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Utah Atlas & Gazetteer
Utah Atlas & Gazetteer
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Creator: Delorme
Publisher: DeLorme Publishing
Category: Book

List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 30753

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 15.4 x 10.8 x 0.5

ISBN: 0899332552
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
UPC: 019916002558
EAN: 9780899332550
ASIN: 0899332552

Publication Date: April 1, 2000
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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5 out of 5 stars Great product   June 2, 2007
I think the title says it all. It is very useful. I got it really fast and it is flawless.


5 out of 5 stars I love these DeLorme maps   April 23, 2007
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love these DeLorme maps. I love traveling in the West but since I live in New Jersey, I get a little nervous sometimes when driving around Utah or Arizona - it's just so empty compared to what I'm used to. These Delorme atlases are my security blanket. They're so detailed that no matter where I am, I can look at the map and find a road or a landmark that will reassure me that I'm in the right place.


4 out of 5 stars New Style OK But Not Great   August 3, 2005
  9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I have been a huge fan of DeLorme State Atlas and Gazetteer books for 20+ years. I will never plan a trip without one. I find them absolutely indispensable and have them with me on any car trip, period. I do however have a preference for the older style of mapping used on the earlier editions. I used to own an old Utah Atlas and Gazetteer and much preferred it to the new one. The enhanced topo information and colorations are neat but the actual road mappings have a new style that are annoying to me. It is much harder with longer dashed lines for unimproved roads to determine whether the road intersects another one. Anyone who does backroading in Utah knows that when a road is near another on the map does not mean they intersect. One road could be 1000 feet below another and both will dead-end. It is not fun to plan a trip not being sure whether your road goes through. Although I still like the maps, I feel the need to have another topo source for backroads. I wish DeLorme would update their Atlas and Gazeteers in the old format rather than the 'slick' newer style.


5 out of 5 stars Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona... Great places for these   September 18, 2003
I have several of these of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Duplicates of each... one in the house for planning and study, one in the truck. Occasionally I rotate them so they don't wear out too quickly. I gave Delorme top billing in my Desert Emergency Survival Basics book, but you don't need a desert and you don't need an emergency to need a delorme atlas. Any rural area in the United States is probably covered by them.

If you spend a lot of time in the back country these maps are the best alternative, from my point of view. It's true the maps don't have labels on the back country cow trails another reviewer complained of. The fact is, neither do the roads. But it's often helpful when you come to the fork in a dirt two-track and they both wander off a few degrees off North, to be able to crack open the Delorme and discover the one on the left plays out just over that hill over there at a windmill. There's no excuse for needing labels these days. A compass and Delorme will allow you to locate yourself in most instances.

However, even the back woods purist ought to own a GPS. I've been wandering around the back woods longer than most readers of this have been alive. I rarely get lost, but I frequently don't know exactly where I am. Occasionally my old TrailBlazer saved me a lot of walking to get back to the truck. Once it saved my life in a snowstorm, I imagine.

For motor traveling you'll cover too much ground to allow the 7.5 minute maps to help much. You pass from one map to the next too quickly. When you are afoot a couple of them become useful. Meanwhile, I use Delorme as one of the ways to keep track of my wanderings. I recommend them wherever you are. And a GPS, as well.


5 out of 5 stars A Necesity for exploring Back Country Utah by Car   June 13, 2001
  12 out of 16 found this review helpful

There are a lot of dirt roads that cover the BLM and National Forests of Utah, and this book has them. It doesn't replace hiking maps, but if you have a 4wd or high clearance vehical and want to explore Utah on dirt roads, this is for you.

It also lists camping and fishing sites accross the state. A word of warning. Dotted red lines may only be passable by 4wd vehicals.

It would also be great for planning Snowmobile outings or 4-wheeler camp trips. Have fun.


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