Hotels near Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, Lodi, Calif.
October 9 – 13, 2024
Hotels that offer NSS Discounts: (3 Miles)
Holiday Inn Express:
209-210-0150
40 room block, 38 double queen, 2 king
Reservation Code: NSS
Hampton Inn & Suites:
209-369-2700
15% off the Base Rate
Reservation Code: NSS
Candlewood:
209-483-6056
10 room block, 5 double queen, 5 king
Reservation Code: NSS
Other Hotels at Interstate 5 & E. Kettleman Ln: (10 Miles)
Microtel Inn & Suites: (209) 367-9700
Best Western I-5 Inn & Suites: (209) 367-3000
RV Camping on site at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds:
Some RV spots at $35 per night are available on a first come first served reservation basis:
water and electric hook-ups only (electrical 30 & 50 amp); dump station on site
restrooms and showers ADA access
pets and children welcome
WiFi is not available
No Tents
Lodi is 41 minutes from the Sacramento International Airport and is eight miles from Interstate 5, making driving from the north or south easy.
For those interested in other aspects of the railroad hobby, Northern California provides a variety of unique rail and live steam experiences:
♦The California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, home to live-steam artifacts as well as a provider of live steam rides (weekends only) is a 40-minute drive.
♦In Alameda County, the Pacific Locomotive Association operates standard-gauge live steam locomotive rides every Sunday throughout the summer. It’s a 1-hour drive to the Niles Canyon Railway.
♦For narrow-gauge live steam enthusiasts, the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad operates one of two Shays or a Heisler five times a day on weekends and four times weekdays; Roaring Camp is in Santa Cruz County, a 2-hour drive.
♦Another for narrow-gauge enthusiasts, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum operates a Railbus on Saturdays; Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum is in Nevada County CA, a 1½-hour drive.
♦The Golden Gate Live Steamers, with 2½- to 7½-inch tracks, run every Sunday in Oakland’s Tilden Park. In addition, the 15-inch gauge live steam Redwood Valley Railway is also in Tilden; on Sunday it will operate 11 to 6 and during the week 12 to 5. Tilden Park is a 90-minute drive.