Description
Benchmark Maps | 1st Edition
A comprehensive road and recreation atlas built for exploring the Southern Appalachians—on pavement and well beyond it.
The Southern Appalachians Road & Recreation Atlas from Benchmark Maps covers the Appalachian mountain region from Harpers Ferry in the northeast to Springer Mountain and Little River Canyon in the southwest. Instead of organizing the maps around state boundaries, Benchmark mapped the mountains as a connected region, making this especially useful for road trips, overlanding, camping, hiking, paddling, and general backcountry exploration.
Created after more than two years of field checking and cartographic work, this 144-page large-format atlas combines detailed landscape maps with public-land boundaries, recreation information, access points, campgrounds, trails, waterways, attractions, and an extensive road network.
For backroad travelers, one of the standout features is the road classification system. Maps distinguish between paved roads, unpaved roads, and four-wheel-drive roads, making the atlas a valuable tool for both trip planning and navigation in the field.
Inside the Atlas
- 144 pages of maps and recreation information
- 88 pages of detailed landscape maps
- 36-page recreation guide
- Public-land boundaries and land-cover mapping
- Paved, unpaved, and four-wheel-drive road classifications
- National and state parks, forests, and wildlife areas
- Campgrounds and RV parks
- Trails and natural features
- Boating and fishing access
- OHV areas
- Historic sites, museums, and other attractions
- Blue Ridge Parkway maps with elevation profiles and attractions by mile marker
- Detailed coverage of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Detailed coverage of Shenandoah National Park
- Public-land agency information and contact resources
Expedition Georgia Field Note
GPS and navigation apps are incredibly useful, but we don’t consider them a replacement for a good paper map. A regional atlas gives you something that’s difficult to get from a phone or tablet screen: context.
Spread it out and you can see how forest roads, public lands, rivers, mountain ranges, recreation areas, and small towns connect. It’s one of the best ways to spot an interesting road, campsite, trail, or destination you weren’t necessarily looking for.
Keep it in the rig. Mark it up. Dog-ear the pages. Use it to plan the next trip—and keep it handy when the electronics don’t cooperate.
Publisher: Benchmark Maps
Format: Paperback Atlas
Edition: 1st Edition, 2020
Pages: 144
Landscape Map Scale: 1:190,080 / approximately 1″ = 3 miles
Size: 11″ Ă— 16″
Language: English
UPC: 767020001065
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