Originally Posted by
ChipSeals
Sorry to sound like the old man in this age GPX tracks, but can anyone recommend a current set of maps or a guidebook for the Western Massachusetts area (especially west of Pioneer Valley, to the NY and CT borders)?
I know of the Rubel maps, but I wonder if they've been updated lately, or if there are others that are better.
Although I use Google Maps, RWGPS and Strava, IMHO there's no substitute for something you can dog ear and notate.
Hi ChipSeals,
From here on the "right (lateral)" side of Massachusetts, I am of a similar opinion. For Metro Boston, I have occasionally posted that I like AAA metropolitan maps, in my case for Boston.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...For some generalities, my favorite map is the AAA road map of metropolitan Boston....Even though I've lived here for over 30 years, I always get lost on a new ride. Streets are laid out in a haphazard fashion; many streets, particularly the one you are riding on are not marked; they surreptiously change names; and in rotary intersections it's easy to lose your sense of direction. (I don't have a GPS.)
The scale is such that there is enough detail to indicate pleasant cycling back roads, yet covers a wide enough area that I have planned centuries. This past summer I got an I-phone with GPS, and it is convenient to be able to easily pinpoint my position, as opposed to scouring the paper map. But the paper map gets me home.
I'd next like to learn about the Ridewithgps app. Nonetheless after all this time I know my way around pretty well, but I always crave the novelty of new Roads.