{"id":20,"date":"2011-06-19T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.americanriverwildlife.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:30:41","slug":"discovery-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Sacramento County&#8217;s best boat launches, Discovery Park is where the American River meets the Sacramento River. This 302-acre park is located in the middle of downtown Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery Park is where the American River meets the Sacramento River. One of Sacramento County&#8217;s best boat launches, recreational boaters get the chance to explore both of Sacramento&#8217;s wild and scenic rivers. Capt. John Sutter&#8217;s foreman James Marshall discovered gold along the American River more than a hundred years ago, but what you discover here \u201can excellent recreation site\u201c may be even more important to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to Get There:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 302-acre park, Discovery Park is located beside I-5 in downtown Sacramento. From I-5 take the Richards Blvd. off-ramp then go west to get to the South entrance of the park, or follow the Garden Highway exit east from I-5 to find the North entrance. Signs denote the park&#8217;s location from I-5.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Activities <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bicycle riders can enjoy the 32 mile Jedediah Smith Bike Trail.<\/li>\n<li>Adults and kids can play softball while archers of all experience levels can shoot in the archery range.<\/li>\n<li>Reserve a picnic area for your next party today!<\/li>\n<li>Boat ramp and car-top launching can be found on the shores of the American River.<\/li>\n<li>Anglers enjoy excellent fishing; here they find the best of both rivers!<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol is prohibited at Discovery Park, except by permit from the Director and with reservation for picnics and special events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Sacramento County&#8217;s best boat launches, Discovery Park is where the American River meets the Sacramento River. This 302-acre park is located in the middle of downtown Sacramento. Discovery Park is where the American River meets the Sacramento River. One of Sacramento County&#8217;s best boat launches, recreational boaters get the chance to explore both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?page_id=20\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Discovery Park<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3882,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/3882"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}