Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer [Paperback]

Delorme (Author, Editor), null (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state. Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles. Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives. Categories vary by state

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About the Author

DeLorme has been directly responsible for many of the major technological advances made in the mapping industry over the past 30 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: DeLorme Publishing; 6th edition (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890120626
• ISBN-13: 978-1890120627
• ASIN: 0899332846
• Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 10.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Travel > North America
  • #59 in Books > Education & Reference > Atlases & Maps > Atlases

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great vacation planning tool, November 20, 2002

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"pmcmeans" (Encinitas, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer (Paperback)

I use the Delorme Gazetteers, including this one, for planning my fishing trips every year. They include comprehensive coverage of the state in question with sufficient detail to identify all the major topological features one will find, including streams and lakes. Also, they show all the roads. One criticism is that they don't contain road mileages between locations, unlike a highway atlas. But, a highway atlas will not show topographic coutour lines, or indicate locations where one may launch kayaks or rafts, or show locations reputed to have good fishing. I keep a Delorme Gazetteer for each state in which I expect to travel on any extended drive. They enable me to find campgrounds (in the indexes and shown on the maps), roads, topography, and all the essentials to plan a trip.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good and bad, July 30, 2001

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Dale Hoskisson (Salmon, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer (Paperback)

Good points: This atlas is the most available and easy to use topographical atlas on the market. It has helped me get into many off-highway areas with great experiences. The roadnames are particularly useful, as these are not on USGS topo maps. Road condition classification also seems to be more accurate than the outdated USGS quads. Bad points: DeLorme gives a false sense of accuracy. On the reverse side of the front cover they advise to measure distance in tenths of miles. No one should pretend to be this accurate at the scale they use. They do explain that the distance will be "slightly" more than measured. On windy roads this could be up to one more mile for every three. My biggest disappointment with the Idaho atlas came after I looked at DeLorme's atlases for Washington and Oregon. Although I have never used them for off-highway travel, it is plain to see that they are better scale, better detail, and there are more features and attractions shown. All the Idaho atlas is is an updated copy of the USGS 1:250K topo maps. Is Idaho not popular enough or what?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't leave home without it....., September 29, 2009

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Patriot Reader (Idaho) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer (Paperback)

Living in rural Idaho, this guide is a must.
Is it 100% accurate? Well, no.....our roads are often dirt and change frequently, but it's accurate enough for 99.9% of the situations that drivers would put themselves in.