Lawyers of Oregon

Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer

Description

The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state. Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles. Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives. Categories vary by state

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-09
Summary: "DeLorme Maps Are A Necessity"

Like all DeLorme map books, this one is extremely valuable. I would never consider heading to a new area to flyfish without a DeLorme map.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-05-17
Summary: "Great book... got us where we needed to go!"

This is a great book... very useful and easy to use. Gave us the information we needed.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-06-02
Summary: "Best paper map around!"

I worked on a project with the Oregon DOT, in which I drove about ten thousand miles throughout Oregon in one summer. This map was the guide we used in our travels throughout the state, and it was a more up-to-date source of information than most maps. We had to drive to 160 total sites, half of which were local (county) roads, and we were always able to keep our location, even in some rural areas that were not well marked.

It's the best map you can find on paper, if you're looking for detailed information covering the whole of the state, from interstate highways to dirt roads in the mountains. That is, unless you want to spend a lot more than $20, or you want to print a giant mosaic of the state of Oregon from your printer.

It's not a map for those who are simply looking for street names in cities like Eugene or Portland... there's no 10-page blowup of urban areas in the state, this is a map that covers the STATE of Oregon.

This map is for those who are familiar with the area in which they are traveling. In my work, I did find two roads that were in rougher shape than I would have expected by just looking at the map... however, I was WELL off of highways (making short cuts that took hours off of our trip), and as such, I knew I couldn't expect every single mountain road to be perfectly maintained.
By that measure, I found a few roads that were surprisingly well-maintained, given the terrain and vicinity to populated areas. And I found some places that I will hope to take my children camping or hiking someday... thanks to this map.

Remember, there is no substitute for obtaining local information regarding the travel worthy nature of roads. This map is a great guide, but no map is perfect. Stop by local government offices (the BLM, Forest Service, City Hall, etc) if you're looking for more localized maps, because you will also find locals who can inform you of the condition of unimproved roads in the area. Road conditions often vary county-to-county, unless you're on state highways, as each county prioritizes funds differently (and especially in rural Oregon, there's not enough money for the vast amount of space that needs to be maintained).

Also, remember that road names can change from the time this map is printed, and the time you actually use the map (I encountered this issue more than once... though, in one case, not even Google Maps had been updated to include the new name of a particular road). Considering how detailed this map is, unless you're driving through a large city, you can almost always find the right road if you're looking and aware of your location.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-04-22
Summary: "Fine if you're sticking to major roads, otherwise hopeless"

This atlas offers no way of showing the difference between paved and unpaved roads. In SE Oregon it shows several roads I recently visited with the same markings as major highways. Some of these roads are gravel, some of them are jeep trails open only a few months of the year and requiring 4WD and high clearance. With this atlas there's no way of knowing that. See their map of the Steens Mountain area and Steens Mountain Loop Road - this road is only accessable with high clearance 4WD vehicles in late summer, but on this map it's marked with the same symbol used for the two lane, paved highway south of Burns. The road north of Fields is gravel, but no markings to note where the pavement ends. After seeing this, I promptly returned it and bout Benchamrk's atlas instead. Much better!

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-03-23
Summary: "Excellent detail and reference info"

As with all Delorme Atlas books you get detailed maps of main roads and all back roads. Indispensible if you plan on driving the back roads. Only thing I wish could be improved about these books is their durability. I find the pages typically come loose after what seems like a relatively few number of uses. But I buy them because they give me exactly the detail road maps I need.