(Keywords: Sightseeing - California)
Monterey's 17-Mile Drive
Featuring:Pebble Beach and the Del Monte Forest
Along
this popular self-drive tour, you will pass through vast stands of pine
and groves of cypress trees, skirt along coastlines of pure white sand and
treacherous rocks, and encounter flora and fauna found in few other places.
The Del Monte Forest is home to several species of endangered plants and
Grey Whales can be seen migrating off shore. There is no place
like it on Earth.
The points of interest along the drive are described here and listed in sequence as you begin the drive from the Highway 1 Gate (see driving "Directions" below). Download the tour to your GPS. Then as you drive, your GPS will indicate your approach to each point of interest.
Tour Guide to:
Tour Guide Details
File Name 17-Mile Drive
Revised: 4 June 2008
Datum: WGS84
Waypoints: 12 Points of Interest
Class B2 DataNote: I origionally authored this GPS tour with ExpertGPS software. You can click here to download the free GPs eXchange file (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer) and open with ExpertGPS or other software that supports the GPX format. In addition to the points of interest along the tour, the 17-Mile_Drive.gpx file includes track data for the route and a few extra waypoints.
Directions
17-Mile drive is about twenty minutes away from the Monterey Peninsula Airport, an hour and a half from San Jose International Airport, and about two hours from San Francisco International Airport.
From San Jose and San Francisco - Highway 101 South about 50 miles to the Monterey exit - 156 West. Follow 156 West for about 6 or 7 miles until it becomes Highway 1 South. (Continue below at *)From Monterey Peninsula Airport - Turn right as you leave the airport, heading west on Highway 68. Follow the signs to Highway 1 South
* Follow Highway 1 South to Highway 68 West (Pacific Grove/Pebble Beach). At the exit, go straight through the light to the Pebble Beach gate. Pay entrance fee and bear to the right as you begin the drive.
