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Colorado Road and Recreation Atlas (Benchmark Maps: Colorado) Paperback – January 1, 2011
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The Right Stuff Of all the requests for information an outdoor writer receives each week, most could have been solved easily if the user only had a map. To that end, we ll suggest the new Colorado Road and Recreation Atlas, a guide that crams an astonishing volume of data between detailed maps, including detailed topographical series of the entire state. Charlie Meyers Outdoor Editor, The Denver Post --The Denver Post
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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H. Harris
on January 12, 2012
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who needs a handheld atlas any more with the maps available on line? THis product will make you rethink that question. The maps are bigger and brighter than anything you can see on line. a truly beautiful atlas.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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on July 31, 2012
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I love a good map because I love to explore and I have traveled all the major roads of the west and many of the back roads. The finest map set I have ever seen are the Benchmark maps for each state. They cover so much detail in an easy to see and read format. Everything comes into easy focus when viewing a section of geography in these Benchmark series of books. I have given some as gifts to people and they tell me they have learned more about their home state from these books that most history books can teach them. Do not leave home without one.
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on August 22, 2011
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This is an excellent series of maps covering all the areas of Colorado. We use this to plan routes for camping trips. Highly recommended.
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Mariza Vazquez, J.D.
on July 8, 2013
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Large print, specific, details...all you need from a largeeeeee map that fits in the car. Like the organization and format.
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Jack Rawlins
on October 24, 2012
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This atlas, like all the Benchmark atlases, is simply perfect and necessary if you ever plan to get off major routes. It gives you all the paved roads in an area, not just the major ones, and the important dirt roads, and, unlike AAA maps, it does a nice job distinguishing between paved and unpaved (nobody's perfect in that regard). If you have googlemaps, get this volume anyway--it gives you a sense of context and overview and allows you to compare alternate routes easily. I use it to guide my cycling, and it's a godsend for finding secondary routes and back roads. It has a very few city insets, but it won't really work as an in-city driving guide. Graphics are excellent--easy on the eyes, very easy to read, pages aren't overloaded with detail. It really has no competition. I use and need googlemaps too, for zooming in for that super-detailed view and for measuring mileages.
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Melissa Cullison
on October 2, 2013
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I really liked the earlier versions of these atlases that showed separate "Landscape" and "Public Lands" sections. The scale can always be smaller, but this was a great companion on our Colorado trip. We were looking for off-highway drives. I prefer to use it instead of or in tandem with a gps or smartphone map.
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John Harrison
on July 19, 2014
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We use this book for cross-country dual sport motorcycling, both planning new routes, and riding them. Because it's large pages give detailed context that a gps screen can't, I carry this book even if I'm following a TAT, CO BDR, or similar GPS track.
As you read the reviews here, notice how often people mention dirt roads, back country travel, camping, etc. The editors here have taken the time not just to put the dirt roads in the right place, they generally identify (with bolder lines, and road numbers) the important dirt roads, the ones that go somewhere. This attention to detail sets this book apart from its competitors (CO Atlas and Gazetteer [red], and the Roads of Colorado [blue] are the others).
As you read the reviews here, notice how often people mention dirt roads, back country travel, camping, etc. The editors here have taken the time not just to put the dirt roads in the right place, they generally identify (with bolder lines, and road numbers) the important dirt roads, the ones that go somewhere. This attention to detail sets this book apart from its competitors (CO Atlas and Gazetteer [red], and the Roads of Colorado [blue] are the others).
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Dominik Brandt
on February 6, 2013
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Compared to the DeLorme Gazetter the backcountry byways in the Benchmark really exist. Even if there are no contour lines the maps are very detailed and good readable. Only the size could be a little more compact. To get a better durability I improved the cover with adhesive water-resistant foil.
Im Gegensatz zu den DeLorme Gazetter stimmen hier auch all die kleineren unbefestigten Straßen. Es gibt zwar keine Höhenlinien, aber die Karten sind dennoch sehr gut lesbar. Einziger Wermutstropfen ist die recht unkompakte Größe. Um die Lebensdauer zu verbessern habe ich den Einband mit selbstklebender Klarsichtfolie versehen.
Im Gegensatz zu den DeLorme Gazetter stimmen hier auch all die kleineren unbefestigten Straßen. Es gibt zwar keine Höhenlinien, aber die Karten sind dennoch sehr gut lesbar. Einziger Wermutstropfen ist die recht unkompakte Größe. Um die Lebensdauer zu verbessern habe ich den Einband mit selbstklebender Klarsichtfolie versehen.
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