Sometimes it’s more fun to visualize it the old-school way and discover things without the use of an app. There are a lot of great apps out there, but you can’t always rely on an internet connection for a long-term road trip. This strategy helped to keep the cost down and prevented me from having to unexpectedly travel a few hours for a campsite. If there were no free accommodations, I had to decide if it is worth staying in a paid campsite, or driving further to visit the places we want to see. On top of this, I searched these free camping resources to figure out if where I wanted to go had overnight stays nearby. I don’t like to travel too strictly, so this gave me a good overview of which areas of the state each destinations was located. Placing sticky notes on the map allowed me to make visual clusters of the areas we might want to spend the most time. Then all I had to do was connect the dots! I wrote down each destination on a different colored note and stick them to the map. Before headed to each state, I checked out Pinterest, the National Parks booklet, and asked friends and family for their expert opinions on where to go. Using the Adventure Edition Road Atlas, I planned my road trip using sticky notes.
These are not the most detailed descriptions, but it does give a good starting point further research.Ĭampsites are also listed in the map, but we found other resources for finding campsites more valuable. There are also a few pages in the front of the book that point out the best destinations for hiking, climbing, paddling, winter sports, biking and birding in each region of the US.
We never would have thought to visit this canyon without the map. This turned out to be a fantastic find! Catwalk Canyon is a scenic walk along waterfalls and pools built around an abandon mine. However, we have found quite a few destinations on this map we hadn’t seen listed in our initial searches of the area.Ĭatwalk Canyon in New Mexico, for example, was something we decided to stop at on a whim because we were driving by one of those red dots. Many of these points of interest are quite well known. Throughout the atlas, you can find little red dots that indicate pitstops and points of interest. Not only does it have the roads marked out, but because it is an adventure edition map, it has extra sections dedicated to explorers. The atlas is big and detailed, it has a sturdy cover and lists all 50 states in the US. The National Geographic Road Atlas – Adventure Edition is one of the most unexpectedly useful things we had purchased before beginning our cross country trip.
Even with all of the technology we have at our fingertips, one thing we can’t recommend enough for safety purposes is traveling with a paper map.
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