Book-hunting route · Oakland
Telegraph Avenue run
3 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.3 mi
East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse opens this walk on Telegraph Avenue. Free Store is 2 minutes along, then 5 minutes more brings up Vanishing Point Thrift Shop, back on Telegraph Avenue, the second of 2 shops the run finds on that street. Counting everything it is 3 stops and about 7 minutes of walking.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.
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1
East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse
Thrift store · Telegraph Avenue · 95476
Thu–Sun 12:00–18:00
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2
2 min walk
Free StoreSecondhand store
Wed–Sat 15:00–18:00
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3
5 min walk
Vanishing Point Thrift ShopSecondhand store · Telegraph Avenue
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Other routes in Oakland
- Park Street run 5 shops · ~6 min
How the route is built
Shops within about a quarter mile of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest downtown. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the smaller stores before you set out.
See all thrift stores in Oakland, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Thrift stores in San Francisco· Thrift stores in Los Angeles· Thrift stores in Eugene· Thrift stores in Portland
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