We found 131 communities that share the name Oakland.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Oakland.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another 130 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 130 communities, four are located in Canada and 127 are in the United States.
This Oakland lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Chambers County
This Oakland is located in Chambers County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Oakland.
Lauderdale County
This Oakland is located in Lauderdale County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Oakland.
Limestone County
This Oakland is located in Limestone County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Oakland.
Walker County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Oakland [Walker County].
Arkansas
Marion County
This Oakland is located in Marion County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Oakland.
California
Alameda County
This Oakland is located in Alameda County and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Oakland.
Yuba County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Yuba County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Oakland.
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Oakland is located in Hartford County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Oakland.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Oakland is located in New Castle County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Oakland.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Oakland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oakland.
Orange County
This Oakland is located in Orange County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Oakland.
Georgia
Clay County
This Oakland is located in Clay County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Oakland.
Gilmer County
This Oakland is located in Gilmer County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Oakland.
Hall County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Oakland.
Lee County
This Oakland is located in Lee County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Oakland.
Marion County
This Oakland is located in Marion County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Oakland.
Meriwether County
This Oakland is located in Meriwether County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Oakland.
Terrell County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Oakland [Terrell County].
Illinois
Coles County
This Oakland is located in Coles County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Oakland.
Cook County
This Oakland is located in Cook County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Oakland.
Saint Clair County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oakland [Saint Clair County].
Indiana
Marion County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Oakland [Marion County].
Spencer County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Oakland [Spencer County].
Iowa
Franklin County
This Oakland is located in Franklin County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oakland.
Pottawattamie County
This Oakland is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Oakland.
Kansas
Cherokee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oakland [Cherokee County].
Jewell County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oakland [Jewell County].
Kingman County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oakland [Kingman County].
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oakland [Montgomery County].
Shawnee County
This Oakland is located in Shawnee County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Oakland.
Kentucky
Boyd County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Oakland [Boyd County].
Bracken County
This Oakland is located in Bracken County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Oakland.
Warren County
This Oakland is located in Warren County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Oakland.
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
This Oakland is located in Bossier Parish and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Oakland.
Pointe Coupee Parish
This Oakland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Oakland.
Union Parish
This Oakland is located in Union Parish and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Oakland.
Maine
Kennebec County
This Oakland is located in Kennebec County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Oakland.
Manitoba
This Oakland lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Oakland is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakland.
Baltimore County
This Oakland is located in Baltimore County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Oakland.
Caroline County
This Oakland is located in Caroline County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Oakland.
Carroll County
This Oakland is located in Carroll County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Oakland.
Garrett County
This Oakland is located in Garrett County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Oakland.
Prince George's County
This Oakland is located in Prince George's County and lies 338 miles [544 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Oakland.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Oakland is located in Bristol County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Oakland.
Middlesex County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Oakland [Middlesex County].
Michigan
Allegan County
This Oakland is located in Allegan County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Oakland.
Berrien County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oakland [Berrien County].
Minnesota
Freeborn County
This Oakland is located in Freeborn County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Oakland.
Ramsey County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Oakland [Ramsey County].
Mississippi
Itawamba County
This Oakland is located in Itawamba County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Oakland.
Pike County
This Oakland is located in Pike County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Oakland.
Yalobusha County
This Oakland is located in Yalobusha County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Oakland.
Missouri
Jasper County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oakland [Jasper County].
Laclede County
This Oakland is located in Laclede County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Oakland.
Lafayette County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oakland [Lafayette County].
Saint Louis County
This Oakland is located in Saint Louis County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Oakland.
Nebraska
Burt County
This Oakland is located in Burt County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burt County community of Oakland.
New Brunswick
This Oakland lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
New Jersey
Bergen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oakland [Bergen County].
Camden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oakland [Camden County].
Salem County
This Oakland is located in Salem County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Oakland.
New York
Livingston County
This Oakland is located in Livingston County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Oakland.
Sullivan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Oakland [Sullivan County].
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Oakland is located in Cumberland County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Oakland.
Nash County
This Oakland is located in Nash County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Oakland.
Robeson County
This Oakland is located in Robeson County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Oakland.
Rowan County
This Oakland is located in Rowan County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Oakland.
Rutherford County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oakland [Rutherford County].
Transylvania County
This Oakland is located in Transylvania County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Oakland.
Union County
This Oakland is located in Union County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Oakland.
Nova Scotia
This Oakland lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
Ohio
Butler County
This Oakland is located in Butler County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oakland.
Clinton County
This Oakland is located in Clinton County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Oakland.
Defiance County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Defiance County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Oakland.
Fairfield County
This Oakland is located in Fairfield County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Oakland.
Franklin County
This Oakland is located in Franklin County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oakland.
Jackson County
This Oakland is located in Jackson County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Oakland.
Mahoning County
This community is historic and although located in Mahoning County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Oakland.
Mercer County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakland [Mercer County].
Montgomery County
This Oakland is located in Montgomery County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Oakland.
Muskingum County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oakland [Muskingum County].
Oklahoma
Marshall County
This Oakland is located in Marshall County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Oakland.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Oakland is located in Douglas County and lies 2,137 miles [3,439.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Oakland.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Oakland is located in Allegheny County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Oakland.
Armstrong County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Oakland [Armstrong County].
Cambria County
This Oakland is located in Cambria County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Oakland.
Chester County
This Oakland is located in Chester County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Oakland.
Huntingdon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Oakland [Huntingdon County].
Lawrence County
This Oakland is located in Lawrence County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Oakland.
Mercer County
This Oakland is located in Mercer County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Oakland.
Susquehanna County
This Oakland is located in Susquehanna County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Oakland.
Rhode Island
Providence County
This Oakland is located in Providence County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Oakland.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakland [Beaufort County].
Charleston County
This Oakland is located in Charleston County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Oakland.
Clarendon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oakland [Clarendon County].
Sumter County
This Oakland is located in Sumter County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Oakland.
Tennessee
Fayette County
This Oakland is located in Fayette County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oakland.
Grainger County
This Oakland is located in Grainger County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Oakland.
Henry County
This Oakland is located in Henry County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Oakland.
Jefferson County
This Oakland is located in Jefferson County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oakland.
Knox County
This Oakland is located in Knox County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Oakland.
Maury County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oakland [Maury County].
Putnam County
This Oakland is located in Putnam County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Oakland.
Robertson County
This Oakland is located in Robertson County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Oakland.
Sumner County
This Oakland is located in Sumner County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Oakland.
Warren County
This Oakland is located in Warren County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Oakland.
Washington County
This Oakland is located in Washington County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Oakland.
Wilson County
This Oakland is located in Wilson County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Oakland.
Texas
Brazoria County
This Oakland is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Oakland.
Cherokee County
This Oakland is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Oakland.
Colorado County
This Oakland is located in Colorado County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Oakland.
Fannin County
This Oakland is located in Fannin County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Oakland.
Jack County
This Oakland is located in Jack County and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jack County community of Oakland.
Orange County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oakland [Orange County].
Rusk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oakland [Rusk County].
Van Zandt County
This Oakland is located in Van Zandt County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Oakland.
Vermont
Franklin County
This Oakland is located in Franklin County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oakland.
Virginia
Henrico County
This Oakland is located in Henrico County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Oakland.
James City County
This Oakland is located in James City County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Oakland.
Louisa County
This Oakland is located in Louisa County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Oakland.
Pittsylvania County
This Oakland is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Oakland.
Roanoke City
This Oakland is located in Roanoke City and lies 397 miles [638.9 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Oakland.
Suffolk City
This Oakland is located in Suffolk City and lies 470 miles [756.4 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Oakland.
Washington
Mason County
This Oakland is located in Mason County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Oakland.
Pierce County
This Oakland is located in Pierce County and lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Oakland.
West Virginia
Fayette County
This Oakland is located in Fayette County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oakland.
Morgan County
This Oakland is located in Morgan County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Oakland.
Wisconsin
Burnett County
This Oakland is located in Burnett County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burnett County community of Oakland.
Jefferson County
This Oakland is located in Jefferson County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oakland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakland ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oakland to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakland and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Oakland to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,458 miles [7,174.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0318, Longitude: -80.3311
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Oakland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oakland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Oakland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.64 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.061 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.601 degrees.