Customer Reviews

Benchmark Oregon Road & Recreation Atlas

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Used this to travel from Weed, CA to Redmond, OR last weekend and just loved the high detail, relief map format. Far superior to the contour line maps and/or "flat" roadmaps. The format made it easy to locate landmarks, unmarked forest service roads, etc. A must for off the interstate trips across this gorgeous state! Two thumbs up!

I found this special atlas to be a visual treasure map. I have traveled over much of Oregon, once on a field trip for a combined graduate class of paleontology and stratigraphy students at the University of Oregon, and I enjoyed reminiscing while viewing a more three dimensional-looking map of many of the sites we had visited.

Both the Recreational and Landscape sections are very useful and informative when planning a future trip, or just to "armchair travel."

Reading the maps can be both a history and a geology lesson.

The relief maps are wonderful at making the terrain visible, but the strength of this atlas is how clearly it shows the roads - all of them including forest roads - paved, gravel and dirt. The depiction of campsites is also very complete. Unfortunately the campsite listings are not nearly as comprehensive as the map, so you will want a separate campground guide to for amenities and descriptions. Also appreciated, the overlap between maps on different pages is generous - finally a map book that doesn't leave you on the edge, flipping pages!

This book has roads in that my MapPoint 2003 program said didn't exist. So to see who was right-we built a backroads trip using the book and the software-and the book was absolutely correct.

It is easy to read, gives great places to see and fun things to do as well as an incredibly detailed map-down to showing you were the gates are on private roads.

Clearly the best--no doubt about it.

The details of road system seems very accurate. Topographic sections of various landmarks makes travelling through an area more interesting.

My area of expertise is coastal Oregon and the roads connecting it to I-5. I have tried traveling roads marked paved on these pages and found them to be only overgrown trails. Before heading very far off pavement or into mountainous areas, check with other sources (preferably local as you go) regarding the roads you have chosen. The graphics are great, but I keep the "other map book" on hand with this one to cross-reference, and occasionally make a call to the local Forest Service office to learn current road condition. I look forward to the revised edition and have been keeping notes of corrections I'd like to see.

This is a superb atlas with amazing detail and clarity. We recently went on a short trip to the three sisters wilderness region and this atlas indicated an observatory that we had never heard of (the Dee Wright Observatory) so we decided to check it out and it turned out to be a cool stone turret "castle" where there were great views of the surrounding lava field and mountains. A great find that we would never have known about without this atlas.

This is a great road atlas of Oregon with terrific detail and well-laid-out coverage. I especially appreciate the landscape maps design and the separate sections on major recreation areas. The mileage charts between all cities is especially useful for trip planning. However, out of all the other state Benchmark Atlases I have seen or have, Oregon is the only one to leave out full page maps of major cities and streets. I would have liked to see details of at least Eugene, Corvallis, Salem and even Portland. But nothing in this particular book. This disappointment kept the rating at just 4 stars.