American River
The American River is a 30-mile-long river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in California, United States
- Also known as: “American Fork” and “Wild River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacramento Valley Station and 7th & Richards/Township 9 station.
Sacramento Valley Station
Railway station
Photo: Randwick, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacramento Valley Station is an Amtrak railway station in the city of Sacramento, California, at 401 I Street on the corner of Fifth Street, built in 1926 on the site of China Slough.
7th & Richards/Township 9 station
Railway station
7th & Richards/Township 9 station is a side platformed SacRT light rail station in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on June 15, 2012, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District.
Sutter Health Park
Photo: Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sutter Health Park is a ballpark in West Sacramento, California, directly adjacent to downtown Sacramento. It is the home of the minor league Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League and the temporary home of the Athletics of Major League Baseball.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sacramento and West Sacramento.
Sacramento
Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States. It is the regional center for the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, which dominates much of the surrounding Sacramento Valley and stretches into parts of Gold Country.
West Sacramento
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
West Sacramento is a city of 54,000 people in Yolo County in the Sacramento Valley of California. West Sacramento is on the west bank of the Sacramento River, opposite the city of Sacramento.
Gardenland
Hamlet
Gardenland is a neighborhood in the city of Sacramento, California, around the Natomas Basin. It borders Northgate Boulevard to the west, Indiana Avenue to the north, Steelhead Creek to the east, and the Arden-Garden Connector to the south. Gardenland is situated 2 miles northeast of American River.
American River
- Categories: river, gold river, and body of water
- Location: Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover American River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“American River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ամերիկյան գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu American”
- Belarusian: “Амерыкан-Рывер (прыток Сакрамента)”
- Belarusian: “Амерыкан-Рывер”
- Catalan: “riu American”
- Catalan: “Riu American”
- Cebuano: “American River”
- Chinese: “亞美利加河”
- Chinese: “美利坚河”
- Chinese: “美利堅河”
- Chinese: “美国河”
- Chinese: “美國河”
- Chuvash: “Американ-Ривер”
- Czech: “American”
- Dutch: “American River”
- Esperanto: “Amerika Rivero”
- Estonian: “American River”
- Estonian: “American”
- Finnish: “Americanjoki”
- French: “American River (Californie)”
- French: “American River”
- German: “American River”
- German: “Rio De Los Americanos”
- German: “Rio Ojotska”
- Hebrew: “נהר אמריקן”
- Irish: “Abhainn Meiriceánach”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mheiriceá”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mheiriceánach”
- Irish: “An Abhainn Mheiriceánach”
- Italian: “American River”
- Italian: “American”
- Japanese: “アメリカン川”
- Korean: “아메리칸 강”
- Korean: “아메리칸강”
- Malayalam: “അമേരിക്കൻ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ამერიკან-რივერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “American River”
- Persian: “رود امریکن”
- Polish: “American”
- Portuguese: “Rio American”
- Russian: “Америка (река)”
- Russian: “Американ-Ривер (приток Сакраменто)”
- Russian: “Американ-Ривер (река)”
- Russian: “Американ-Ривер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “American (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “American”
- Slovenian: “American River”
- Spanish: “El rio americano”
- Spanish: “El río americano”
- Spanish: “El rio de los americanos”
- Spanish: “El río de los americanos”
- Spanish: “Rio Americano”
- Spanish: “Río Americano”
- Spanish: “Rio de los americanos”
- Spanish: “río de los Americanos”
- Spanish: “Río de los americanos”
- Spanish: “Río de los Americanos”
- Turkish: “American Nehri”
- Urdu: “دریائے امیریکن”
- Venetian: “American”
- Welsh: “Afon American”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “American River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broderick and Peethill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tiscornia Park and Jibboom Street Bridge.
Sacramento County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sacramento, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Citrus Heights.
Curious Streams to Discover
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