Customer Reviews

Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer

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WARNING -- WARNING -- WARNING

Delorme published a 5th edition in 2003. This edition (4th edition) is an older one. If you want the most currecnt edition you will need to look else where. This edition is copywright 2000 with information that appears to be accurate to 1999. New roads, etc not on this edition.

Although it will probably be acceptable for many uses, just make certain that you are willing to buy the older edition.

This Atlas, like all in the DeLorme series of Atlas & Gazetteer references, are wonderful map resources. A wealth of information is included. If anything, the level of detail, coupled with the topographic information, may seem a bit too much at first glace (if you are new to these guides). But if you're willing to spend a bit of time with the maps, you will find these guides to be very useful.

In addition to the maps and the useful indexes and cross-references, these guides include listings or location sources for hiking, camping, fishing, recreation areas, unique natural features (waterfalls, bridges, caverns, natural areas, etc.), bicycle routes, horse trails, etc. And of course, GPS (Lat/Lon) coordinates are printed on each map.

Although the scale of these maps demand it, it would be nice if the guide book dimensions were a bit smaller. At 11" x 15.5", it's a good size book, so it's not quite as easy to stow in the backpack or the motorcycle storage area, etc.

Overall, these are excellent guides for any traveler or outdoor enthusiast.

This is the best Atlas/Gazetteer I've found around at least for the areas I travel and can vouch for the details. It's a great resource for those times when you need to get off the main roads and see where the back roads take you. This map has a lot of the small details that I was looking for, trail heads, boat ramps, camp grounds, wineries, ferries, waterfalls, etc. The topo lines are pretty easy to read and elevations are well marked for this style of map. It's also pretty easy to cross reference to your GPS unit.

What this map lacks are the details you need for in-town travel, and that includes downtown in the small towns. When the roads get too tight you're gonna need a different map because this one only has one size (1:150k or 1"=2.4miles) I also think they should have included phone/web contact info for their places of interest and a couple of blank pages in the back for notes. (Quick tip: I covered the inside back cover with post-it notes so I can take notes and move them to the page I really need them on.)

Quality of the book is decent and should last long enough. The book is a bit big (15.5"h x 11"w) so don't plan on keeping this one in the glove compartment!

The map is pretty good, but it does not have the level of detail that I have seen in Delorme guides for other states.

We'll be using this atlas for an RV trip. Although we haven't yet done the trip, the maps look like what we need (detailed, topographic, forest/side roads). I will say that it's missing decent regional and statewide views. The Benchmark California Road & Recreation Atlas, Fifth Edition (Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas)series does an excellent job of panning the state, and then drilling down. The Gazetteer series just has the drill-down. Makes it tough when you want to get a macro-view of your route.

Like all Gazetteers by DeLorme, the Virginia version is excellent. The accuracy is commendable, although I do have several minor suggestions for the immediate area where I grew up. They are things that no one would know other than one who had lived there for a period of time. The Gazetteers are amazingly interesting and useful.

We planned a trout fishing trip through 4 states and these gazeteers were just what we needed to get around! Thanks!!

I've used the DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer books from Maine, Michigan, and Virginia for years. These are some of the best map books on the market. I never got lost traveling the back roads and logging trails of Downeast Maine back in the 80's as long as I had my atlas. The amount of detail never ceases to amaze me. I would recommend these books for every state you plan on visiting (especially if you like to travel the back roads as I do).

I live in Va.and love to trout fish.I met with a game warden and he recommend this book.I looked everwhere and finally found it here.It has been very helpful!

I will be using this map for searching for civil war battle locations and I think it will do the job very well. It will get lots of use very soon and it will do the job.