- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Morris Communications Corporation (Mar 15 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892154145
- ISBN-13: 978-1892154149
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.1 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,665,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Pound for pound and inch for inch, The Milepostis the most valuable piece of luggage you could include on a trip to Alaska and northwestern Canada, whether you're going by plane, car, bus, or bicycle. No wonder they're celebrating their fiftieth anniversary as the "Bible of North Country Travel." This is not a fluff and nonsense production, because there's serious driving to cover when you're heading to Anchorage or Denali Park, and you need to know things, like what the major highways and roads contain, mile-by-mile, where there are gas stations, campgrounds, fishing, lodging, and food, what the geography is like and what road conditions to expect. There's even some information on the history of the lands and communities, and what attractions are nearby. The maps are exceptional and the abundance of information remarkable, making this the most irreplaceable of guides for a trip up north. --Stephanie Gold
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Book Description
Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.
Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all Northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors who drive every mile of every road, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions and activities and food, gas, lodging and camping, along the way and in every city and town.
Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre to gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips. Special features in the 2004 edition highlight fly/drive travel, bear viewing, travelling with pets and gold rush history.
This wealth of detail makes The Milepost a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it's the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture or glaciers, to name just a few attractions. Here is a classic travel guide and a must for every Northland traveller.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The miles fly by!,
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This review is from: The Milepost (Paperback)
There are lots of miles of roads in AK, and driving them can be a bit boring. Unless you have the milepost to guide you. There are interesting things happening all along the roadside, and a long road trip will whiz by when you are aware of what you are seeing, or can anticipate what is coming up around the bend.Well worth the investment.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful but tedious,
This review is from: The Milepost (Paperback)
I found the Milepost to be better than having no reference material at all (the maps are the most useful feature). Its best use is in finding RV parks and gas stations but the method of reporting services available at the RV parks is somewhat hit or miss and is not always accurate or reported in any sort of consistent format -- except on the keycodes on the maps. One key piece of information that is only grudgingly made available are the months that the parks are actually open for customers.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Does Not Live Up to Reputation,
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This review is from: Milepost (Paperback)
While not TERRIBLE, this book is fairly useless. Certainly it is not worth its asking price. I was convinced to buy it by a friend who had used it to get around Alaska 25 years ago. But after a month of traveling around the state, I ended up feeling ripped off. In my travels around Alaska, I found numerous free vacation planners or free travel guides as good or better than this turkey. The book has numerous problems. In most cases, historical or cultural information is missing completely, or described in the most perfunctory way. And even when there's actually something of interest, thousands of disguised advertisements for paying businesses clutter the text, making it hard to find. The book is more or less a business directory, and its community descriptions seem taken straight from census data. 25 years ago, it MAY have a good resource (though I'm not even convinced of that.) But it seems to have become obsolete. If you really want the information it's peddling, wait till you get to Alaska to pick up a free guide, or hit the internet.
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