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Land Park is a neighborhood in the city of
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. Land Park consists of mainly single-family dwellings in the area between Interstate 5 to the west, Broadway to the north, Sutterville Road to the south and Freeport Blvd to the east.
William Land Park William Land Park, frequently referred to as simply "Land Park" is a major city park in Sacramento, California. The park is located between Interstate 5 (California), Interstate 5 and California State Route 160, State Route 160. William Land was ...
is its namesake, a major city park south of Highway 50 and east of
Interstate 5 Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californ ...
in South Sacramento. It also contains the Sacramento Zoo along with the popular children's theme parks Funderland and Fairy Tale Town. In addition, Land Park is the home to the popular Vic's Ice Cream, Masullo Pizza, Tower Cafe, and Tower Theater. Katie Valenzuela is the city councilmember for District 4, which includes the entire Land Park area.


South Land Park

South Land Park is just south of Land Park and is bordered to the north by Sutterville Road, to the east by Freeport Blvd, to the west by Interstate 5 and to the south by Florin Road. It has a lot of modern houses, many of them built in the South Land Park Hills. Two of the elementary schools in South Land Park are Pony Express and Alice Birney. South Land Park is close to the Greenhaven-Pocket area.


South Land Park Hills

South Land Park Hills is a subsection of the neighborhood on the southern end of South Land Park. This is the area bound by Fruitridge Road on the north, Florin Road on the south, Freeport Boulevard/ State Route 160 on the east, and
Interstate 5 Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californ ...
on the west. Parks in South Land Park Hills include Reichmuth Park, Cooledge Park, and Argonaut Park. This mostly residential section holds a combination of apartments and single-family houses, many of which were built in the mid-Twentieth Century, including many Eichler homes.


Little Pocket

Little Pocket is a less well known section of the South Land Park community. Contained by Riverside Blvd, it lies between Sutterville and 35th Ave. This small neighborhood borders along the Sacramento River and Interstate 5. "Little Pocket" is host to a small park, Bahnfleth Park—named after esteemed politician Emil A. Bahnfleth. This park is most popularly used for recreational soccer matches by local youth leagues. Additionally, the neighborhood has a Westin hotel with a Scott's Seafood restaurant and has a small, family owned chocolate store named Kobasic's Candies.


Famous Residents of the Land Park area

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Phil Angelides Phillip Nicholas Angelides ( ; born June 12, 1953) is an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. Angelides served as the Chair of the Apoll ...
- former California State Treasurer and 2006 gubernatorial nominee * Rex Babin - Political Cartoonist *
Charles Calderon Charles Michael Calderon (born March 12, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature. Early life and education Calderon was born on March 12, 1950 in Montebello, California. H ...
- California State Legislator lives here while the legislature is in session. *
Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), and Dominic Garcia (bass). During their first fi ...
- Alternative Metal band. * Morton Downey Jr. - conservative radio commentator lived here when he was doing his TV show in the 80's in Sacramento * Robert Fong - Sacramento City Councilmember, 4th district * H. W. Harkness - a Gold Rush era physician and mycologist who owned most of the north-east corner of what is now the Land Park neighborhood * Michael Rehm - Personal Injury Attorney, born, raised and currently lives in Land Park area. *
Anthony Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by Preside ...
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice was raised in the neighborhood and lived here until his appointment to the court. * Sheila Kuehl - Former California State Legislator from Santa Monica lived in Land Park while serving in the legislature. *
Doris Matsui Doris Okada Matsui (; born Doris Kazue Okada; September 25, 1944) is an American politician from the Democratic Party, serving since 2005 in the House of Representatives. She represents (until 2013 numbered the 5th district), covering the ci ...
- Congresswoman, succeeded her husband upon his death, worked in the Clinton White House * Ronald Alvaraz - Tavern, restaurant owner (The Distillery) in downtown Sacramento for more than 50 years. * Robert Matsui - Congressman 1979–2005, DCCC Chairman, Sacramento City Councilmember * John Mockler - former Interim Secretary of Education in California and former executive director of the California State Board of Education * Stephen Pearcy (activist) - Sacramento attorney * Anne Rudin - former Sacramento Mayor *
Wayne Thiebaud Morton Wayne Thiebaud ( ; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his la ...
- Artist, internationally known and critically influential on several generations of artist. *
William Vollmann William Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959) is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer, and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction with the novel '' Europe Central''.
- Essayist * Jimmie Yee - Sacramento County Supervisor and former Sacramento Mayor *
Wilson Riles Wilson Camanza Riles (June 27, 1917 – April 1, 1999) was an American educator and politician from California. He was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California. Career Riles graduated from Northern Arizona Univ ...
- former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction {{Sacramento Neighborhoods in Sacramento, California