Local Area

The Visitor Center features an expansive tasting bar featuring a wide selection of regional wines, educational demonstration vineyard on grape growing and a gift shop featuring handcrafted products and Lodi giftware. The Wine & Visitor Center is a great introduction to the delicious wines of the Lodi Appellation. Expert staff will lead guests through a guided tasting of some of the region’s finest wines. The Center features hundreds of Lodi wines from the nearly 80 local vintners offerings.

The ongoing mission of the Foundation Board of Hutchins Street Square is to direct, guide and monitor the continued development and use of the Square and to foster contributions for the educational, cultural and social needs of our entire community. The Hutchins Street Square Foundation was formed in 1979 in order to pursue funding for what stands today as the "crown jewel" of Downtown Lodi.

Be sure to visit Lodi's Historic Downtown. Lodi is unique in the big valley, and our selection of merchandise and creative retailers in the downtown shopping district includes one-of-a-kind boutiques, fashionable furniture stores and great independently owned and operated restaurants with unforgettable dining experiences. From antiques to the region's best Zinfandels and from hot salsas to cool jazz, Downtown Lodi has it all.

Lodi Lake Park is a beautiful jewel of nature that combines the versatility of a park with the placidity of a lake. Visitors come here from near and far to explore the tranquil surroundings which houses a multitude of rare species and animals. Walk to the edge of the park and you will be able to glimpse the calm beauty cocooning the surroundings. The park doubles up as an event venue as well. So you will be able to witness a whole range of local, community and even cultural events taking place.

A gift from the late Lodi farmer turned philanthropist William G. Micke, this 258-acre park remains one of the most popular attractions in San Joaquin County. Micke Grove Zoo is a five-acre Zoo with amphibians, mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates. Micke Grove Park also features a Japanese Garden, San Joaquin County Historical Museum, Fun Town at Micke Grove Amusement Park and picnic shelters in a beautiful oak grove setting

The PARACHUTE CENTER, serving the sport since 1964, is one of the largest and oldest in the United States. Authorized independent instructors employ the latest in training techniques and modern up-to-date equipment, and are among the most experienced and active Instructors in the United States, licensed by the United States Parachute Association (USPA). . Authorized independent instructors offer a full choice of training programs for the first timer as well as advanced training.

In the fall and winter months, witness awe-inspiring flights of sandhill cranes along Woodbridge Rd. Other birds include barn owls, herons, pelicans, vultures, hawks, ibis, shrikes, swans, stilts and ducks. NOTE: It is required that you pre-register for your tour as tour sized is limited to 30 people and there are no accommodations for drop-ins at the tour site.

The 18-hole "Lockeford Springs" course at the Lockeford Springs Golf Course facility in Lodi, California features 6,861 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 73.2 and it has a slope rating of 130. Designed by Sandy Tatum/Jim Summers, the Lockeford Springs golf course opened in 1995. PR Golf, Inc. manages this facility.

Learn about energy, electricity, magnetism, sight and more at the World of Wonders (WOW) Science Museum in Historic Downtown Lodi, where hands-on exhibits stimulate discovery for all ages. If you've ever been to the San Francisco Exploratorium, then you know exactly what the World of Wonders is.... a fascinating, motivating and fun place where children and adults can learn about the world around them through science!

The Knowlton Gallery showcases contemporary representational landscape and figurative paintings and photography, with an emphasis on representing fine artists who live and work within a two-hour radius of the gallery; Bay Area, Central Valley, Sierra Foothills and Sonoma County. This area is home to many nationally renowned artists.