Along Interstate-75, 20th Edition: The Must Have Guide for Your Drive to and from Floridavolume 20

By Dave Hunter

Book Overview

Along Interstate-75, from Detroit to the Florida Border.

Interstate-75 is the main route for the millions of Midwestern "snowbirds" who drive to and from Florida each winter . . . and the current edition of Along I-75 is the "must have" guide for the trip.

Whether a first-timer or one who has driven the route for many years, the book is packed with local information along the way, a culmination of more than 50 years of the author's Florida-bound I-75 driving experience.

Getting there is half the fun--Local knowledge, "Insider" and Money Saving tips, lodging & restaurant recommendations and mile-by-mile roadside stories and entertainment.

Each of the book's 25 mile-per-page colored strip-maps takes an average of 30 minutes to drive, providing a sense of pacing for your trip - excellent for planning your night stops while on the route.

The two sets of custom-designed maps (south and northbound) are intuitive and very easy to use - even for non-map readers. Each "fits" your direction of travel so landmarks and features drawn on the right side of the map, pass on the right side of your car.

Designed with in-car use in mind, the book has a laminated wrap-around cover and book mark flap. A concealed plastic spiral binding allows the book to be easily folded back to display the current road-section map.

Completely updated every odd numbered year, Along I-75contains no advertising or commercial content.

Each current edition of the book has a "reader's only" website where major updates to the book's information are posted. Also includes updated and downloadable replacement maps and pages for the book.

The book features:

78 colored 25 mile road strip maps (39 for each direction of travel)106 colored maps (side-trips and towns) and 196 colored photos67 b&w maps and photos105 charts and diagrams72 restaurant and money-saving tips24 Special Interest reports

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189681915X
• ISBN13: 9781896819150
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Mile Oak Publishing Inc.
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Think you know it all?

About I-75? I assure you I've traveled this route many times and the last time I happened upon this book first. How wonderful! If you are an information junkie like DH and myself you will totally enjoy the heck out of this book. From what the "Florence Y'all" water tower really stood for originally to..."what is that stuff growing all over the place?" in Georgia. (thanks to the book we learned that it was Kudzu) The Radar Alerts were very helpful and sure enough 90% of the time there was a patrol car hidden exactly where the book stated. I also like the hotel recommendations and on the trip home we actually utilized one of those hotels and we were very impressed. There were two things on our trip that I WOULD NOT be without if we were to drive again......XM Satellite Radio and THIS BOOK. Two thumbs up!

Everything you want (and don't want) to know about I-75

I thought Dave Hunter was nuts when he announced all those years ago he was going to do a book about the Eastern United States' busiest north-south artery: Interstate 75. But he was really onto something. This book gets better year after year, and justifiably more popular as well.Even if you're a paid up member of AAA, like me (or any auto club for that matter), this book will be a great supplement to the strip maps, wall maps and hotel guides you usually take along with you. In almost painstaking detail, milepost by milepost, Hunter tells you everything you wanted to know about I-75 and some things you'll probably wish you didn't (although you'll learn something there too).He tells you exactly where to find the radar traps, what you'll find at every exit between Detroit and the Georgia/Florida line, and this year's constructions zones. And he offers some sage advice on what to do in case you hear a tornado warning on your car radio (listing all the counties that run along and parallel the I-75 route).For places to stay along the way, he offers suggestions on his favorites; as well as how to save money at any hotel by playing by the hotel industry's own rules. He posits a great tip on how the carpool lanes really work (a potential timesaver in Atlanta). He even suggests advice on what bypasses to take around major cities, parallel routes in rural areas if you want to get off the beaten path, and why one should never stay overnight in a city unless absolutely necessary.On a personal note, Hunter is a really classy guy. I've never met him in person, but I would like to now, especially after I noticed what I thought was a glaring ommission in the book: a potential shortcut between two cities along the I-75 route. I e-mailed him, and he promised to investigate it on his next trip. A month later, he wrote back saying that he tried that shortcut himself and while it faster it's not worth it because of all the turns one must make to get to it.A remarkable achievement for a guy who self-publishes this book. If you follow just one of the money-saving tips he offers, the book will pay for itself and you'll want to keep getting each new edition, year after year.

A fun way to travel I-75

This wonderful books is designed for "snow birds" (those seasonal migrant masses that know, genetically, winter is coming and they must drive south to Florida). Interstate 75 is one of the most interesting highways in America. It is full of side trips that can last an hour or a day. What Hunter has done is make miles of tedious asphalt fun and entertaining. Do you know where to stop and buy `Chocolate-covered potato chips'? Or, do you know where the `Gone with the Wind' museum exit is? Hunter does!The book is well laid out and very easy to use. I applaud the way that Hunter uses two sets of maps in the book. The I-75 section in the front of the book runs North to South, or Detroit to the border of Florida. The map pages in the back of the book run South to North. In the center of the book is the travel information, insider tips, special reports, etc. that make the trip enjoyable.An area of improvement would be a symbol on the maps delineating where significant interstate highway construction is happening Rand McNally Road Atlas 2004 has a great symbol system showing where construction is going on.Also, someone needs to tell me why this guide and the I-75 guide written by Christine Marks (see my review) both stop at the Florida border! A mystery to me as I-75 does go all-the-way to Miami!This is the best of the I-75 guides out to-date. You will find tons of useful information you will not find in other guides. If I-75 is your route South (or North) you will appreciate this gem. Get it! 4.5 stars

Makes travel from Michigan to Georgia interesting.

Whether you're a regular traveler along Interstate-75 or use it once each year, Along I-75 is a must. We bought our first copy last year and were amazed. Each exit lists the fast-food places, gas, and local attactions. In Resaca, Georgia, we found out we were driving on top of a Civil War battlefield. In Atlanta, the easy-to-follow map made a difficult trip easy. And in Berea, Kentucky my wife found some great buys at a local craft shop.The maps are laid out on a straight line making it easy to read even if you aren't good at reading maps. I loved the little stories Dave Hunter tells. For example, did you know that Dwight D. Eisenhower was responsible for the Interstate Highway System and concieved the idea in 1919? The book is updated yearly, so I bought one as soon as the new edition came out. When we were traveling through Georgia last year the AAA book did not have the new exit numbers and we found it nearly impossible to cross-reference the old numbers to the new ones. Dave's book was invaluable--he had the new numbers. Well worth the purchase.Also of interest in the book: local speed traps, elevation, county names, geologic features visible from the road, emergency information (you can find the nearest hospital quickly), much, much more.

A very difficult ride made barable

We travel to Florida every year at Christmas and it is a very hard drive to make. In 97 we bought the book and had alot of fun with it on the way.This past Christmas we stopped for supper in Tifton, Georgia looking forward to the OutBack Steak House unfortunatly there wasn't one to be found The Red Lobster was great .