Side 1 shows Franko’s Map of Maui  with it’s beautiful mountains rising up from its 120 miles of coastline in

green shaded relief, with it’s ocean blues descending in color the deeper you go away from the island.  Maui’s

main roads and highways are detailed all around and through the island.  The road map goes from the Kapalua,

Ka’anapali and Lahaina on the far western part of Maui, around the West Maui Mountains to Kahului and

Wailuku, and then south to Kihei, Wailea and Makena.  On the eastern side of Maui, the roads take you on

the 37-mile uphill route to the very roof of the island, at Haleakala National Park.  At 10,000 feet elevation,

Haleakala will remind you of your most recent visit to some other planet - like Mars.  Some folks like to go up

the mountain in the wee hours of the morning in order to coast down, down, down on exhilarating bicycle rides. 

Franko is a life-long avid bicyclist, but I’m not so sure this is for beginners or non-proficient riders -

could be a bit dangerous due to speed potential and motorists.  The Road to Hana is also detailed.  This is the

most famous, scenic drive in Maui, and it is certainly one of the most beautiful and scenic drives anywhere in the world. 

The road starts in Pa’ia and ends in Hana, although most people like to go beyond Hana to the wonderful

7 Pools of Ohe’o to frolic amidst waterfalls and deep swimming holes.  Some folks like to continue back to there

origination via the island’s southern route.  The view of the sea and the steep upslope of the mountain is absolutely

stunning - perhaps just as interesting as the much more famous Road to Hana drive.  However, Maui’s Southern route

is not always that easy - it is extremely narrow in parts, it is a dirt road in parts, and after a long drive on the

Hana Highway it may be late and getting dark on the return trip.  All around Maui the offshore fun is depicted too,

as dozens of snorkeling and scuba diving sites are located with descriptions of what might be found in each spot. 

To enhance the underwater story of Maui, numerous tropical reef creatures are shown, making this map a sort

of reef creatures guide as well.  Snorkeling is Maui’s number one activity and this map beautifully shows it all off. 

Dive sites detailed include everybody’s favorite -  Molokini Island - where water visibility might exceed 200 feet.

  Many other sites include Turtle Town, where you are 99% sure to see green sea turtles, Olowalu, Maui’s top

snorkeling site, Kapalua Beach, right at the world’s nicest beach according to Sunset Magazine, and La Perouse Bay,

where you might have spinner dolphins buzz by beneath you as you snorkel.  Franko’s Map of Maui is also

Maui’s surfing map.  There are over 30 of Maui’s most notable and known surfing sites located and described

on the map.  Maui is not quite as famous as Oahu for surfing, but Maui’s surfers and thousands of surfing tourists

who come to Maui just to surf, know that Maui definitely has the surfing spots.  The caption in the title block of

this map says, Maui no ka oi, which is Hawaiian for Maui is the Best.  The colors and style of this map are generated

out of pure inspiration and love of Maui.  Studying Franko’s Map of Maui is purely inspirational in itself, and it

will force you to set your sites on visiting Maui again.