Oakland Scenic Tour - Oakland

The Oakland Scenic Tour was created in 1995. ¹ The 52 stop driving tour of Oakland only had printed maps available for a few years, but many of the brightly-colored signs are still around Oakland. A few of the stops like Jack London Village no longer exist.

The tour starts with stop #1 at Oakland City Hall, goes through various neighborhoods, and then finishes with stop #52 back downtown at City Center.

1999 ¹

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#	Sign location	Points of Interest * indicates an historic point ** indicates a vista point
1.	Oakland City Hall One Frank Ogawa Plaza	Frank Ogawa Memorial Park * Rotunda Building, 1501 Broadway * Broadway Building, 1401 Broadway
2.	American President Lines Building 1111 Broadway	Oakland Museum Sculpture Garden
3.	Oakland Convention Center 550 - 10th St. at Broadway
4.	Old Oakland Broadway to Clay Street between 8th and 10th streets	* Washington Inn 495 - 10th St. G.B. Ratto & Co. 821 Washington St. Housewives market 9th and Clay streets
5.	5th Street near Jefferson Street	* Bret Harte Boardwalk 5th St. between Jefferson and Clay * Western Pacific Train Station 3rd and Washington streets TJ's Gingerbread House 741 - 5th St.
6.	Port of Oakland headquarters 550 Water St. at Clay Street	FDR pier (ferry terminal) foot of Clay Street USS Potomac
7.	Jack London Square foot of Broadway	* Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon * Jack London's Yukon Cabin
8.	Jack London Village south on the Oakland Estuary from Jack London Square	Jack London Museum Ebony Museum Jack London "Dazzler" replica C.L. Dellums Rail Station 2nd and Alice streets
9.	SONI South of Nimitz Improvement District Broadway to Jackson streets 2nd to 5th streets	* Historic Produce District Franklin from 4th to Embarcardero * Posey Tube Portal
10.	Oakland Estuary	** Estuary Park Embarcadero between 5th and Oak streets
11.	Embarcadero Cove Embarcadero at 16th Avenue	** Fishing pier and marina * L.J. Quinn's Lighthouse 51 Embarcadero Cove * Restored Victorians adjacent to Quinn's Lighthouse
12.	Laney College 900 Fallon St.	Estuary Channel Park Madison Square Park Madison between 8th and 9th
13.	Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St.
14.	Alameda County Courthouse 12th and Oak streets
15.	14th Street Oak Street to Broadway	Oakland Public Library, History Room 125 - 14th St. * Alice Arts Center 1425 Alice St. * Tribune Tower 13th and Franklin streets * Financial Center Building 14th and Franklin streets * U.S. Post Office 201 - 13th St. * Hotel Oakland 270 - 13th St. Plaque marking original site of University of California 13th and Franklin streets
16.	Oakland Chinatown Broadway to Alice Street 6th to 9th streets	* Asian Resource Center and Gallery 310 - 8th St.
17.	Uptown District/Paramount Theatre Broadway to Telegraph Avenue 18th Street to West Grand Avenue	* Old Fox Theater Telegraph Avenue between 18th and 19th streets * Old Floral Depot Building Telegraph Avenue at 19th Street * Paramount Theatre 2025 Broadway

Earlier tours

In 1967, signs were to mark a 45-mile scenic drive starting at Jack London Square:

Within the next week or so, signs bearing a colorful oak leaf emblem will begin sprouting in Oakland. The markers will designate a 45-mile "Scenic Tour" through and by the city's oldest and newest attractions. ²

It's unknown if the signs were put up, and how long they lasted.