15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
durable hiking map for Yellowstone trails, July 16, 2009
This review is from: Yellowstone National Park, WY - Trails Illustrated Map #201 (Map)
I like to hike in the national parks and use Trails Illustrated maps when they are available. Trail books often have small maps of the trails they describe, and those maps are fine for short hikes, but it's a good idea to have a larger topographic map for longer hikes. TI maps are durable and have a water resistant coating. (Good for when you get caught in the rain; probably less so if you fall in a creek.) TI maps mark the trails and their topographic features. The elevation markings give you a good idea of how steep a portion of a trail is. I've used TI's Yellowstone map for several trails and always found them to be accurate and helpful.
I recently purchased the 2008 revision. Unfolded, the map paper is the same size as the 1998 revision, but feels substantially heavier. The park map, however, is now a bit bigger and is split with the north half of the park on one side and the south on the other (with a generous overlap between the two). The written information about the park that was previously on the back is still present, but is reduced in size and located in several smaller boxes spread around the map. A new feature is that the information on the map does not end abruptly at the park boundary. Thus, for example, if you use the north entrance to the park you can see some additional trails, picnic, camping, and fishing areas marked to the north of the park as you come in on US 89. I don't use it, but the map now indicates that it is GPS compatible with a full UTM grid.
TI's Yellowstone map is worth having if you plan to do any hikes longer than a few miles. The 2008 is a good buy, particularly if you have an older revision that is showing some wear. If your older revision is in good shape (they are durable after all!) you can probably get by with it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK for trip planning, not for trail hiking, July 2, 2010
This review is from: Yellowstone National Park, WY - Trails Illustrated Map #201 (Map)
I bought this thinking it would be nice to have while hiking through Yellowstone. What I didn't realize is that 1) the large scale makes it unsuitable for trail hiking and taking the occasional GPS reading, and that there are smaller scale Trails Illustrated maps of Yellowstone (not sure whether those are available through Amazon). This map is not much better than the Park Service map you receive when you enter the Park.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT MAP, March 9, 2011
This review is from: Yellowstone National Park, WY - Trails Illustrated Map #201 (Map)
This map is just what I hoped it would be, a detailed, large map of the Park for these older eyes! The north half of the park is on one side and the south on the other. The map shows a lot of detail at a reasonable size that no other map that I looked at showed. You ned this if you are going to visit the park.
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