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12 hours ago, Wandering Sagebrush said:

I can’t answer the “best” question, but I prefer the individual Benchmark Road and Recreation Atlases for each state I intend to visit.

I had not heard of Benchmark Atlas before.  I looked them up on Amazon.  I expect they would be good, but at $25 a state that could add up.

 

What makes them so expensive? 

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On our recent 6000 mile 42 day trip this Atlas served us extremely well along with our Garmin 890RV.

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52 minutes ago, HDRider said:

I had not heard of Benchmark Atlas before.  I looked them up on Amazon.  I expect they would be good, but at $25 a state that could add up.

 

What makes them so expensive? 

They’re extremely detailed topographic maps, great for planning exploration of a state.  Another atlas is published by DeLorme, but I believe Benchmark is better.  For countrywide route planning, I use a free atlas from State Farm Insurance, but would prefer something like the Rand McNally because of the spiral binding.

Edit:  I just saw the post by @Patriot, and in general really like their guide books.
 

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2 hours ago, Patriot said:

On our recent 6000 mile 42 day trip this Atlas served us extremely well along with our Garmin 890RV.

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I just ordered that.

 

I suspect NG and RM are both good, but I picked the NG.

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11 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

for showing BLM, USFS lands and campgrounds

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