The Paper Maps Thread

[B1Toad]

Yes I have all kinds of electronic navigation but I still like my paper maps and Atlases. What do you fellow paper map people like to use, USFS, USGS? I have a set of 7 maps that covers my whole state and I used them heavily many years ago...wore out a couple sets. They are very detailed showing everything the USGS maps show like cattle tanks, graves, buildings etc. along with the different types of roads ie. all weather road, Jeep trail etc. They are long out of print so I am going to get some map repair tape and fix them up after they sat in the attic for 20 years.
I am most interested in Arizona and New Mexico. I did get some nice USGS prints for my next trip to NM as I plan to follow the trail that my ancestors took when they gradually moved downriver from Las Vegas, NM Eastward, the roads are all dirt with village ruins here and there and old cemeteries with some of my ancestors buried. I tried it last year in my Superduty but the road was washed out and there were some cave ins too close to the edge for comfort in a 8,800 lb. 21 foot long truck so I turned back, hoping to take the TJ this year.
USGS seems to be the largest scale and I believe now you can just locate them online and print up small ones or order larger ones. What do you use?

 

[RINC]

I still got my last map I bought. '05 spiralbound trucker map.

 

[B1Toad]

I still got my last map I bought. '05 spiralbound trucker map.
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Oh yeah I got the 2023 Trucker's Atlas, not much detail for off road travel though. I keep it in the motorhome along with the Rand Mcnallys'
Speaking of trucker's maps and highway travel these are great, especially in the West: https://mountaindirectory.com/

 

[B1Toad]

I just went on fleabay and found a set of my Arizona maps in excellent condition for $19 plus $8 shipping, they're on the way. Not too bad, originally they were .50 cents each!

 

[deadbeat son]

I use the DeLorme Gazetteer. Probably not the best, but they work well enough when combined with something like the Wells guidebooks.

Those AZ maps in your photo look pretty cool.

 

[voodooridr]

I just picked up the Idaho BDR map, it's fun looking at paper maps, reminds me of the olden days when I was young

 

[chudlet]

I just picked up the Idaho BDR map, it's fun looking at paper maps, reminds me of the olden days when I was young

They had paper back then?

 

[RINC]

They had paper back then?

You had to go there didn't you?

 

[chudlet]

 

[sab]

I, too, am a paper map guy. I’ve spent a lot of time on foot in the backcountry over the years. I used to buy USGS quad maps, until the Internet. For a decade or so, I’ve been buying custom maps from MyTopo.com. It’s basically a quad map with whatever boundaries you choose, with the ability to customize layers shown and navigation aids/coordinate systems. I have a box of these!

 

[B1Toad]

I, too, am a paper map guy. I’ve spent a lot of time on foot in the backcountry over the years. I used to buy USGS quad maps, until the Internet. For a decade or so, I’ve been buying custom maps from MyTopo.com. It’s basically a quad map with whatever boundaries you choose, with the ability to customize layers shown and navigation aids/coordinate systems. I have a box of these!

Thanks, that's a great resource and I bookmarked it!

 

[B1Toad]

I still got my last map I bought. '05 spiralbound trucker map.
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Just noticed that line looks like it goes right through my home town. Born in Woodstock, McHenry County and lived my first 12 years in Crystal Lake right off RT. 14.

 

[DavidBT]

I've been a paper map guy ever since I first crawled up in my dad's eighteen wheeler when I was about 9 or 10 years old. It's how I learned how to fold maps back the way they were. I don't mind using Google maps or simaler, but I have learned to double check with paper maps over the years also. I was only a part time truck driver and my hat is off to @RINK for keeping the big wheels turning.

 

[RINC]

Just noticed that line looks like it goes right through my home town. Born in Woodstock, McHenry County and lived my first 12 years in Crystal Lake right off RT. 14.

You familiar with Micheal's Constuction in Brownsville?

 

[DavidBT]

I've been a paper map guy ever since I first crawled up in my dad's eighteen wheeler when I was about 9 or 10 years old. It's how I learned how to fold maps back the way they were. I don't mind using Google maps or simaler, but I have learned to double check with paper maps over the years also. I was only a part time truck driver and my hat is off to @RINK for keeping the big wheels turning.

Sorry @RINC, had a few drinks and spelled it wrong.

 

[B1Toad]

You familiar with Micheal's Constuction in Brownsville?

No, not at all.

 

[RINC]

No, not at all.

Spelled it wrong. Michels Corp. Used to haul in and out of their yard a lot.

 

[MichaelGH]

I use a Rand Mcnally spiral bound road atlas to compliment the Gaia GPS and onX Offroad Apps I have…

 

[Wildman]

I use the Delmore Atlas & Gazetteer. I have WA , OR & ID in this and it is OK for 90% of what I do. The rest of the time I try to get a map from the local ranger district where I'm playing.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/089933329X/?tag=wranglerorg-20

 

[John Cooper]

I still got my last map I bought. '05 spiralbound trucker map.
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You must be younger than me, mine was the large print truckers map I still have a couple of them, plus the foldable city map for alot of cities in the southeast!!!!