Benchmark Washington Road & Recreation Atlas (Map)

by Benchmark Maps (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"very attractive publication, featuring award-winning cartography. Every city, town, village, hamlet and place name is shown..." -- AAA of Washington T.S. NewsLine. January 4, 2000

...I'm pretty picky about maps...but I like the look and feel of the new Washington Road & Recreation Atlas. -- Sharon Whooton - (Everett, WA) The Herald, May 2000.

Product Description
Continuing a new standard of mapmaking, Benchmark's Washington Road & Recreation Atlas offers a readily understood and clear picture of the road network in the state. Its regional scale (three miles to an inch or 1:200,000) suits the speed of travel by car, even on meandering back roads. The Washington Road & Recreation Atlas uses a color coded "hierarchy" to effectively distinguish the main highways and through roads from backcountry and minor public and private roads.

Benchmark field checkers visited every county in Washington, driving over 30,000 miles, to verify the accuracy and the maps and information. They interviewed state and county road officials, Park and Forest Service rangers, State Park officials and other government sources to gather and verify field data. They crisscrossed Washington's roads searching out the kind of information travelers seek most.

The atlas features 80 pages of award-winning Landscape Maps and a separate 22 page Recreation Guide with a full complement of recreation categories. The Recreation Guide has its own set of new maps with complete public land information. A special Seattle Metropolitan Recreation Guide with enlarged map and expanded recreation categories is also included.

Whether planning a short day trip into a city or an extended road trip along the coast, be sure to take along Benchmark's Washington Road & Recreation Atlas, featuring Landscape Maps™...from the atlas series acclaimed as the most accurate, useful and beautiful ever published.

Product Details

• Map: 127 pages
• Publisher: Rand McNally & Company; 2nd edition (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929591534
• ISBN-13: 978-0929591537
• Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 10.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,259,695 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great "Landscape" Style Maps, June 18, 2005

By	J. Whiteside (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Benchmark Washington Road & Recreation Atlas (Benchmark Map: New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas) (Paperback)

I moved to Washington recently and needed to get some good paper maps of the area. Though I have all the USGS maps of the pacific NW, I find the "landscape" style mapping of these types of maps extremely useful and more up-to-date than many USGS quads. I debated between the well-known Delorme and Benchmark. Benchmark won with better detail, easier to read maps, better recreation details, and the fact they're a Pacific NW company.

This map book has large-format maps for the entire state, US map, a full state map, and a pacific NW map. Map details are complete including roads, "off" roads, trails, mountain elevations, place names, political lines, and others. It also has great sections for recreation (camping, hiking, fishing, local attractions, and others), climate data, and other nice details about the areas. Navigation with GPS is made easy by 7'30" latitude and longitude sections.

I do wish the scale was a little smaller - finding trails and off-the-beaten-path roads can be difficult in particularly busy areas. I also desired more accurate elevation details - the scale seems to clump 8,000' and 14,000' peaks together. Overall, these are excellent maps and should help any outdoor lover find their way.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great recreation road map., September 3, 2008

By	Korolyn K. Pogue "kp" (Washington State, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Benchmark Washington Road & Recreation Atlas (Benchmark Map: New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas) (Paperback)

This map is great for helping you locate those out of the way gravel roads that are not included on most maps. This is not a good map for city driving. My main dissapointment is that it does not include all of those little lakes in Washington such as all of the seep lakes near Potholes Reservior.