Benchmark Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas – 6th edition
Mar.24, 2010 in
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- ISBN13: 9780929591971
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Arizona’s landscape is interspersed with solitary mountain peaks, strange and beautiful geological formations and saguaro cacti holding up their arms. The `land where time stands still’ is also a thriving oasis with enormous outdoor recreation potential. The 6th edition of Benchmark’s Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas is the one guide needed to explore every corner of this magnificent state. All-new Landscape and Public Lands maps show complete road detail, classed by… More >>
Benchmark Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas – 6th edition
March 24th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Benchmark guides are nice, but the scale in this book compared to Utah or Oregon makes it nearly unusable. The colors and road conditions are great, but I’d recommend Delorme’s atlas over this one for Arizona any day. Many roads that are captured in other atlas’s are not contained in this book.
Rating: 2 / 5
March 24th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
I bought this for my husband. He is enjoying it and is glad he received it. He goes hunting a couple times a year as well as some fishing, so this is a very nice guide for Arizona, whether you hunt, fish, camp, bird, or simply like to explore.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 24th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I have owned 2 of these books. They get so much use on my travels I wear them out. There is always a copy of one in the BLM fire truck…it is USEFUL! An EXTREMELY comprehensive book on the state of Arizona. Main roads as well as little known dirt roads are well represented. Relief maps, points of interest, highway exit numbers, as well as peak names and other landmarks make these pages as close to USGS topo maps you are going to get. The back of the atlas has metro area maps that have all the main roads in a metro area. Benchmark makes one of these for almost every state in the US…I own 12 different states in the West.
If you hike, mountain bike, travel back roads, love landscape photography, go camping, hunt, or fish…this atlas is almost REQUIRED!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 24th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
As an avid off-roader, I look for remote, under-the-radar types of places. Fortunately, my home state is one of the best places for 4×4 wandering. Anybody can hook up with some Glamis types and rip-it-up at a local sand dune. For me, wilderness means getting far out of Phoenix, driving long distances on dusty back roads and eventually finding that perfectly lonely camp site. Enter the Benchmark Maps’ “Arizona Road & Recreational Atlas.” For browsing alone, it has been the impetus for multiple back country trips. When used with Google Earth and a guidebook, this tool has been perfect for triangulating locations and showing routes. The DeLorme Atlas is the obvious comparison. The DeLorme is also a good atlas, but I really appreciate the “readability” of the Benchmark. The colors are in harmony with desert esthetics while better expressing elevation. Unlike in previous editions, the 6th is split into two main sections. There is a landscape map section and another for public lands. Most folks won’t need more than the conventional landscape maps. If you’re doing a week long trip into an unknown section of back country, it’s always helpful to know if you’re on private property or public lands. Given that you’re allowed to do different things on the lands of different agencies, it’s helpful to take a glance and know if you’re in Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Reservation or on good ol’ BLM land. This atlas shows tons of back roads, GPS grids, a recreational guide for the newbies and legends that are clear to read. As an added plus, it shows additional maps for getting around in urban Tuscon and Phoenix. When exploring the desert or getting around in the city, the 6th edition of Benchmarks’ atlas is about all anyone will need to get around in the Grand Canyon State.
Rating: 5 / 5