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The Must-Have Guide for Road Travel in Alaska, April 20, 2006
This review is from: The Milepost, 2006 (Paperback)
The "Milepost" is a uniquely invaluable resource for travel by road in Alaska and Northwest Canada (Yukon, northern British Columbia, northern Alberta). This guide will be highly useful for the average tourist, RVer, and north country camper.
Alaska and Northwest Canada include a huge area with vast terrain variation and far less travel infrastructure than most travelers are used to in Southern Canada or the lower 48 states. Travelers should not, for example, expect gas stations, restaurants, and franchise hotels at every highway exit, nor should they expect that facilities or even some roads are open year-round, due in part to dangerous weather conditions. Finally, travelers should be alert to both the prospect of viewing wildlife along the roads and the hazards of a traffic jam behind, say, a small herd of bison at Muncho Lake in Canada.
The Milepost provides maps, diagrams, photographs, and most of all, an almost mile by miles travelogue of what to expect in driving the major roads of the North Country. The information provided will allow the traveler to locate the next gas station, campground, hotel, or scenic spot. The advertisements allow some advance planning for areas where few hotel beds may be available. Travelers can also plan ahead for fishing charters on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska or the operating hours of visitor centers or the few but sometimes excellent museums that can be found along the roads. In buying the most recent edition of the Milepost, travelers can expect reasonably up-to-date information on major road construction. The Milepost includes some information on major hiking trailheads just off the main roads, but hikers should seek elsewhere for detailed information on off-road routes. The Milepost includes posted schedules for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
The Milepost is a must-have guide for road travel in Alaska and Northwest Canada and is most highly recommended to travelers and residents alike in a wild and scenic part of North America.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Absurdly detailed, insanely useful, May 10, 2006
This review is from: The Milepost, 2006 (Paperback)
We went to Alaska and stayed briefly with friends before setting out on a two-week drive around the state. We thought we had it covered with other guidebooks and maps, but our friends insisted we take along their dog-eared copy of this year's Milepost. The Milepost is absurdly detailed--it tells you how many feet wide each pull-out on the highway is and where the trashcan at each one is located, for instance--but it is truly indispensable for anyone driving around Alaska. We drove 1400 miles back and forth across the state, and this book never left my lap in the passenger seat while my husband drove. Incredibly useful, even if only for that "it's 5:00, do we really want to drive another 300 miles before hitting ANYTHING?" day which will inevitably come.
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A must buy if you travelling Alaska by road, August 17, 2006
This review is from: The Milepost, 2006 (Paperback)
We drove about 3000 miles in 11 days this summer and I have to say Milepost was more than helpful. I do have MS Streets & Trips and we rely on that for our most trips. But in Alaska that doesn't work. Luckily, I had got heads up from Alaska residents that if I want to do road trip in Alaksa, I will NEED Milepost. As per the Alaska residents I have talked with on different forums (TripAdvisor, Flyertalk, etc.) - even though they live in Alaska they buy new copy of Milepost every year. I heard similar from people with whom I talked with in Alaska. If you are just travelling from Anchorage to Denali or Fairbanks to Denali - you could just get maps from Local Information centers and go without Milepost but for extensive road travelling - buy this - your money is well spent. Another book you may want to consider buying is Alaska TourSaver (just google on it and you will fine tons of information). It saved us about $600!
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