looking for large scale road atlas

We are AAA members and always request the free maps and books for the states we plan to travel in. We also received a free AAA atlas from them this year. We use that for quick reference, but use the paper maps for more detailed info. We also have a Garmin 760LMT, but I am one of those folks that needs a big picture of where I'm headed, rather than just following commands.

The one (minor) complaint I have about AAA's atlas is that they have a listing of cities in each state on the same page as the map. This makes them shrink the map down in size so there is room for the cities list. For states that have many cities, this can make the map quite small. We had an older atlas that had this city information at the very back of the atlas, so if you were looking for the location of a specific city (we don't often do this) you simply look it up in the back, get the coordinates and then go to the map and find it. This allowed for the state map to take up the full page (or across a 2 page spread), which I prefer.

https://smile.amazon.com/2018-McNally-Large-Scale-Atlas/dp/052801739X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506781076&sr=8-1&keywords=road+atlas+2017+large+scale

Here you go!

Try one of the large Truck Stops/Travel Centers, like Pilot or Loves or one of the others, they used to sell them, haven't looked for one in several years......

While we are still trying to work with the outdated Street Atlas, we also carry a Walmart/Rand McNally atlas as a backup, but as AAA members, I regularly order up the paper maps for where we plan to be. Many times we have wanted to deviate from a planned track - "Just Because" and the paper maps get you the big picture. We spread them out on the dinette and mark them up as we see fit. When we are done, we fold it back up and mark it with a date so that we can use it as a reference later.

Always carry paper charts, they still work when the lights go out.

Matt

While we are still trying to work with the outdated Street Atlas, we also carry a Walmart/Rand McNally atlas as a backup, but as AAA members, I regularly order up the paper maps for where we plan to be. Many times we have wanted to deviate from a planned track - "Just Because" and the paper maps get you the big picture. We spread them out on the dinette and mark them up as we see fit. When we are done, we fold it back up and mark it with a date so that we can use it as a reference later.

Always carry paper charts, they still work when the lights go out.

Matt

X10 on the large scale road atlas maps.

Once you have bought one of these and traveled with it you will never go back to an ordinary map! Especially if you travel solo. You can put that map on the passenger seat and still read it! :C

Very hard to find. Every year it was a mission to finding a large scale map.

Where I find them easily, believe it or not, is at the gas station! Depending where you are from, dictates the name of the gas station.
I found mine every year in Florida at what is called Kangaroo Gas Stations.

I have a Rand McNally large scale atlas that I got at Wal-Mart a year or two ago. They weren't available from every store, nor were they in stock very long. (For what it's worth, Wal-Mart's website, at least at that time, did not in any way accurately reflect what is in stock at particular stores, despite appearances. It showed the atlas in stock at my local store when in reality they did not carry it at all. This isn't an anomaly with just this book, either; the system simply can't give correct information about local store stock.)

Amazon also carries it; at least when I got mine, Wal-Mart's price was better.

Pros: The large scale printing is nice and easily legible. I think it may not only have larger printing, but also show more detail (more roads and such) than the regular atlas. The spiral binding is very practical and useful; it stays open when you want it to. The collection of inset maps for cities, etc. is more complete than one might expect.

Cons: Divisions between pages, particularly for states that span multiple sets of pages, is often awkward and makes for a lot of page flipping when planning trips. The atlas only covers the United States; Canada and Mexico are omitted. The large size can be a bit cumbersome occasionally, though that rather goes hand in hand with the larger scale.

On the whole, I'm pleased with my copy.

walmart used to have them too

luberhill wrote:
I belong to AAA and I thought they used to have large scale road atlas' but don't see them on their site...State Farm used to give them away....
I have a GPS but like the atlas too...any ideas

check rand mcnally online or at any decent bookstore.