256 pages; 15.375" x 11.75"
Customer Reviews:
A great guide to the US.......2007-06-19
This is a great source for maps and attractions for each state. The ring binding makes it easy to turn to the needed page but the gap it creates upsets the flow. It's a high quality reference/map which I find pulling out all the time. Very useful item!
Indispensable.......2006-11-19
I am an admitted map freak. I find it almost impossible to read a book without looking up a map of where the action is taking place, if I'm unfamiliar with the area. Rand McNally maps are, generally speaking, the best US maps you'll find, rivaled only by those produced by AAA or some local authorities. As the years have gone by, R-N has included more and more information in it's road atlases so, until you're ready to step up to the expensive (but deeply rewarding) world of professional atlases, I'd consider this a must on any bookshelf.
Great.......2006-08-10
I found one error the first time I opened the book (an incorrect page number in the index), but that's the only one I found on a 2,000 mile road trip. Served us well, was fun to use. It's certainly oversized, but we'll keep it in our car and reference it freqently. Recommended.
Well done but not as good as in the past.......2006-02-01
This is better than the lower cost Rand McNally Atlas.
What we didn't like is that in prior years, their was more coverage of sites of interest in each state. Now, there are just some suggested regional tours in the front.
The book itself is of high quality and easy to read and use.
Spiral-bindings make all the difference!.......2006-01-19
This is a road atlas designed for use while actually in a car. The spiral-binding is a must for ease-of-use. And, Rand McNally isn't one of the biggest names in map-making for nothing. An excellent product.
Book Description
The large scale edition of America's #1 trucking atlas features maps that are 32% larger than our standard Road Atlas and non-glare, water- and tear-resistant pages, making on-the-road navigation easier.
Features include:
- More than 5,100 map updates—including new roads and interstate exits
- Over 500 changes to low clearance, weigh station, and restricted route listings
- Updated 22-page mileage directory with more than 40,000 city-to-city, route-specific mileages
- Coverage of state-designated truck routes as well as national truck network routes
- Updated coverage of hazardous materials regulations
- Web and hotline resources for industry-specific information including revised road construction and conditions
- State and provincial permit agency chart with phone numbers and websites
- Coverage: United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Space-saving lay-flat spiral binding
- 324 pages; 15.375" x 11"
Customer Reviews:
pro vs. con.......2006-03-20
Actually I bought this book for my husband who thought he needed a larger scale print then the one that he already had. At first glance he thunbed through it and decided right away that it was too different then the one he was used to so he wanted me to send it back, he said that that the common places that he frequented (because he drives a truck) were broken up and not as large as he really wanted, (really it was just different and he had yet to give it a chance being stuck in his ways). Before I had a chance to send it back he got called to take a load somewhere and when I had got home from work the book was gone. He had taken it with him. When he returned home he concluded that actually this new book did indeed have larger scale maps and all the places that he frequented only divided onto more than one page and also larger scale maps of places that he frequented that the other map book he was accustomed to did not. So in conclusion he say's that some of the cities are broken up on too many pages and that (because it sits on the seat beside him) it slides around too much.
Average customer rating:
- great product
- Not useful at all.
- Trying to be everything, it accomplishes little.
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Rand Mcnally 2006 Road Atlas Midsize (Rand Mcnally Road Atlas Mid Size)
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Book Description
This convenient, economical edition of America's #1 road atlas features individual state maps and great editorial content including a list of 50 free American attractions.
Features include:
- Annual Rand McNally "Best of the Road™" editorial feature-five new road trips with recommended stops for dining, shopping, sightseeing, and entertainment
- "50 Years of Interstates" — features Intersate system history and trivia, plus 50 adventures
- Toll-free numbers and websites for major national hotel and car rental chains
- Major roadways in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
- Easy-to-use on-page indexes of cities and towns
- 40 large-scale city maps
- Canadian and Mexican border crossing information
- A National Parks section including most-visited parks and "hidden gems"
- Express Access Codes-located throughout the atlas, they offer quick access to detailed information on points of interest, attractions, weather, mileages, and more at randmcnally.com
Customer Reviews:
great product.......2006-08-18
you have a great product, it just was not the size we wanted so we returned it. thanks.
Not useful at all........2006-03-15
I bought this for my husband who is going on a 3 week driving vacation with our children this summer. I thought the smaller size and spiral binding would be convenient. But, the maps are so small they are useless. And only the main roads are on the map. I had to go to Wal-mart and get the larger one (staple binding). It has great maps.
Trying to be everything, it accomplishes little........2006-03-07
While planning a 4,300 mile driving route around the U.S. to visit friends, I purchased the Rand McNally Road Atlas 2006. I selected it because the wire bound version promised a method of selecting pages that could be left open for quick reference. I soon discovered that the small pages (map size 7 inches by 8 1/2 inches) were too small to display any but interstate and major highways. Too locate local or county roads, I had to purchase the individual state maps at service stations for about five dollars each. I visited the following cities in the order presented. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sioux City, Iowa, Omaha, Nebraska, Branson, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Padre Island, Texas, El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Alimosa, Colorado, Denver, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Rapid City, South Dakota. There is simply not enough information on these maps to be of any help if you might wander off the major highways. I actually became lost entering Denver because the highway that I was on from Alimosa, Colorado was not shown entering Denver on the Denver city map.
The first section of the Atlas contains maps of cities listed alpabetically. These maps are also too small to be of much use. On the Denver map, one inch equals about thirty miles. The scale at the bottom of the map proclaims that one inch is five miles. No wonder I got lost.
The best maps that I have seen are the National Geographic maps produced in the late seventies. Although dated, I referred to them continually during my trip. These maps come in a yellow plastic box and weigh about three pounds. They can still be purchased on e-bay for about $15. I will be an eager customer if National Geographic decides to redo them.
My conclusion is that buying the individual state maps is the only way to get the information that you may require.
Book Description
The large scale edition of America's #1 road atlas features maps that are 32% larger than our standard Road Atlas, making pre-trip planning and on-the-road directions easier.
Features include:
More than 2000 updates for 2006 including:
- Detailed inset maps of more than 300 cities and 20 U.S. National Parks
- Annual Rand McNally "Best of the Road" editorial feature-five new road trips with recommended stops for dining, shopping, sightseeing, and entertainment
- "50 Years of Interstates" — features Intersate system history and trivia, plus 50 adventures
- Toll-free numbers and websites for major national hotel and car rental chains
- Individual road maps, road construction and condition hotline info, and complete list of tourism contacts of every U.S. state and Canadian province
- One-page overview of Mexico
- Chart with over 5,400 mileages and a mileage and driving times map
- Express Access Codes-located throughout the atlas, they offer quick access to detailed information on points of interest, attractions, weather, mileages, and more at randmcnally.com
- Space for notes on many of the pages
Customer Reviews:
Unorganized, Not durable.......2006-07-26
I have had this atlas for about 9 months. I am not so pleased with the overall organization on the maps. It is not easy to follow a route when it moves to another page. Lacks good page to page references and sometimes the next map is dozens of pages apart. But the worst thing is that I recently took it on a trip and the heat in the car caused the glue in the binding to melt and all the pages fell out. Worthless now.
Rand McNally 06' Road Atlas.......2006-07-24
Quick delivery, received in great shape, pleasure doing business with you.
Great Big Atlas.......2006-07-03
Easy to read, big, detailed maps. Some states are on several pages, which is kind of a pain, but a smaller map couldn't have this much information.
the importance of a good road atlas.......2006-06-23
I can't stress how important it is to have an accurate and well-designed road atlas available for your home or car. I believe this particular road atlas to be top of the line in quality. I know guys HATE when their girlfriends say "are you lost?" and of course the guy NEVER wants to admit he's really lost. But there's really no reason to feel embarrassed if you have this handy dandy road atlas with you.
The reason I might look at a road atlas is mainly just to jump to the back and check out how much the population of each city has grown since the previous year. I also like to see if any airports have been added to major cities. I desperately need a road atlas right now. For some reason, the road atlas that's usually kept in the same shelf as the phone books isn't there right now. It's gone. No one knows where it is. I guess I don't need one *desperately* since I don't travel that much anyway.
The only thing you could complain about with a road atlas is that it's not big enough to cover the tiny streets for whatever city you might be living in. But you have to understand how THICK a road atlas would be if it had to cover ALL the little streets and whatnot across America and Canada. A road atlas exists mainly to cover the main highways and other major roads, and it does a very good job at it. Everyone should own a road atlas.
Great reference for travel.......2006-06-05
I bought this atlas for my family's 6000 mile roadtrip across the country. The atlas proved to be very useful--especially the large, detailed maps of downtown metropolitan areas. Having never been to Philadelphia or Washington DC before, I could easily have gotten very lost had it not been for the guidance of these maps. Another useful feature of the atlas is the mileage chart for each state, both the standard city-to-city mileage and a very useful "places of interest mileage" table, which gives the distance from major cities to potential places of interest (national parks, amusement parks, and just plain tourist attractions). There is also a city-to-city mileage chart in the front and a map showing driving times in the back. Most states also have a section to write notes as well, which is great for directions or the address of hotels or sites.
One thing that proved frustrating to me while traveling was the fact that the maps, which are indeed very large and thus quite detailed, often break a state (even a relatively small one) up into 4 or so pieces. This is great if you're focusing on just one corner of a state--bad if you're driving as much as we did at times. There were days when, had I used this atlas as reference, I'd have had to consult 6 or so pages just to get an idea of the route I'd be driving for the day. And don't try looking at a map of the entire US--that, too, is broken up into regions. Again, good for those seeking a lot of detail, bad for long distance travelers. I took another atlas along with me for this purpose. The spiral binding also proved annoying at times--if you want to find something that happens to land on the edge of the page by the binding, you'll find that part of the map difficult to read.
Overall, however, this atlas proved to be a very valuable reference, and I'm glad I took it even though space was limited in our car. As I said, however, if you're planning on driving a very long distance you might consider taking another atlas or set of maps as well, when you need to get a broader picture.
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Roadrunner 2006 Thurston County Street Atlas
Rand McNally
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Maps
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
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Product Description
Detailed Street Atlas with zip code boundaries for Thurston County, which includes the cities of Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Bucoda, Rainier, Tenino and Yelm.
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