Laurel
The Laurel District is a diverse residential and commercial neighborhood in Oakland, California. encompassing the blocks northeast of Interstate 580 between High Street and 35th Avenue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: The Laurel District is one of the many culturally diverse neighborhoods in Oakland, California. It is situated between the foot of the Oakland hills and Mills College. It lies at an elevation of 226 feet.
- Also known as: “Laurel District”, “Laurel, California”, and “Laurel, Oakland, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mills College and Oakland California Temple.
Mills College
University
Photo: Jennifer1121, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California is part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the second women's college west of the Rockies.
Oakland California Temple
Church
Photo: Hurling7, Public domain.
The Oakland California Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oakland, California. Notable for its five-spire design influenced by Asian architecture, the temple stands on a hill with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Julia Morgan School for Girls
School building
Julia Morgan School for Girls is an all-girls middle school in Oakland, California, named for Julia Morgan, the building's architect and the first woman to be licensed in California as an architect.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maxwell Park and Dimond District.
Maxwell Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
Maxwell Park is a neighborhood in Oakland, California located in the foothills of the city. It is geographically bordered by MacArthur Boulevard, High Street, Trask Street, Foothill Boulevard, and 55th Avenue and is adjacent to Mills College, I-580, Brookdale Park, and the Fairfax neighborhood.
Dimond District
Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
The Dimond District is a neighborhood centered on the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue in East Oakland, California, in the United States.
Seminary Park
Neighborhood
Seminary is a neighborhood in the East Oakland section of Oakland, California. It is located just north of the Elmhurst neighborhood. Seminary's ZIP code is 94621.
Laurel
- Categories: gay village and locality
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.79122° or 37° 47′ 28″ northLongitude
-122.19718° or 122° 11′ 50″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
849VQRR3+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2055606543OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Laurel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Laurel”
- French: “Laurel”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laurel”. Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.