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Please note: We are currently taking orders for the 2012 Milepost. We expect to have those in our office the first week of March. Once we receive them, we will ship all of our backorders first.
ISBN: 978-1892154286 . Softcover. 63nd Edition. 784 pages. Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1
Mile-by-Mile Highway Logs. 30 Major routes, 60 side trips, 100+ maps, and 700+ color photos. Sightseeing, wildlife viewing, camping and fishing, road conditions, accommodations and more. Plus ferry information.
| Alaska Milepost Discount
Plan your Alaska trip with ease with this unusually detailed and colorful book.
Chock full of maps, road logs, ferry schedules, and much more.
In stock now for immediate shipment. Order yours today!
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Originally just a log of the Alaska Highway, the Milepost has turned into a highly useful publication for anyone planning to travel the North no matter what transportation is used. We usually keep it with us when we travel roads we haven’t been on in a few years, mainly because traveler’s services aren’t as available at they are in other parts of North America. Furthermore, there’s a lot of information about the surrounding country.
The Milepost covers these highways (most major northern roads have numbers, but few here use the numbers, preferring instead to use the names): Alaska Highway, Atlin Road, Campbell Highway, Canol Road, Cassia Highway, Copper River Highway, Dalton Highway, Dempster Highway, Edgerton Highway/McCarthy Road, Elliott Highway, Glenn Highway/Tok Cutoff, Haines Highway, Hudson’s Hope Highway, Klondike Highway, Klondike Loop, Laird Highway, Mackenzie Route, Parks Highway, Richardson Highway, Seward Highway, Sliver Trail Highway, Steese Highway, Sterling Highway, Tagish Road, Taylor Highway, Top of the World Highway, Yellowhead Highway.
There is also good coverage for the Alaska Railroad and the White Pass and Yukon Route; as well as the Alaska Marine Highway and British Columbia ferry system.
This review is from: The 2011 Milepost: Alaska Travel Planner
The 2011 edition of "The Milepost" is the most recent version of the most uniquely valuable travel guide to the road network in the State of Alaska and Northwest Canada (British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alberta provinces). This guide is a must-have resource for the tourist, RVer, and North Country camper.
Alaska and Northwest Canada cover a huge geographic area with significant terrain and weather variations and far less infrastructure than most travelers are used to in the lower ཬ states or urban Canada. Travelers should not expect gas stations, restaurants, and franchise hotels at every exit off the main roads, nor should they expect that facilities, or even the roads themselves, are open year-round. Dangerous weather and driving conditions are possible to likely as much as six months of the year. In addition, travelers need to be alert to the prospects of wildlife viewing and the dangers of close encounters in the road.
"The Milepost" provides maps, diagrams, and an almost mile-by-mile travelogue of what to expect along the main roads in the North Country. "The Milepost" includes a generous selection of photographs as well. This detailed informaton will allow the traveler to locate the next gas station, campground, hotel, or scenic spot in areas where signs and billboards may be scarce. The text is seeded with advertisements for many of the commercial establishments along the Alaska Highway in Canada and the limited major road network in Alaska, allowing travelers to plan ahead for scarce beds and RV hook-ups. Travelers can also plan ahead for fishing charters on the world-famous Kenai Peninsula or the operating hours of the few but fascinating small museums and roadside attractions to be found along the way.
The annual updating of "The Milepost" assures the traveler of some advance notice for construction or major changes in the road network. "The Milepost" does contain some information on the locations of trailheads, but serious walkers and hikers, bikers, and snow machine enthusiasts should seek elsewhere for more detailed information about off-road routes. This guide includes scheduling information for the Alaska Marine Highway System of ferries linking coastal Alaska, and directions to the digital version of this guide.
This publication is very highly recommended to both the visitor and the resident in Alaska and Northwest Canada, which are some of the most scenic parts of North America. Don't leave home without it.
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