Jade Cove
Jade Cove, on the shore below Plaskett Ridge, is famous for the Monterey jade that washes and is dived from its rocks — a stretch of the family’s coast between Sand Dollar Beach and Gorda.
place history
Jade Cove Today: Hunting Green Stone on Mabel's Coast
Sixty-some years after Mabel sent her readers to Jade Cove, her great-grandson climbed down the rope to the same tideline — and the green stone is still there.
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Few Drives as Scenic as Coast’s Cabrillo Highway
Where does Big Sur begin and end? Mabel settles it, then takes you the whole way — San Simeon to Point Lobos, stop by stop. Now with our interactive map and free PDF drive guide.
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Lots of Jade…Rugged Monterey Coast Line Is Paradise for Rock Hounds
'Petrified dragon tears': the Chinese revered jade for centuries — and the Monterey coast serves it up to any rock hound patient enough. The article behind our Jade Cove story.
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Pacific Ocean Holds Wide Fisherman, Vacationer Appeal
Byron's 'deep and dark blue ocean' — the fishermen, abalone hunters, and vacationers drawn to the coast's edge, in Mabel's salute to the sea itself.
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Plaskett Creek Campground Is Popular Vacation Spot
The campground at Plaskett Creek sits on the family's first homesite — Mabel tells how the pioneers came over the Indian trails from Jolon.
place history
Rugged Monterey Coast Line Is Paradise for Rock Hounds
Everyone the family archive records in the story of this place. Descendants: if one of these is yours, we’d love to hear from you.
- Byron Plaskett 1835–1906 · 2 stories
- Laurence Thomas · 2 stories
- Alvin Dani
- Kimberly Dawn Mueller Alderson 1964–
- Paul Harlan
- William Nicholas Alderson 1956–