National Geographic Yellowstone National Park Wyoming/Montana, USA: Trails Illustrated Topo Map (Trails Illustrated - Topo Maps USA) [Folded Map, Illustrated] [Map]

Trails Illustrated (Author), National Geographic Maps (Author)

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Trails Illustrated; illustrated edition edition (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0925873012
• ISBN-13: 978-0925873019
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,126,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential map for hiking and backpacking, October 26, 2004

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Arthur Digbee (Indianapolis, IN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic Yellowstone National Park Wyoming/Montana, USA: Trails Illustrated Topo Map (Trails Illustrated - Topo Maps USA) (Map)

This is the essential topographical map for hiking in Yellowstone. Trails Illustrated also sells some maps of particular regions of the park such as Tower/Canyon at 1:83,333 scale. (The map of the whole park is 1:168,500.) The bigger map is perfectly serviceable for any hike that you might want to take, and I can't find any place in the park where the big map would lead you astray. Still, if you like having the smaller scale, go for it.

The small maps do have the advantage of showing specific backcountry campsites. If you use the larger map, you have to coordinate with other books that show these sites.

Like other Trails Illustrated maps, this one comes with all sorts of practical information on the back side of the map. None of this will be new to you if you've read the usual guide books, but it's moderately useful having it repeated here. One very helpful feature of this map is that it shows the burn areas so that you can avoid moderately or heavily burnt forests.

The trail numbers on this map are coordinated with Day Hiking Yellowstone by Tom Carter. I don't have that book so I can't vouch for how useful it is. However, it's easy to coordinate the numbered trails with other books that I do have (such as Lonely Planet Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Hiking Yellowstone National Park: A Falcon Guide, and A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes).
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Added in April 2008: the more I hike in the park, the less happy I am with this map because of the scale. It's great for seeing longer trails at a glance. But if you're a day-hiker, you probably want one of the four smaller-scale maps covering (more or less) the four corners of the park.

8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice map, but waaayyy too high level, August 6, 2005

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This review is from: National Geographic Yellowstone National Park Wyoming/Montana, USA: Trails Illustrated Topo Map (Trails Illustrated - Topo Maps USA) (Map)

This map looks nice, but if you're going hiking, you'll be better off with the free park maps given at the park. It's just way too high level, with 100-foot contours, and very little detail. It's also not waterproof or resistant.