North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer (North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer) (Paperback)

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Product Description
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

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: 88 pages
• Publisher: DeLorme Publishing; 8th edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899332773
• ISBN-13: 978-0899332772
• Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best atlas, but has room for improvement, March 21, 2000

By	Dave Tarwheel (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer (State Atlas & Gazetteer) (Paperback)

I own several of the DeLorme state atlases. They are great resources for the planning of non-motorized touring (biking, hiking).

Strengths include: (1) Physical land features: topographic contours, water resources, vegetation, etc. (2) Off-road options: trails, abandoned railroads, ferries. (3) Recreation: Parks, outdoor sports, points of interest.

DeLorme's atlases have two shortcomings: (1) Road naming is too creative. Many of the printed names bear no relation to actual road signs. (2) There's no indication of whether a road is paved, gravel, dirt or sand--every road is shown by a thin, red line. Consult "The Roads of North Carolina" for pavement info.

All in all, a "must" for the do-it-yourself traveler.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for finding NC trout streams, November 24, 2002

By	Harvey Wall (Lowgap, NC United States) - See all my reviews

I am a full-time fishing guide in the mountains of North Carolina and I have found this book to be the absolute best reference material for finding trout streams in our mountains. If you do any type of outdoors activities you will benefit from this book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A compromised but required series of maps, March 27, 2006

By	M. Swaim (NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For years I refused to buy this road atlas because it got the name and length of the 1970's era street I live on wrong. In fact, I noted several errors within the vicinity that I'm most familiar with. That said, it's still the only serious contender for a reasonably decent compendium of local maps. I finally broke down and bought a copy because so many birding and canoeing resources reference the "Delorme" as it's usually called locally. It's no real alternative to having very detailed USGS topo maps of any area of intense interest, but I'll give it credit for being a reasonably compact, (by large, bulky, car use standards), version of a state map. It's position is between that of the free Dept of Transportation maps and the highly detailed local maps that can be purchased from convience stores for road use, and from the better outdoor provision and recreational companies for topographical and lake and shore details. For what it is, it's definitely worth the price. Just don't expect it to be the last local map you'll buy. It's a compromise all the way around. But, sometimes a compromise is the best solution. That said, I went ahead and got the one for SC, and will probably get the one for VA as well.