Oregonians love their state and they love this atlas. They rave about how clearly it shows the roads and its accuracy, page overlap and how easy it is to find landmarks. The latest edition has dramatically improved Landscape Maps(tm) with better terrain clarity and detail. A Hunting and Fishing section has been added long with a thorough updating of recreation information and index listings.
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...this is probably the best travel atlas ever put on the market," said John Kimmerling, OSU professor of geography. -- John Kimmerling, (Salem, Oregon) Statesman-Journal. December 29, 1998
This atlas is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. -- Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe. Portland Oregonian, March 24, 1999
This new atlas...is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. The first eight maps in the book break Oregon into large areas, shown for their recreational values that include various types of publicly owned land. The atlas stays a step ahead with all the remaining breakdowns in the state in six dozen area maps showing greater detail. Elevations are shown in relief, which gives an excellent feel for the lay of the land from one location to the next. A cursory spot check points to Benchmark's exhaustive attention to detail. --Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe, Portland Oregonian
This atlas is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. -- Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe. Portland Oregonian, March 24, 1999
This new atlas...is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. The first eight maps in the book break Oregon into large areas, shown for their recreational values that include various types of publicly owned land. The atlas stays a step ahead with all the remaining breakdowns in the state in six dozen area maps showing greater detail. Elevations are shown in relief, which gives an excellent feel for the lay of the land from one location to the next. A cursory spot check points to Benchmark's exhaustive attention to detail. --Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe, Portland Oregonian
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In addition to the enormously detailed and beautiful Landscape Maps, there is a Hunting and Fishing section and expanded Recreation Resources. The Recreation Guide has updated web sites and phone numbers and the accompanying recreation maps have statewide Wildlife Management Units by name and boundary. These units are shown over public land ownership color tints...handy for accessing hunting areas and applying for tags and permits.
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Benchmark are absolutely the best road atlases out there. I have the AZ, UT, OR, and CA maps that I have purchased for trips (I use my CA one all the time, but I live here) and find them invaluable. I can always find my way when lost, and they really do a great job of showing detail that you wouldn't expect, even in metro areas. They show the most random and remote Forest Service or BLM roads, and points of interest on those roads that you would otherwise need specialty maps to see. If there's a dirt road or otherwise going there, these maps show it. Highly recommended!
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If you are going to do much traveling in the more rural areas of Oregon, then this Atlas is almost a necessity. I had the 1998 edition and just purchased this one (2006) to help with our travels this summer. I have found it to be accurate and it has almost all of the roads that are available to a modern automobile - it might keep a person from getting lost and it certainly helps if you are planning a trip into an area with which you are not too familiar.
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I purchased both the Oregon Benchmark edition and the Oregon Atlas and Gazatteer edition on Amazon.com. The Benchmark one has considerably less detail than the second one I ordered. Often roads in the Benchmark edition are not named, and having traveled in the central part of Oregon, that can present problems. Personally I prefer the detail that the Oregon Atlas/Gazatteer (by Delorme) has to offer. This is not to say the Benchmark edition isn't helpful -- but having both to look through, I find the Delorme Atlas better suits my needs for more complete detail.
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