Spots in Monterey & Carmel, photographed by the people who stood there.
Monterey & Carmel here isn't a top-10 list — it's 74 real photographs, each pinned where it was taken, clustered around Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove Acres and Carmel-by-the-Sea. Stairways, murals, rooftops, quiet corners: the places people actually photograph, mapped by the people who did.
Every dot is a real photo someone took in Monterey & Carmel, pinned where it was taken. Get the app to open the live, tappable map.
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Monterey & Carmel on Photerra — the quick numbers: 74 real photo-spots, mapped where they were taken · mapped by 8 travelers · most-photographed area: Pebble Beach (14 photos) · newest spot added August 2026.
Pebble Beach
14 photo spots
Photo descriptions are written by a model from the photograph itself; the place names and coordinates are not.
Pacific Grove Acres
14 photo spots
Photo descriptions are written by a model from the photograph itself; the place names and coordinates are not.
Across Monterey & Carmel
46 photo spots
Photo descriptions are written by a model from the photograph itself; the place names and coordinates are not.
Landmarks on the map in Monterey & Carmel.
From the landmarks everyone knows to the corners nobody thought to list — real places, each with the photograph someone actually took — contributed by travellers and by the openly-licensed archive, and growing as more are added.
Coordinates are about where the photograph was taken — the medoid of this place’s pins, at 4 decimals (~11 m). Approximate by design, and not an official gazetteer position.
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Monterey & Carmel spots, the quick version.
How many spots does Photerra have in Monterey & Carmel?
74 and counting — each one a real photograph, pinned about where it was taken. The map grows as people add to it and as the open archive is reviewed in.
Are these Monterey & Carmel spots on Google Maps?
Many aren't. Photerra's spots are photo-coordinates — viewpoints, benches, trailheads and corners with no business listing or address — so they don't show up on maps built from business directories.
How do I get to a spot with no address?
Open any spot in the Photerra app and tap once to launch Apple Maps, Google Maps, Uber or Lyft — we hand them the coordinates even when the place has no name.
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