# How do you save Favorite locations in Google Maps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774 "2017-12-07T08:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/1 "2017-12-07T08:21:39Z")
Garmin allows you to save any location to favorites. If you’re at a state park; Click save to favorites and you have the location forever I’m looking for a way to do that with Google maps. You can go into Google contacts and enter the person’s address. You can click the maps symbol and it will open the map. There should be a favorites list for Google Maps. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/2 "2017-12-07T08:42:06Z")
This article claims there’s a save asterisk. > **[Save favorite places - Computer - Google Maps Help](https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3184808?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)** > > Save your favorite places on Maps to easily find them on any computer, phone, or tablet. > Tips: To find an unnamed address easily, lear > **[Give a place a private label - Android - Google Maps Help](https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6257830)** > > You can add a private label to places on your map. Labeled places show up on your map, in search suggestions, in the "Your places" screen, and in Google Photos. > To add a label, follow the steps below I’ve got a search for Petsmart on my phone now. There’s no asterisk. I looked in the menu on the left corner. No option to save? Same article discusses saving a label. So your buddy Jack’s house is labeled like that on the map. That’s not offered either. I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/3 "2017-12-07T08:52:38Z")
I figured it out. You have to click **more info.** Bring up the page for the place. In BLUE it says Directions, Call, Save, Share Still no asterisk, but that does work. Tried it on a residential address and it worked the same way. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/4 "2017-12-07T09:19:31Z")
btw, google puts little hearts on the map where you saved a place to favorites. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/5 "2017-12-07T09:53:58Z")
I copy/paste all the URLs into a text file. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/6 "2017-12-07T15:55:50Z")
Saving the URL’s is a good idea. Instead of depending on a list saved in your Google account. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-save-favorite-locations-in-google-maps/803774/7 "2017-12-08T00:44:22Z")
Another alternative would be to just bookmark them all in your browser, for which you can c create a folder. in which to assemble them. Then rename each one for later recovery. Bookmarks seems to have infinite capacity.