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I live in Va.and love to trout fish.I met with a game warden and he recommend this book.I looked everwhere and finally found it here.It has been very helpful.
It will get lots of use very soon and it will do the job. I will be using this map for searching for civil war battle locations and I think it will do the job very well.
(Quick tip: I covered the inside back cover with post-it notes so I can take notes and move them to the page I really need them on).Quality of the book is decent and should last long enough. It's also pretty easy to cross reference to your GPS unit.What this map lacks are the details you need for in-town travel, and that includes downtown in the small towns. When the roads get too tight you're gonna need a different map because this one only has one size (1:150k or 1"=2.4miles) I also think they should have included phone/web contact info for their places of interest and a couple of blank pages in the back for notes. This is the best Atlas/Gazetteer I've found around at least for the areas I travel and can vouch for the details. The book is a bit big (15.5"h x 11"w) so don't plan on keeping this one in the glove compartment. This map has a lot of the small details that I was looking for, trail heads, boat ramps, camp grounds, wineries, ferries, waterfalls, etc. It's a great resource for those times when you need to get off the main roads and see where the back roads take you. The topo lines are pretty easy to read and elevations are well marked for this style of map.
The Benchmark California Road & Recreation Atlas, Fifth Edition (Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas)series does an excellent job of panning the state, and then drilling down. We'll be using this atlas for an RV trip. Makes it tough when you want to get a macro-view of your route. The Gazetteer series just has the drill-down. Although we haven't yet done the trip, the maps look like what we need (detailed, topographic, forest/side roads). I will say that it's missing decent regional and statewide views.
Great product. I have used the NC version of this book for years and due to metal detecting alot in VA got this version. It works great in laying out back roads and areas I have been looking at on computer based topo maps.
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