The Milepost [Paperback]

Kris Valencia (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Morris Communications Company; 59 edition (March 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892154218
• ISBN-13: 978-1892154217
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Must-Have Guide for Road Travel in Alaska, April 6, 2007

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D. S. Thurlow (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Milepost (Paperback)

"The Milepost" is a uniquely valuable resource for travel by road in sparsely populated Alaska and Northwest Canada (Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta). This guide will be very useful for the average tourist, RVer, and North country camper.

Alaska and Northwest Canada constitute a huge area with significant terrain variation and far less travel infrastructure than most travelers are used to Southern Canada or the lower 48 U.S. states. Travelers should not, for example, expect gas stations, restaurants, and franchise hotels at every exit off the main roads, nor should they expect that facilities or even some roads are open year-round, due to sometimes dangerous winter weather conditions. Travelers will need to 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 buffalo at Muncho Lake in Canada.

"The Milepost" provides maps, diagrams, photographs, and most of all, an almost mile by mile travelogue of what to expect along the main roads in the North Country. This information allows the traveler to locate the next gas station, campground, hotel, or scenic spot in areas where signs and billboards may not exist. The text is seeded with advertisements for many of the commercial establishments along the way, allowing for advance planning in areas where hotel beds may be scarce. Travelers can also plan ahead for fishing charters on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska or the operating hours of visitor centers and the few but sometimes excellent small museums that can be found along the way.

"The Milepost" is updated annually, assuring the traveler of some advance notice on major construction or changes in the road networks. "The Milepost" does include some information on the location of trailheads for hiking, but serious walkers should seek elsewhere for detailed information on off-road routes. "The Milepost" conveniently includes posted schedules for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

This publication is most highly recommended for both the resident and the visitor in Alaska and Northern Canada, some of the most scenic parts of the North American continent.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't go to Alaska without it, September 22, 2007

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av8nlady (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Milepost (Paperback)

The Milepost has a mile-by-mile description of what's around the bend, what's to see along the route, services available - we found ourselves reading it aloud as we RV'd down the road. It's a bargain - don't go without it! One caveat, some of the descriptions are written by the business or service described so they read like paid advertisements (which they appear to be, actually) - but on the whole the Milepost is something we used hour by hour on the road and highly recommend for campers, RV'rs, those in rental cars, just anyone with wheels on the road.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alaska travel journal, August 28, 2007

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Michael Pearlman "Michael" (Clarmont, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Milepost (Paperback)

The book is complete and has some valuable information.
However, it's filled with paid advertising and very heavy. Not the type of information material that you would want to travel with. With a cost of over $25.00 it could very well elimate the advertising making the book one forth the size.
Most of the information contained is available locally or in other sources such as the Lonely Planet series at a more reasonable cost and weight.
I would skip it. In fact I sent the book home one week into a six week trip.