South Carolina Atlas & 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

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: DELORME PUBLISHING; 3rd edition (January 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899332374
• ISBN-13: 978-0899332376
• Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 9.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #177,433 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference book, August 25, 2002

By	Lee G. Gilman (Charlotte, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This atlas shows every single back road in the state. It also has topographical features and a handy guide to campgrounds, recreational areas, fishing/hunting spots, and the like. Because many roads are unlabeled on the maps, it's not all that useful if you're lost in a downtown area. Instead, it's designed to help locate out-of-the-way spots for outdoor recreation. Te amount of detail on these maps is incredible. It complements, rather than replaces, a traditional road atlas.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One stop topo maps, May 31, 2000

By	D Provenzano (SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: South Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer (Paperback)

This series by DeLorme is great for finding a hunting, camping spot, or just finding your way. Each atlas covers the entire state at a scale of 1:150,000.

4.0 out of 5 stars AMAZINGLY USEFUL - GET THE SC DNR ATLAS TOO!, November 9, 2009

By	In Memory of W. G. Simms (Palmetto Piedmont, USA) - See all my reviews

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I travel the state of SC a lot - often to out-of-the-way places - and can highly recommend this DeLorme atlas.

To do my part in passing along back-fence knowledge, please let me address the [sometimes frivolous] knocks found in the 1, 2 & 3 star reviews.

NOT A TRUE GAZETTEER...

--THAT particular charge is true; and caused me to mark my review down from 5 to 4 stars.

TOO LARGE...

--Well, Duh! Buying without checking for appropriateness and suitability is a clear indication of bad news for the gene pool.

NOT AS GOOD AS OTHER STATES IN THE SERIES...

--Possibly true; nonetheless, out of all the similar publications [for South Carolina] that I have seen, this one is, IMO, the best game in town. It is a great complement to the also-excellent South Carolina Wildlife Facilities Atlas that is available from the SC DNR.

PLUSES:

**Large Format - [this is essential to this kind of product & makes reading it MUCH easier]

**GPS Grids - This means that the entire state is broken into equidistant grids which, in addition to making the product easier to interface with GPS devices, makes for an excellent and rapid "table of contents" for moving around inside the atlas quickly. For instance, let's say that one knew where Georgetown, SC was and wanted to immediately go to the correct LARGE TOPO map for that city... One would simply go to the 63-grid map of the entire state that is just inside the front cover, locate Georgetown in Grid 49, and turn to where that entire grid can be found in numerical sequence. Bang! That was quick! [and THAT makes this kind of map extremely pleasurable and useful to use!]

**Updated Regularly - This is the 2006 Edition; when buying this kind of publication if you want the roads to be up-to-date in a fast growing state such as SC, you better be sure to find the latest edition available. DeLorme has a good track record for getting out updated editions frequently.

CON:

None for me.