Gold River is a community of 7,800 people (2010) in Sacramento County in California.
U.S. Highway 50 passes through Gold River allowing access from Sacramento to the west and Carson City to the east.
The closest airport, Sacramento International Airport (IATA: SMF), is only about a 35-minute drive away from Gold River.
Car rental locations are available in the surrounding Sacramento area.
If you'd like to visit nearby Nimbus Dam in Fair Oaks to the east of Gold River, you can always explore that and the surrounding area. Also close is the American River.
The American River has lots of ways to keep entertained — there are raft rental centers available close to the riverside, and hiking trails that overlook it.
In the northwestern part of Gold River there is a small shopping center with restaurants, grocery stores such as Bel-Air, pharmacies, and banks.
Although Gold River is a small area, the restaurants in it usually have some kind of decent bar available. There are McDonald's and fast food restaurants surrounding the area where you can get a cup of coffee or tea in the morning.
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