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destination on a cellular phone. Now, of Side 1 of Franko’s Dive Map of Monterey
course, that is common place. Just as I
communicated to Cindy back on April 1,
2000, I hope with this map and these
words to communicate with you that Point
Lobos, Monterey and the whole area is
and unbelievably fabulous place to visit,
and you should so. Take Franko’s Dive
Map of Monterey with you! In May of
2000 I released my first edition of
Franko’s Map of Monterey, along with a
second edition of my beloved Santa
Catalina Island, and first editions of the
Channel Islands, the San Diego County
Coast, the Orange County Coast, and the
Los Angeles County Coast. It is hard to
say what is my favorite, but if it is not
Monterey I don’t know what it is. I now
have maps of the Hawaiian Islands,
Guam, Cozumel, Cayman Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Bonaire, and more, and Monterey is still
at the top of my favorites list.
The following describes the details of
Franko’s Dive Map of Monterey. Side one
of the map is shows the Monterey
Peninsula, including, Monterey, Pacific
Grove, Pebble Beach, Carmel by-the-sea,
and Point Lobos State Reserve. Side two
shows the whole of Monterey Bay, from
above Santa Cruz to the upper end of Big
Sur. It also details Monterey Harbor and
downtown, the Monterey National Marine
Sanctuary, and the bird watching and
kayaking paradise of Elkhorn Slough,
right at the center of the Monterey Bay
coast line.
shows the Monterey Peninsula and Point
Lobos State Reserve in fabulous green
shaded relief as they jut out into stunning
and true ocean blue canyon topography.
Monterey’s hilly shaded relief accuracy is
courtesy of USGS digital elevation
models, and the new ocean depth
bathymetry is from NOAA data. We tax
payers paid for this wonderful data, so it
is nice to be able to use it to create a more
beautiful and accurate map. Although this
is a “Dive Map” of Monterey, Franko’s
Map is also a perfect tourism map. All of
the local major roads and routes are
clearly shown, including the unbelievable
17-Mile Drive (a toll road), as it meanders
through the most amazing scenery,
including ocean vistas that can’t be beat,
tall forests of Monterey pines and
Monterey cypress trees, and the most
stunning golf courses on earth. And if you
thought that the Monterey Peninsula was
beautiful, Point Lobos State Reserve is all
of that, with zero human population! A
special detail of Point Lobos State
Reserve shows its trails and dive spots.
You can also follow Franko’s personal
favorite bike route from Point Lobos to
Carmel, around the Monterey Peninsula
on the famous 17-Mile Drive, to Pacific
Grove, and on to Monterey and beyond.
Meanwhile, not forgetting that this is a
“Dive Map”, there are over two dozen of
the most notable scuba dive spots around
the Monterey Peninsula located, with their
underwater features described. A pair of
underwater photos show a patrol of
batrays around divers, and some of
Monterey’s goofiest wildlife – the playful