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Summary: Outstandingly useful!
Review: I ride motorcycles in the southwest and have done so for years. The Benchmark titles are the best there is! I have used them with confidence and recommend them to others who ride. "Nuff said.
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Summary: extremely useful
Review: I tour CA on my motorcycle a lot - and find this book invaluable. I picked up a copy in Costco sometime ago. The best part is the second portion of the book, which contains every single goat trial in CA. As motorcyclists know, the more wiggles on a road equates to more giggles and this book is mighty useful when it comes to deciding which road less travelled to take next. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Not for the Accidental Tourists
Review: If you love California roads and traveling off the beaten path this is your guide. If you are a tourists or just passing through there are better solutions. As an avid off-roader this is the best for the entire state.
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Summary: Not for the Accidental Tourists
Review: If you love California roads and traveling off the beaten path this is your guide. If you are a tourists or just passing through there are better solutions. As an avid off-roader this is the best for the entire state.
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Summary: There's nothing like'em
Review: The Benchmark state road atlases are in a class by themselves. No one else combines excellent road legibility with vivid shaded-relief imagery of the land forms. The main competitor is DeLorme's series of state atlases. Here's how they compare: Benchmark is better for primary and secondary roads, better for labeling landmarks, far better on land forms. Benchmark also has a dedicated set of pages showing what government agencies own what lands. DeLorme is larger scale, with occasionally better detail on local features. Neither is a definitive guide to back-country roads, although Benchmark does more to classify which roads are actually driveable vs. which are mere tracks. Benchmark covers only the Western states, DeLorme all 50 states. For any state covered by both, I would want to have both atlases in the car, but if I had to chose just one it would be Benchmark.
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Summary: A tremendous atlas
Review: This series of atlases is fantastic. The relief shading adds a tremendous amount of information and without cluttering or distracting from the road detail. Absolutely great for camping in remote areas, for example. With a GPS you can practically pinpoint your location on every page. Printing and binding are excellent. My old edition went through hell and came out battered but alive.
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Summary: Wish that they did all 50 states
Review: When visiting in California, a friend of mine showed me this Atlas. Wow, was I impressed. I was hoping that I could get my own copy for New Jersey, but unfortunately the series only covers the western states so far. The quality of these maps is beyond compare. I strongly recommend this atlas.
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Summary: Wish that they did all 50 states
Review: When visiting in California, a friend of mine showed me this Atlas. Wow, was I impressed. I was hoping that I could get my own copy for New Jersey, but unfortunately the series only covers the western states so far. The quality of these maps is beyond compare. I strongly recommend this atlas.
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