Bay Area Tourist Map for Pleasant Hill, CA

Map Purpose
Promote Pleasant Hill as a well-connected travel base by showing its proximity to top Bay Area destinations and travel hubs.

Challenge
Design a clean, legible map that conveys driving times to major points of interest across a wide region (from San Jose to Sacramento) while keeping the layout simple and user-friendly.

Project Description
This custom tourist map uses concentric circles radiating from Pleasant Hill to indicate estimated driving times to a selected list of attractions. To help visitors quickly locate nearby options, a zoomed-in inset highlights San Francisco and Oakland in greater detail. The map serves as a visual tool to position Pleasant Hill as a central, accessible destination for Bay Area exploration.

Illustrations
To maintain clarity, 19 points of interest—including landmarks, airports, and train stations—are represented through custom vector icons. These minimal line-art designs were crafted to reflect each location’s unique identity, from Muir Woods and Charles M. Schultz Museum to the Painted Ladies and the Castro District in San Francisco.