Tom SweeneyReviewed in the United States on February 14, 2025
We went on a long road trip, and even though our vehicle has onboard navigation, my wife still prefers something she can physically hold and flip through—and this Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas 2025 was perfect!
The large-scale maps are easy to read, and the details make it a great backup for planning routes, especially in areas with poor GPS signals. The quality is excellent, and the updated roads and highways ensure accurate navigation.
✅ Easy-to-read large-scale maps
✅ Great backup for GPS navigation
✅ Detailed and up-to-date information
✅ Durable and well-made for travel
Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys traditional navigation or wants a reliable backup on the road
STReviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Great product! Large size is easy to read. The spiral bound allows it to lay flat. I am a road tripper so will be highlighting my trips to keep a record. Will be perfect when out in the wilderness with no internet connection.
AndreReviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
The Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas 2025 was a great buy for my dad. The large print and well-detailed roads make navigation simple. Perfect for road trips and old-school map lovers.
Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
Large print, easy to read, very sturdy.
ASReviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024
Whether this road atlas will meet your travel needs will come down to understanding its pros and cons. The bottom line is that this is a LARGE atlas that's purposely designed to be easier to read, which has some downsides. As you'll see, some pros are also cons.
PROS: (1) Easy to read. (2) Good quality print and a decent amount of detail for a general atlas. (3) The spiral binding makes it easier to open the atlas and should theoretically make it more durable. (4) It includes major cities/towns for each state as well as a national parks. CONS: (1) States are split between multiple pages, which makes it more challenging to follow some roads/routes since they don't always line up. This can be confusing and annoying. (2) Weighing a hefty 2.8 pounds, this atlas is quite large and heavy and some people might find it inconvenient to use. (3) While the spiral binding makes it easier to open the atlas and keep it open, if you're not careful turning the pages, you can easily rip them. (4) The maps of major cities/towns are not very detailed and offer a basic idea of their layout at best. (5) Quite a bit of detail is missing when looking at smaller roads in remote areas. If you need such fine detail for your travels (especially when hiking and camping), you will need a more specialized atlas like the Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas or the Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer. For comparison, please see the two pictures from Mexican Hat to Bluff on 163: the picture with more detail being from the Utah Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas.
Overall, this is a good general road atlas that's definitely useful when planning road trips. As long as you're aware of its cons and limitations and can live with them, you'll find it a good atlas that will serve you well. Happy travels.
Don GrayReviewed in the United States on August 23, 2024
The large size makes it easy to read at a distance and the spiral binding means you can have it protected in a door or seat pocket and open it to the state you need and leave it open on a seat. Its large enough to hunt down and mark small roads and landmarks during your travels. And of course its up to date with the latest road closures or new ones as its made every year.
I like to take my jeep down little known trails and roads in AZ to visit ruins and desert features. This map makes it easy to pinpoint where you are visiting for future reference. It also has detailed major road maps of the major cities in each state. Very easy to find the state and or city|town you want to visit or to plot your path across states you visit. Years ago, State Farm used to give me one of these every year for having insurance. They dont seem to do that any more, but this book of maps is so useful, I'll likely buy a new one every couple of years. Its hard to get lost in the USA when you have these. Much better than relying on GPS devices that often are only updated every few years and you dont need electricity to use these (grin).
Well worth the purchase cost!
Dan C.Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Great atlas. Large enough print for the visually impaired. The spiral makes it easier to handle when reading.
Mike RyanReviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
The price is fair and service was fast. I especially like the large format and print.
huntergirlReviewed in Canada on January 5, 2025
We bought this Atlas for an across North America road trip with a travel trailer (Alberta to Louisiana and everything in between). I don't trust technology Maps as they have taken us and many other people on strange routes that have been sometimes dangerous. This Atlas helped me plan out our intended routes before we left. I used it in conjunction with a technological map. This Atlas assisted when the technological map would make a certain recommendation and I wasn't comfortable with it. We followed the Atlas during those times and we're glad we did!
I truly appreciated the detail in this Atlas. Be aware that it can't give you every road. It just would be too big as a multi-thousand page Atlas. It gives you the major routes.
I actually learned a lot using this book during our navigation. The notes in the Atlas on what the symbols meant were easy to read and learn from. This Atlas gave us confidence with our intended routes. Super easy to read and once you know what the symbols mean and the numbers mean, you can easily calculate the type of road you're going to be on and distances between major centers and small towns.
Fantastic book. Large format book that does best when placed on your lap. If you're doing a trip like ours, this is a fantastic book to get!
M+L SchwarzerReviewed in Germany on November 16, 2024
Ein seit vielen Jahren immer wieder etwirbenes Sammelwerk präziser Karten, absolut aktuell und auch in digitalen Zeiten in den Wüsten und Outbacks wertvoll.
Andrew83Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2024
This is a very good atlas, possibly slightly too large and heavy for some users, although it is more detailed than others as a result of that size. The maps are arranged alphabetically by state, with the scale determined in large measure by the size of each state (although many are broken down into several maps). The maps were evidently not produced for this particular atlas, so that in places the centre fold of the two-page map spreads will run right through one of the more important places in the state. Names may be randomly broken across the fold, making some places very hard to find.
As would be expected, roads are marked clearly: Interstates are in blue, four-lane uncontrolled-access highways are easily distinguished from two-lane highways (although interchanges are shown only if they are on completely controlled-access highways). There are plenty of city insets, down to some fairly small cities (again, depending on the amount of room around the edge of a map and the size of the state). Speaking as a Canadian, the Canadian content is well done but at a much larger scale than the U.S. states so the atlas is not quite as useful for more localized trips in this country as it is in most of the U.S. states. But it is right up to date, e.g. showing the newly completed four-lane section of the Trans-Canada Highway along the Kicking Horse River. Mexico and Puerto Rico share a single two-page spread at the end. The bonus feature on “mountain retreats” is interesting and there is an extensive index of towns at the back. A typically reliable effort from Rand McNally.
Goletsos AlexandrosReviewed in Germany on May 26, 2024
The bigger scale offers more details and more informations. I'm really enjoying it. For the Atlasholics a superb choice!
Tom SweeneyReviewed in the United States on February 14, 2025
We went on a long road trip, and even though our vehicle has onboard navigation, my wife still prefers something she can physically hold and flip through—and this Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas 2025 was perfect! The large-scale maps are easy to read, and the details make it a great backup for planning routes, especially in areas with poor GPS signals. The quality is excellent, and the updated roads and highways ensure accurate navigation. ✅ Easy-to-read large-scale maps ✅ Great backup for GPS navigation ✅ Detailed and up-to-date information ✅ Durable and well-made for travel Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys traditional navigation or wants a reliable backup on the road
STReviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Great product! Large size is easy to read. The spiral bound allows it to lay flat. I am a road tripper so will be highlighting my trips to keep a record. Will be perfect when out in the wilderness with no internet connection.
AndreReviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
The Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas 2025 was a great buy for my dad. The large print and well-detailed roads make navigation simple. Perfect for road trips and old-school map lovers.
Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
Large print, easy to read, very sturdy.
ASReviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024
Whether this road atlas will meet your travel needs will come down to understanding its pros and cons. The bottom line is that this is a LARGE atlas that's purposely designed to be easier to read, which has some downsides. As you'll see, some pros are also cons. PROS: (1) Easy to read. (2) Good quality print and a decent amount of detail for a general atlas. (3) The spiral binding makes it easier to open the atlas and should theoretically make it more durable. (4) It includes major cities/towns for each state as well as a national parks. CONS: (1) States are split between multiple pages, which makes it more challenging to follow some roads/routes since they don't always line up. This can be confusing and annoying. (2) Weighing a hefty 2.8 pounds, this atlas is quite large and heavy and some people might find it inconvenient to use. (3) While the spiral binding makes it easier to open the atlas and keep it open, if you're not careful turning the pages, you can easily rip them. (4) The maps of major cities/towns are not very detailed and offer a basic idea of their layout at best. (5) Quite a bit of detail is missing when looking at smaller roads in remote areas. If you need such fine detail for your travels (especially when hiking and camping), you will need a more specialized atlas like the Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas or the Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer. For comparison, please see the two pictures from Mexican Hat to Bluff on 163: the picture with more detail being from the Utah Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas. Overall, this is a good general road atlas that's definitely useful when planning road trips. As long as you're aware of its cons and limitations and can live with them, you'll find it a good atlas that will serve you well. Happy travels.
Don GrayReviewed in the United States on August 23, 2024
The large size makes it easy to read at a distance and the spiral binding means you can have it protected in a door or seat pocket and open it to the state you need and leave it open on a seat. Its large enough to hunt down and mark small roads and landmarks during your travels. And of course its up to date with the latest road closures or new ones as its made every year. I like to take my jeep down little known trails and roads in AZ to visit ruins and desert features. This map makes it easy to pinpoint where you are visiting for future reference. It also has detailed major road maps of the major cities in each state. Very easy to find the state and or city|town you want to visit or to plot your path across states you visit. Years ago, State Farm used to give me one of these every year for having insurance. They dont seem to do that any more, but this book of maps is so useful, I'll likely buy a new one every couple of years. Its hard to get lost in the USA when you have these. Much better than relying on GPS devices that often are only updated every few years and you dont need electricity to use these (grin). Well worth the purchase cost!
Dan C.Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Great atlas. Large enough print for the visually impaired. The spiral makes it easier to handle when reading.
Mike RyanReviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
The price is fair and service was fast. I especially like the large format and print.
huntergirlReviewed in Canada on January 5, 2025
We bought this Atlas for an across North America road trip with a travel trailer (Alberta to Louisiana and everything in between). I don't trust technology Maps as they have taken us and many other people on strange routes that have been sometimes dangerous. This Atlas helped me plan out our intended routes before we left. I used it in conjunction with a technological map. This Atlas assisted when the technological map would make a certain recommendation and I wasn't comfortable with it. We followed the Atlas during those times and we're glad we did! I truly appreciated the detail in this Atlas. Be aware that it can't give you every road. It just would be too big as a multi-thousand page Atlas. It gives you the major routes. I actually learned a lot using this book during our navigation. The notes in the Atlas on what the symbols meant were easy to read and learn from. This Atlas gave us confidence with our intended routes. Super easy to read and once you know what the symbols mean and the numbers mean, you can easily calculate the type of road you're going to be on and distances between major centers and small towns. Fantastic book. Large format book that does best when placed on your lap. If you're doing a trip like ours, this is a fantastic book to get!
M+L SchwarzerReviewed in Germany on November 16, 2024
Ein seit vielen Jahren immer wieder etwirbenes Sammelwerk präziser Karten, absolut aktuell und auch in digitalen Zeiten in den Wüsten und Outbacks wertvoll.
Andrew83Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2024
This is a very good atlas, possibly slightly too large and heavy for some users, although it is more detailed than others as a result of that size. The maps are arranged alphabetically by state, with the scale determined in large measure by the size of each state (although many are broken down into several maps). The maps were evidently not produced for this particular atlas, so that in places the centre fold of the two-page map spreads will run right through one of the more important places in the state. Names may be randomly broken across the fold, making some places very hard to find. As would be expected, roads are marked clearly: Interstates are in blue, four-lane uncontrolled-access highways are easily distinguished from two-lane highways (although interchanges are shown only if they are on completely controlled-access highways). There are plenty of city insets, down to some fairly small cities (again, depending on the amount of room around the edge of a map and the size of the state). Speaking as a Canadian, the Canadian content is well done but at a much larger scale than the U.S. states so the atlas is not quite as useful for more localized trips in this country as it is in most of the U.S. states. But it is right up to date, e.g. showing the newly completed four-lane section of the Trans-Canada Highway along the Kicking Horse River. Mexico and Puerto Rico share a single two-page spread at the end. The bonus feature on “mountain retreats” is interesting and there is an extensive index of towns at the back. A typically reliable effort from Rand McNally.
Goletsos AlexandrosReviewed in Germany on May 26, 2024
The bigger scale offers more details and more informations. I'm really enjoying it. For the Atlasholics a superb choice!
dave colesReviewed in Canada on January 14, 2025
Easy-to-use