Crossing America

by National Geographic Society

Book Overview

Now completely revised, this perennially popular guide turns driving trips into adventures as it highlights more than 3,500 places to visit--all just a short drive from major interstate highways. 500... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792274733
• ISBN13: 9780792274735
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Highway help and what to see

My husband and I used this book this summer driving from Michigan to Oregon and back. It was invaluable and I would highly recommend its purchase.

National Geographic does it again!

This is a travel guide of a different nature.Rather than dealing with a city,state or region, it deals with the major Interstates of America.It is a terrific guide that makes it very simple to choose between the many routes you can take on a trip from one place in America to another;and gives a very simple way of telling what you will see and the places of interest you'll pass along the way.It is arranged in a way that allows you to skip around from one route to another.The way the book is set up, of page numbering,route organization,points of interest identification by numbers,has been well thought out and results in unbelievable simplicity in use.The Interstate maps are right along with the information and negates the need to bounce all around the book.It is loaded with excellent photos that show what the scenic features as well as the points of interest look like.On top of that, it has an excellent index at the back of the book.For instance,all you have to do is think of a point of interest,look it up in the index,go to the page;you'll be placed right on the Interstate and be shown where it is.You'll also see immediately how to get there and also what else you'll pass on the way. This book is constructed with excellent paper,printing and cover and binding construction that will insure that it will stand a lot of use for many years.It is definately a guide that you will not toss out in a year or so because of wear or being out of date.These people are real pros at making such a guide.I do lot of birdwatching and we use guides that must be tops from an information standpoint;but must be of supurb construction to withstand hard use in the field and last for years.The Nat.Geo."Birds of North America" is such a book ;in fact it has no equal in the opinion of most Birders.This Interstate Travel guide is of the same high quality.

A great little travel guide that you need.

Since most vacations involve some travel on the Interstates, a book that covers them is indispensible. This is that book. It is pocket-sized for easy carrying and jam-packed with useful information. The book covers all major freeways, and has over 600 full-color photos and maps carefully selected to closely follow a well-written and well-organized text. An excellent feature is that the discussion of each Interstate begins at one end of the road and terminates at the other. This enables the traveler to briefly review the book at day's end to plan the following day's activities. The book shows and discusses National and local parks, museums, historical sites, and major cities along each road.This book is an excellent way to capture the varied geography of the continental United States in a nutshell. You will be amazed at the things you discover and at how many interesting places are near where you live. Obviously, I recommend this book very highly