Customer Reviews

Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas (Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas U. S. A.)

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I bought this atlas for my family's 6000 mile roadtrip across the country. The atlas proved to be very useful--especially the large, detailed maps of downtown metropolitan areas. Having never been to Philadelphia or Washington DC before, I could easily have gotten very lost had it not been for the guidance of these maps. Another useful feature of the atlas is the mileage chart for each state, both the standard city-to-city mileage and a very useful "places of interest mileage" table, which gives the distance from major cities to potential places of interest (national parks, amusement parks, and just plain tourist attractions). There is also a city-to-city mileage chart in the front and a map showing driving times in the back. Most states also have a section to write notes as well, which is great for directions or the address of hotels or sites.

One thing that proved frustrating to me while traveling was the fact that the maps, which are indeed very large and thus quite detailed, often break a state (even a relatively small one) up into 4 or so pieces. This is great if you're focusing on just one corner of a state--bad if you're driving as much as we did at times. There were days when, had I used this atlas as reference, I'd have had to consult 6 or so pages just to get an idea of the route I'd be driving for the day. And don't try looking at a map of the entire US--that, too, is broken up into regions. Again, good for those seeking a lot of detail, bad for long distance travelers. I took another atlas along with me for this purpose. The spiral binding also proved annoying at times--if you want to find something that happens to land on the edge of the page by the binding, you'll find that part of the map difficult to read.

Overall, however, this atlas proved to be a very valuable reference, and I'm glad I took it even though space was limited in our car. As I said, however, if you're planning on driving a very long distance you might consider taking another atlas or set of maps as well, when you need to get a broader picture.

Great product - it covers the entire US with a lot of insets of cities and other areas. You also have a lot of recommendations about tourist information, places to visit and so on. All in all, a very useful atlas to have on long trips.

The best atlas I've ever seen or used. It has any information I've needed and more. A very high recommedation especially if you travel a lot like I do.

This is a very easy to read and use while traveling. I couldn't do without it.

Easy to read, big, detailed maps. Some states are on several pages, which is kind of a pain, but a smaller map couldn't have this much information.

This is a handy book to have. I bought it as a replacement. I accidentally wet my friend's one, hence I wanted to replace it, thus I gave this one to my friend. I am pleased to have found it and to have made the purchase.

This atlas is as good if not better than we expected.

I can't stress how important it is to have an accurate and well-designed road atlas available for your home or car. I believe this particular road atlas to be top of the line in quality. I know guys HATE when their girlfriends say "are you lost?" and of course the guy NEVER wants to admit he's really lost. But there's really no reason to feel embarrassed if you have this handy dandy road atlas with you.

The reason I might look at a road atlas is mainly just to jump to the back and check out how much the population of each city has grown since the previous year. I also like to see if any airports have been added to major cities. I desperately need a road atlas right now. For some reason, the road atlas that's usually kept in the same shelf as the phone books isn't there right now. It's gone. No one knows where it is. I guess I don't need one *desperately* since I don't travel that much anyway.

The only thing you could complain about with a road atlas is that it's not big enough to cover the tiny streets for whatever city you might be living in. But you have to understand how THICK a road atlas would be if it had to cover ALL the little streets and whatnot across America and Canada. A road atlas exists mainly to cover the main highways and other major roads, and it does a very good job at it. Everyone should own a road atlas.

Quick delivery, received in great shape, pleasure doing business with you.