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Oakland, California

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is San Jose. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the southeast of Oakland and has a population of 894,943 people.<1>

The next largest community is San Francisco. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the west of Oakland and has a population of 776,733 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Antioch   NE27 mi [43.45 km]100,21910.7% increase
 Berkeley   NW7 mi [11.27 km]101,3711.34% decrease
 Concord   NE18 mi [28.97 km]121,1600.51% decrease
 Daly City   SW14 mi [22.53 km]101,5142.03% decrease
 Fairfield   N34 mi [54.7 km]103,6837.8% increase
 Fremont   SE24 mi [38.62 km]202,8670.27% decrease
 Hayward   SE11 mi [17.7 km]142,0611.45% increase
 Redwood City   S17 mi [27.36 km]74,0601.78% decrease
 Richmond   NW14 mi [22.53 km]102,2853.09% increase
 San Leandro   SE5 mi [8.05 km]77,8801.98% decrease
 San Mateo   S15 mi [24.14 km]92,2560.24% decrease
 Santa Clara   SE31 mi [49.89 km]110,2007.66% increase
 Sunnyvale   SE28 mi [45.06 km]132,1090.26% increase
 Vacaville   N43 mi [69.2 km]92,2194.06% increase
 Vallejo   N23 mi [37.01 km]114,7291.74% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alameda   W2 mi [3.22 km]70,5802.32% decrease
 Albany   NW9 mi [14.48 km]16,0042.68% decrease
 Ashland   SE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Bayside Village   W9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Brisbane   SW8 mi [12.87 km]3,6772.22% increase
 Brookfield Village   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Campbell Village   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Emeryville   NW6 mi [9.66 km]9,58339.25% increase
 Moraga   NE7 mi [11.27 km]17,0504.67% increase
 Normandy Village   N7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Orinda Village   N8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Orinda   N8 mi [12.87 km]18,4454.81% increase
 Piedmont   N3 mi [4.83 km]10,4814.3% decrease
 Rochedale Village   N6 mi [9.66 km]---
 University Village   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---

Alameda County

Oakland is located in Alameda County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Oakland (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Oakland:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Oakland
 Contra Costa County   NEEastport5 miles [8 km]
 Humboldt County   NBayview17 miles [27 km]
 Marin County   NWFort McDowell12 miles [19 km]
 Napa County   NCollins27 miles [43 km]
 Sacramento County   NEEmmaton34 miles [54 km]
 San Diego County   WBayside Village9 miles [14 km]
 San Francisco County   WBayview District9 miles [14 km]
 San Joaquin County   EMountain House37 miles [59 km]
 San Luis Obispo County   SBaywood Park17 miles [27 km]
 San Mateo County   SWBrisbane8 miles [12 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Oakland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Oakland:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Oakland? Please visit the Map Page for Oakland.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Oakland.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Oakland and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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