Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas
Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas
Benchmark’s Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas captures the story of Colorado…its fast-moving history, its tremendous mountains, its cool summer climate, glaciers and snow banks in high ranges, its immense forests and deep canyons. This atlas is a product of many minds, all committed to the same purpose – providing a complete a picture as possible of the Centennial State. The Landscape Maps reveal landforms with amazing realism and detail clearly showing how the state’s vast network of roads and local recreation landmarks fit into the countryside. A complete 30-page Recreation Guide lists a myriad of outdoor activities, arranged by category, and is the ideal planning tool for any kind of outdoor adventure. Accompanied by its Colorado Recreation Map, you can be assured you are fully prepared for any outdoor excursion.
The Third Edition includes boundaries for State Wildlife Areas and completely updated recreation information. Benchmark field-checkers have driven over30,000 miles to make sure the Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas is the most accurate, comprehensive, and reliable map product ever published for The Centennial State. Dimensions: 16"x 11". 144 pages. 4th Edition 2012.
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Colorado State Map
Colorado Recreational Map
Colorado Landscape Map
Colorado Metropolitan Map
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What people are saying:
" This book is indispensable if you are planning a trip for sightseeing, hunting, hiking or backpacking and/or camping. Each recreational guide map has Latitude/Longitude indications, great for entry into a GPS if you want to pre-set a point for exploration. Campgrounds are marked and Wilderness area and National Forest boundaries are well outlined. A nice feature is that the Colorado Game Mangement Units (GMU's) are outlined which is extremely valuable when planning a hunting trip for the first time in Colorado. Many points of interest are noted if your interest is more in sight seeing than in the more physical activities. Roads and trails are clearly marked. I like more detail so I order supplementary Topographic maps of areas of interest but for many people this book is all that you will need for a Colorado vacation. " -Bowhunter
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" This book provides detailed maps that allow the user to find the best hiking trailheads and camping spots in the state. It details BLM and forest service lands and includes most of the dirt roads that are missing on the normal state maps. It is a necessary item for off hi way travel in the state. Dancing on the Edge of an Endangered Planet ". - John D. Mattson
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" These maps are extremely detailed but still very legible. I have the benchmark map for idaho and colorado and use them both frequently to located trails, canyons, public land, etc. " - Brandon S.
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Map Perfection
“We ride motorcycles, and like to explore the backcountry. Although we're set up for gravel and dirt roads, we like to know what we're getting into before we get there. Unfortunately, finding a map that shows exactly what is dirt, what is gravel, and what is paved is nearly impossible. AAA maps do show some gravel or unimproved roads, GPS systems like Tom Tom and Garmin try their best, but mark some gravel roads as paved and some paved roads as "unimproved".
I thought we'd always end up guessing and asking the locals, until someone told me about Benchmark. We are heading to Colorado on a motorcycle vacation, so I thought I'd give it a try.
I am completely amazed! The detail in these maps is astonishing, and still so simple to read. Roads show transitions from pavement to gravel to 4 wheel-drive. Not only that, the recreation section lists all the Parks, Historical spots, Natural areas of note, Campgrounds, and other highlights of that particular grid on the map. You could plan an entire vacation just by reading the concise descriptions of the tourist destinations listed here.
The layout is incredibly easy to work with, flip to the grid overview and find what section you want, then go to the page number. Want to follow a road to the next grid section? The page number is listed at whatever edge you're looking at, just flip to that page and continue on.
My only complaint is the size, at 15" x 11", it's nothing I'll be stuffing in a tank bag. I would happily pay twice the price for a book half the height and width and including more pages, especially if the pages were made of waterproof tyvek or similar material. Because of the way motorcyclists use maps, I have a feeling we'll be disassembling the book and folding individual pages into the map holder on a tank bag. Regular map paper doesn't survive very long in these conditions, so something made of stronger stuff would be most welcome.
But the maps themselves are absolutely amazing. I swear they read my mind and made the map book of my dreams. ” - P. Falcioni "Ducatisti"
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Great For Getting Around Colorado On A Vacation
“ We bought this map to use on our Colorado vacation and it was very helpful. It allowed us to take some more roundabout (and scenic) routes and provided enough details to assist in our vacation planning. It fits into a backpack and is definitely worth purchasing if you're going to be traveling extensively around the state. ” - A. Howze
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Just What I Needed
“ Great atlas. Very detailed maps. On my last trip I discovered a couple of cool out of the way campsites by following some of the roads in these maps that aren't shown in a larger more general atlas. ” - R. O'Grady
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Awesome
“ Took this to Colorado for a week. Never got lost. When I found out the campground I planned on staying at was closed, I found another nearby before it got dark.” ” - Brian Norris
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Benchmark Is The ONLY Way
“ Forget paying for a road atlas if you are an outdoor enthusiast. This is a must have if you hike, camp, or follow the road less traveled. I have one for Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico--they are a great map to get you started finding new routes, camping destinations, and hiking trails,etc. ” - Mountaingirl "Find Me Outside"
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If You Travel In Colorado You Need This Atlas
“ I have owned 2 of these books. They get so much use on my travels I wear them out. There is always a copy of one in the BLM fire truck...it is USEFUL! An EXTREMELY comprehensive book on the state of Colorado. Main roads as well as little known dirt roads are well represented. Relief maps, points of interest, highway exit numbers, as well as peak names and other landmarks make these pages as close to USGS topo maps you are going to get. The back of the atlas has metro area maps that have all the main roads in a metro area. Benchmark makes one of these for almost every state in the US...I own 12 different states in the West. ” - J. Levine "AZ Helishot"
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Best Maps Yet
“ I had never heard of Benchmark Maps before but I thought I'd give their Colorado Atlas a try. After a three week hiking adventure in Colorado, I was very impressed with Benchmark. Their maps do a great job in depicting the campgrounds, trailheads, trails, elevations, and ,of course, the roads in the mountains of Colorado. The Benchmark Atlas was far superior to the competition. On my next hiking trip, probably to New Mexico, I will definitely buy another Benchmark Atlas. ” - Robert A. Vanderkamp
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Great Set Of Maps
“ If you drive anywhere off the main highways in Colorado, this is the book of maps you need. Best map detail unless you use the USGS maps, that are cumbersome while driving.” ” - C. Isner
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State Atlas Tour Of Colorado
“ This is another in the single state map book series and it's just as good as the previous books. For those travelling the highways and byways just because they like to do so, this is an invaluable tool with large scale maps showing most of the interesting features plus some that were once interesting but have now disappeared! Not just a map for getting from one town to another, but a book of topographical information for those that want to know what the terrain is really like before they arrive. I have most of the available series and cart them between the UK and the USA everytime we visit on our fly-drive vacations. Well recommended! ” - C. Grayson
