diff --git a/src/components/map/ConnectedGeolocation.js b/src/components/map/ConnectedGeolocation.js
index 9e71bf7b..bf1926cd 100644
--- a/src/components/map/ConnectedGeolocation.js
+++ b/src/components/map/ConnectedGeolocation.js
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { useGeolocation } from 'react-use'
 import { geolocationChange } from '../../redux/mapSlice'
 
 export const ConnectedGeolocation = () => {
-  const geolocation = useGeolocation()
+  const geolocation = useGeolocation({
+    // Ask the device to use the most accurate means of geolocation
+    // We want to help with precise annotation of locations
+    // and to provide a good zoomed-in view
+    enableHighAccuracy: true,
+  })
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/map/Map.js b/src/components/map/Map.js
index 866962b8..0c4825ec 100644
--- a/src/components/map/Map.js
+++ b/src/components/map/Map.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ const Map = ({
         onGoogleApiLoaded={({ map, maps }) => apiIsLoaded(map, maps)}
         yesIWantToUseGoogleMapApiInternals
       >
-        {geolocation && !geolocation.loading && (
+        {geolocation && !geolocation.loading && !geolocation.error && (
           <Geolocation
             onClick={onGeolocationClick}
             lat={geolocation.latitude}
diff --git a/src/components/map/TrackLocationButton.js b/src/components/map/TrackLocationButton.js
index 54028d48..0a0742e0 100644
--- a/src/components/map/TrackLocationButton.js
+++ b/src/components/map/TrackLocationButton.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { CurrentLocation, LoaderAlt } from '@styled-icons/boxicons-regular'
-import { XCircle } from '@styled-icons/boxicons-solid'
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { keyframes } from 'styled-components'
 import styled from 'styled-components/macro'
 
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ const SpinningLoader = styled(LoaderAlt)`
   animation: 1s linear ${spin} infinite;
 `
 
-const getTrackLocationColor = ({ disabled, $active }) =>
-  $active && !disabled ? 'blue' : 'tertiaryText'
+const getTrackLocationColor = ({ userDeniedLocation, $active }) =>
+  $active && !userDeniedLocation ? 'blue' : 'tertiaryText'
 
-const TrackLocationIcon = ({ disabled, $loading, ...props }) => {
-  if (disabled) {
-    return <XCircle {...props} /> // TODO: replace this with a specific "disabled geolocation" icon, like Google Maps has
+const TrackLocationIcon = ({ userDeniedLocation, $loading, ...props }) => {
+  if (userDeniedLocation) {
+    return <CurrentLocation opacity="0.5" {...props} />
   } else if ($loading) {
     return <SpinningLoader {...props} />
   } else {
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ const TrackLocationPrependButton = styled.button.attrs((props) => ({
   padding-left: 3px;
   padding-right: 8px;
 
-  &:enabled {
-    cursor: pointer;
-  }
+  cursor: ${({ userDeniedLocation }) =>
+    userDeniedLocation ? 'help' : 'pointer'};
 
   svg {
     color: ${({ theme, ...props }) => theme[getTrackLocationColor(props)]};
@@ -59,6 +58,8 @@ const TrackLocationIconButton = styled(IconButton).attrs((props) => ({
   svg {
     padding: 10px;
   }
+  cursor: ${({ userDeniedLocation }) =>
+    userDeniedLocation ? 'help' : 'pointer'};
 
   position: absolute;
   bottom: 84px;
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ const TrackLocationButton = ({ isIcon }) => {
   const isTrackingLocation = useSelector(
     (state) => state.map.isTrackingLocation,
   )
+  const userDeniedLocation = useSelector(
+    (state) => state.map.userDeniedLocation,
+  )
 
   const TrackLocationBtn = isIcon
     ? TrackLocationIconButton
@@ -79,11 +83,18 @@ const TrackLocationButton = ({ isIcon }) => {
 
   return (
     <TrackLocationBtn
-      disabled={geolocation?.error}
+      userDeniedLocation={userDeniedLocation}
       $loading={geolocation?.loading}
       $active={isTrackingLocation}
-      onClick={() => {
-        dispatch(startTrackingLocation())
+      onClick={(event) => {
+        if (userDeniedLocation) {
+          toast.info(
+            'Permission to use your location was denied. To enable geolocation, please allow location sharing in your browser settings and refresh the page.'
+          )
+        } else {
+          dispatch(startTrackingLocation())
+        }
+        event.stopPropagation()
       }}
     />
   )
diff --git a/src/redux/mapSlice.js b/src/redux/mapSlice.js
index 80731709..a33b2c84 100644
--- a/src/redux/mapSlice.js
+++ b/src/redux/mapSlice.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createAsyncThunk, createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit'
 import { fitBounds } from 'google-map-react'
 import { eqBy, prop, unionWith } from 'ramda'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 
 import { VISIBLE_CLUSTER_ZOOM_LIMIT } from '../constants/map'
 import { getClusters, getLocations } from '../utils/api'
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import { parseUrl } from '../utils/getInitialUrl'
 import { searchView } from './searchView'
 import { selectParams } from './selectParams'
 import { updateSelection } from './updateSelection'
-
 /**
  * Initial view state of the map.
  * @constant {Object}
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const mapSlice = createSlice({
     geolocation: null,
     isTrackingLocation: false,
     justStartedTrackingLocation: false,
+    userDeniedLocation: false,
     locationRequested: false,
     streetView: false,
     location: null,
@@ -111,7 +112,24 @@ export const mapSlice = createSlice({
       if (action.payload.loading) {
         // Loading
       } else if (action.payload.error) {
-        // TODO: send a toast that geolocation isn't working
+        if (action.payload.error.code === 1) {
+          // code 1 of GeolocationPositionError means user denied location request
+          // browsers will block subsequent requests so disable the setting
+          state.userDeniedLocation = true
+        } else {
+          // Treat code 2, internal error, as fatal
+          // Toast the message and suggest a retry
+          //
+          // The last value is code 3, timeout, is unreachable as we use the default of no timeout
+          // @see src/components/map/ConnectedGeolocation.js
+          if (!state.geolocation.error) {
+            toast.error(
+              `Geolocation failed: ${action.payload.error.message}. Please refresh the page and retry`,
+            )
+          } else {
+            // We already toasted
+          }
+        }
         state.isTrackingLocation = false
         state.justStartedTrackingLocation = false
       } else if (state.isTrackingLocation) {