Product Description

Oregonians love their state and they love this atlas. They rave about how clearly it shows the roads and its accuracy, page overlap and how easy it is to find landmarks. The latest edition has dramatically improved Landscape Maps(tm) with better terrain clarity and detail. A Hunting and Fishing section has been added long with a thorough updating of recreation information and index listings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #475185 in Books
• Brand: Benchmark Maps
• Published on: 2005-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 111 pages

Review
...this is probably the best travel atlas ever put on the market," said John Kimmerling, OSU professor of geography. -- John Kimmerling, (Salem, Oregon) Statesman-Journal. December 29, 1998

...this is probably the best travel atlas ever put on the market," said John Kimmerling, OSU professor of geography. -- John Kimmerling, (Salem, Oregon) Statesman-Journal. December 29, 1998

This atlas is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. -- Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe. Portland Oregonian, March 24, 1999

This new atlas...is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. The first eight maps in the book break Oregon into large areas, shown for their recreational values that include various types of publicly owned land. The atlas stays a step ahead with all the remaining breakdowns in the state in six dozen area maps showing greater detail. Elevations are shown in relief, which gives an excellent feel for the lay of the land from one location to the next. A cursory spot check points to Benchmark's exhaustive attention to detail. --Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe, Portland Oregonian

This atlas is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. -- Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe. Portland Oregonian, March 24, 1999

This new atlas...is scaled better, contains more information and seems more accurate. The first eight maps in the book break Oregon into large areas, shown for their recreational values that include various types of publicly owned land. The atlas stays a step ahead with all the remaining breakdowns in the state in six dozen area maps showing greater detail. Elevations are shown in relief, which gives an excellent feel for the lay of the land from one location to the next. A cursory spot check points to Benchmark's exhaustive attention to detail. -- Outdoors in Print, Bill Monroe, Portland Oregonian

From the Publisher
In addition to the enormously detailed and beautiful Landscape Maps, there is a Hunting and Fishing section and expanded Recreation Resources. The Recreation Guide has updated web sites and phone numbers and the accompanying recreation maps have statewide Wildlife Management Units by name and boundary. These units are shown over public land ownership color tints...handy for accessing hunting areas and applying for tags and permits.

Customer Reviews

Benchmarks are wonderful!
Benchmark are absolutely the best road atlases out there. I have the AZ, UT, OR, and CA maps that I have purchased for trips (I use my CA one all the time, but I live here) and find them invaluable. I can always find my way when lost, and they really do a great job of showing detail that you wouldn't expect, even in metro areas. They show the most random and remote Forest Service or BLM roads, and points of interest on those roads that you would otherwise need specialty maps to see. If there's a dirt road or otherwise going there, these maps show it. Highly recommended!

Oregon Road & Recreation Atlas
If you are going to do much traveling in the more rural areas of Oregon, then this Atlas is almost a necessity. I had the 1998 edition and just purchased this one (2006) to help with our travels this summer. I have found it to be accurate and it has almost all of the roads that are available to a modern automobile - it might keep a person from getting lost and it certainly helps if you are planning a trip into an area with which you are not too familiar.

Excellent detail.
The Benchmark map for Oregon beats the DeLorme series hands down. It is especially useful for the recreational user needing detailed information on road quality of minor backwoods roads. Contour/elevation/terrain information approaches the accuracy of USGS topographic maps.

The information on recreational sites (campgrounds, etc.) is good but one should still check with the local USFS/BLM station on whether the facility is open and what the current regulation are in effect for it.