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Ken Cooke
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Books I plan to re-read before I go to DV
TW- Here is the list of books I have at home that I plan to read before going back to Death Valley:
Mojave Desert OHV Trails - Florine Lawlor
Inyo Mono Jeep Trails - Roger Mitchell
Mines of the Mojave - Ron & Peggy Miller
Death Valley Jeep Trails - Roger Mitchell
Mines of Death Valley - L. Burr Belden
Northern California Backroads & 4WD Trails - Charles Wells
Southern California Backroads & 4WD Trails - Charles Wells
Any more I should look into purchasing?
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TMW
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Looks like you got a nice set that will keep you busy. I suggest getting the AAA Death Valley map as well as the county maps surrounding it in CA.
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bajaguy
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Looks like you got a nice set that will keep you busy. I suggest getting the AAA Death Valley map as well as the county maps surrounding it in CA.
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some topo maps or the DeLorme map book
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Barry A.
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Ken----other books by Roger Mitchell that might be appropriate:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUV TRAILS (Vol I) THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, by Roger and Loris Mitchell
and
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUV TRAILS (Vol II) THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT, by Roger and Loris Mitchell
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BACK COUNTRY ADVENTURES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, by Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson. (this is a huge book, with tons of info in it.)
MAPS:
In my experience, by far the most accurate and detailed maps of the Death Valley area (and the entire Mojave) are put out by BLM, and called DESERT
ACCESS GUIDES/SURFACE MANAGEMENT STATUS Maps. The Quads you would want for Death Valley are:
Bishop, Last Chance Range, Pahute Mesa, Mount Whitney, Saline Valley, Beatty, Darwin Hills, Death Valley Junction, RidgeCrest, and Owls Head
Mountains. They are a little pricey at $4 per quad, but worth it, IMO.
Also, TRAILS ILLUSTRATED use to put out a plastic map of Death Valley (1991) that was practically industructable, and very easy to read, and has
topog. and most (all?) Jeep trails on it. The Title of it was DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT. Now they have teamed up with NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and
that Death Valley map is #223, I believe, and can be obtained on line.
Hope this helps.
I have all these maps, and also all the USGS topo maps, but the Topo maps are very dated for showing roads and trails, but great for Topography.
Barry
(Edited---Well, I just went back and read the whole thread, and see that you already have these books above----jokes on me!!!! )
We stayed at the hotel at StovePipe Wells last Jan for $100 per night, and it was very nice. Restaurant there too was good.
[Edited on 1-6-2012 by Barry A.]
[Edited on 1-6-2012 by Barry A.]
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TMW
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There are books available with the topo maps. One by DeLorme is a topo and another by Benchmark Maps that is Landscape Maps. They both are large like
11x15. Lots of trails. Remember you must stay on marked routes inside and outside the park. You just can't go cross country. Even Jawbone OHV area has
closed routes.
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