John Denver Memorial Beach Cleanup And Vigil Scheduled

The eighth annual John Denver Memorial Beach Cleanup and Candlelight Vigil will be held Oct. 9 near the site of his fatal plane crash in Monterey Bay on Oct. 12, 1997.

The beach cleanup will begin at 11 a.m. at the beach turnout at Ocean View Boulevard between Acropolis Street and Asilomar Avenue. The cleanup will be followed by an all-day gathering at the beach, weather permitting), with a candlelight vigil from 5 to 6 p.m., rain or shine.

John Denver plane

John Denver plaque location
There’s memorial trees over at Lovers Point. But the plane crashed at Point Pinos. Of course no newscaster in the US would try to pronounce Pinos so they left it as “shores of Monterey Bay” or “Near Lovers Point”

John Denver Memorial Beach Cleanup And Vigil Scheduled