Stockton Waterfront and Banner Island

The revitalised section of Stockton's waterfront on the San Joaquin River, centred on Banner Island Ballpark — the home of the Stockton Ports minor league baseball team — and the adjacent arena, marina, and waterfront park. The area is most enjoyable in the evening, when the ballpark is lit up and the river reflects it.

The waterfront walk provides views of the working port and the river channel, which still sees commercial barge traffic heading to and from the farms of the Central Valley. The Maritime Museum near the civic auditorium covers Stockton's history as an inland port. The Channel area behind the waterfront has a cluster of bars and restaurants popular with young professionals and Central Valley State University students on weekends.

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Stockton was, for most of the twentieth century, the furthest inland deep-water port in the United States — ocean-going vessels could travel 100 kilometres inland from San Francisco Bay up the San Joaquin River to reach the city's docks. At its peak in the mid-twentieth century, Stockton handled millions of tonnes of agricultural commodities every year, and the waterfront was a working industrial zone. The docks are quieter now, and the waterfront has been partially redeveloped as a park and entertainment district.