No comments about Champion Map Bismarck, North Dakota (Champion Maps).

No comments about Prairie Mosaic an Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota.

No comments about The Heartland: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota (National Geographic's Driving Guides to America).

No comments about Massacre: The Custer Cover-Up the Original Maps of Custer's Battlefield (Custer Trails Series ; Vol 3).

No comments about Wildflowers of North Dakota.

No comments about Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota: Road Map (Travelvision State Maps).

2 comments about Trails Illustrated Badlands National Park: South Dakota, USA.

1. Badlands National Park is nearly a quarter of a million acres - 25% of federally designated wilderness and 50% of it on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, making 75% of it completely undeveloped. This map will help you safely explore the park - both on and off-road. Remember - no pets in the backcountry. Make sure someone knows where you're going if you plan on spending nights camping out.



2. This is one of the better maps produced by Trails Illustrated. T. I. has dispensed with the atmospheric colorizing overwash used in some earlier maps in the series, leaving us with a map that is easier to read. Important in an area where you need to be VERY precise about the lay of the land. Elevation change here is not great, but abrupt and hard to predict. Instincts and expectations that have worked elsewhere might not work here. Use a compass. (If you use one of those GPS devices, make sure it doesn't beep. Bugs the buffalo and old-timers like me.)
   Both the older "Badlands Nat'l Monument" area in the north and the less-visited southern additions co-managed with the Pine Ridge Indian reservation are included on the two sides of this tear-resistant map (using some sort of plasticized material that has fortunately become common in maps in the last years).
   If the Badlands fascinate you, you'll be tempted to charge off cross-country, as there aren't many maintained trails away from the visitor center at Interior. Don't go far without this map or a USGS topo. (Or your beeping gizmo.)
   If you don't want to deal with secondary sellers off Amazon, you may want to contact the Badlands Natural History Association in Interior SD. They carry the map and are pleasant to deal with.

No comments about Rand McNally North Dakota South Dakota: State Map (State Maps-USA).

1 comments about National Geographic Trails Illustrated Theodore Roosevelt National Park: North Dakota, USA.

1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) lends itself to the Trails Illustrated Series because it consists of several different units (North, South, and Elkhorn) that can be splayed over both sides of the map. This map also covers the 90-mile long Maah Daah Hey Trail, which connects all three units while going through the Little Missouri National Grassland.
   
   The map is done at a very useful scale. Though there's only about 500 feet of elevation in the entire park, there's a lot of fairly steep up and down in places. (That's why they called it "Badlands.") The contour lines show this very effectively, so you shouldn't be surprised.
   
   In terms of production values, this is the most beautiful of the Trails Illustrated maps that I have. Parcels of land are shaded by owner (national park, forest service, state of North Dakota, private) and the colors are well-chosen so that the whole map *looks* good. There are also colorful symbols for prairie dog towns, oil wells, water sources, vegetation, and other features. Again, it's just pleasant to look at in addition to being useful.
   
   Roads are marked so that you don't trespass, and the official wilderness areas are also clearly marked as such. All in all, it's what a topo map should be.

No comments about Rand Mcnally North Dakota/South Dakota State Map.