shot, rather than the ball with the best lie. Another game is "blood bath," played with teams of two or four players. Each member of each team drives the ball. The other team decides which of the drives will be played.
You'll find lots of Sacramento golfers trying these out this year.
Biking
Mountain or Street
Tour of California
Just minutes away from the fantastic mountain trails of the Sierras, Sacramento biking fans live in Paradise. There are dozens of popular mountain trails.
The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) is an annual professional cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. It is the only event on the top-level World Tour in the United States. It was first held in 2006. The eight-day race covers 650–700 miles (1,045–1,126 km) through the U.S. state of California.
A typical edition might begin in the Sierra Nevada near Sacramento, travel through the Redwood forests, California's Wine Country and the Pacific Coast, and finish in Southern California. The 2009 race crossed the Central Valley from Merced to Fresno over to the coast.
With eight or nine of the 20 UCI ProTour teams (known as ProTeams) usually racing, the Tour of California is one of the most important cycling races in the United States. On November 28, 2006, the UCI upgraded it to the highest rating for races on the UCI Continental. On August 2, 2016, the UCI upgraded the race to World Tour status and added it to the 2017 UCI World Tour schedule.