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Trails Illustrated – Colorado-Steamboat Springs


Product Description
This Trails Illustrated topographic map for Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the state lines of northwest Colorado and northeast Utah, is the perfect recreational map for this stunning monument. Within its craggy hills, you can discover pieces of a long ago world where the largest land creatures of all time once roamed and died.

The map includes the entire national monument area, with detailed trails and topographic information. Included are the L… More >>

Trails Illustrated – Colorado-Steamboat Springs

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  1. #1 by Christoph Geiss on June 26, 2010 - 4:03 pm

    The map is beautiful and (reasonably) accurate, but its small scale limits its use for hiking. Many of the contours are so closely spaced, faint, or interrupted by text that they are nearly useless. The publishers tried to squeeze the entire national monument onto one map sheet, which makes for a good overview and planning map, but a poor hiking map.

    Unfortunately, you have rather limited options, at least when it comes to paper maps: The USGS 7.5 minute topo sheets are great, but they don’t show the trails, local hiking maps are hit and miss (some can be great). State-wide mapping software that lets you print customized hiking maps might be the way to go, but I haven’t tried them yet.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  2. #2 by Arthur Digbee on June 26, 2010 - 6:32 pm

    This map is part of the Trails Illustrated series covering many national parks. These are all sturdy and convenient.

    Your map choices are essentially this one, the National Park Service map, and USGS topos. The NPS map is fine if you’re staying at Rock Harbor Lodge and doing light day activities from that base.

    If you’re backpacking, or doing long day hikes, the Trails Illustrated map is absolutely essential because the USGS topographic maps are outdated. For example, the topo shows a no-longer-existent East Feldtmann trail on the southwest part of the island.

    The topo also shows inaccurately the trail that goes over White Oak Ridge in the same area. The Trails Illustrated map shows the trails correctly.

    This map also shows (1) group and individual campsites and (2) distances between trail junctions that accord with the NPS signage. Both features make it useful for planning your trip.

    Rating: 5 / 5

  3. #3 by Edward Peter Hoffman on June 26, 2010 - 7:48 pm

    I was disappointed in this map. It’s not much better than

    any road map, and doesn’t provide any useful information

    about points of interest.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  4. #4 by B. Bates on June 26, 2010 - 9:03 pm

    These are great reference maps for generalized recreational activities. Not as detailed as a topo map, but still packed full of outstanding information. I have one for every state and I don’t leave home with out them. An improvement over simple highway maps.
    Rating: 5 / 5