Where are these places and why are they all within 100 miles of each other?

Question

These places are easy enough to figure out:

• Sheffield Wednesday's home
• Liffey's mouth
• Queensland's capital
• Turin's region
• New York's capital
• The Queen's favourite weekend home

But why are they all within 100 miles of each other?

Answer 1

Because

They are all in Northern California (the Bay Area specifically)

Sheffield Wednesday's home

Hillsborough

Liffey's mouth

Dublin

Queensland's capital

Brisbane

Turin's region

Piedmont

New York's capital

Albany

The Queen's favourite weekend home

Windsor