As we live just outside of Sacramento, our weekend escapes are usually pretty close to home. That is the nice thing about the Sacramento Valley – there are so many options! One of our favorite weekend getaways with the motorhome is to go down to the Sacramento Delta in California.
We have a few different places we like to stay down in the Sac Delta.
Sacramento Delta Camping
The Delta Marina RV Park is a fun place to stay, but a little hard to get into as it is a high-demand small park. And there is only one spot big enough to fit our 42′ motorhome. We have learned to plan way ahead, and always make reservations for our next stay when were are there. The sites are RIGHT on the Sacramento delta river (so nice!) and you look right out your window and see the Sacramento River delta.
There are nice lawn areas in front of the site, along with picnic tables. They have full hookups, cable TV, and wifi. They have a private dock in the campground, and it is all set up for fishing! The Marina has a very good restaurant and a cute little gift shop. This is right in Rio Vista, so it is a quick trip to the grocery store or restaurants.
This is a Solano county campground just a couple of miles out of Rio Vista, and the sites have water and electrical hookups. We did discover one VERY HOT Labor Day weekend in the Central Valley, however, their electrical cannot handle running your air conditioners in the RV.
We like this campground when we go camping with the family. It is right on the river, so a quick walk to go fishing or launch the boat. There is lots of grassy area for the kids to play in.
We have stayed in this State Park in the past. However, their length limit is 36′ and our motorhome is larger, so it is no longer an option for us. It is a nice campground, has a launch ramp for boats. The sites do not have hookups, however.
We stayed in this park last year right on the Sacramento Delta, and we took the nice grassy area at the end, right next to the 
river in front of the dock. Our friends brought down their houseboat, so it worked out great. This park is located just south of Walnut Grove and has a seasonal bar & grill.
They also have a boat ramp and cabin rentals. Some sites have full hook-ups, but the ones we were in were water & electric (30 amp). Luckily it was a cooler end of a summer weekend, so a/c was not needed.
Update on camping – Delta Shores is our current favorite, mostly as we bought a membership there so the price is right. I wrote about it here on our HaveFunRving.com blog.
Things to do in the Sacramento Delta and the small towns in the Sacramento Delta
Sacramento Delta Restaurants
In the town of Rio Vista, there is local shopping and restaurants. One of our 
favorite restaurants is Fosters Big Horn. The food is great, and the atmosphere is like no other.
Another restaurant we love to go to is Giusti’s near Walnut Grove. This is on Guy Fieri’s Diners Drive in’s and Dives. This place has delicious homemade meals. SAD UPDATE – This restaurant burned down and I haven’t heard if they are rebuilding or not.
Lodi Wine Tasting
Lodi is not far and is a nice drive to downtown Lodi and the wine tasting rooms. My favorites are Jeremy Wines they have a delicious Chocolate Port! And McCay Cellars is another great winery to visit. One of my favorites there is their Operation Restored Warrior wine, a great wine for a good cause. There are a lot more wineries I need to try in that area.
Another wine-tasting area in the delta is Clarksburg. There are over 14 wineries in one location, making it easy to sample more than enough to find your favorite. That location is the Old Sugar Mill.
A little geographic history on the area
Where is the Sacramento Delta? What is the Sacramento Delta?
The Delta was formed by the Sacramento River flowing south to meet the north-flowing San Joaquin River just south of Sacramento, where the rivers mingle with sloughs, smaller tributaries, and tidal flows.
This creates many little islands in what is also part of the San Joaquin Sacramento river delta area. There are so many miles of rivers and tributaries – it can be confusing! The rivers’ combined freshwater flows through the Carquinez Strait, a narrow break in the Coast Range, and into San Francisco Bay’s northern arm, forming the Bay-Delta. Suisun Marsh and adjoining bays are the brackish transitions between fresh and saltwater. But the location of that transition is not fixed. There is the San Joaquin Delta, the Sacramento River Delta as they meet up, sometimes referred to as the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta. Many names, one big area.
This area is well known as the Sacramento Delta Bird Sanctuary. There are wild birds everywhere!
More Delta Resources:
The Sacramento California Delta Map
Sacramento Delta History
Sacramento Delta ToursThe Sacramento Delta Fishing Report
