CONFLUENCE - American River and Sacramento River - Sacramento, CA - River Origins, Destinations and Confluences on Waymarking.com

The confluence is in Discovery Park. The enterance fee is $5 per car.

The American River: "The American River (Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period) located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for being the site of Sutter's Mill, Northwest of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush. It runs from the Sierra Nevada mountains through the Sacramento metro where it flows into the Sacramento River on its way to San Francisco Bay. It is known for its whitewater rapids." (visit link)

The Sacramento River: "The Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the United States state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range, the Sacramento flows south for 447 miles (719 km), through the northern Central Valley of California, between the Pacific Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada." (visit link)

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