5 Ways This Atlas Could Save Your Life on the Road

Dead battery, no signal, shattered screen. It happens fast, especially on long stretches of highway or up in the mountains where you least expect it. A paper atlas never needs to charge and never loses signal, so you're never one dead phone away from being lost.

Mountain passes, desert highways, long rural stretches between towns. These are exactly the places where GPS is most likely to cut out, and exactly where getting turned around can become a real problem. This atlas covers all 50 states plus Canada and Mexico, so every road your apps go dark on is still right there on the page.

GPS apps zoom you into turn-by-turn directions and nothing else. The Large Scale atlas lays out entire states across oversized 10.3" x 15.3" pages, so you can see alternate routes, nearby towns, and the stops worth making before you're stuck deciding on the fly.

Most road atlases cram tiny print onto crowded pages. The Large Scale edition has maps 35% larger than the regular Rand McNally Road Atlas, with bold, clear type you can read at a glance from the passenger seat without squinting. Add 378 detailed city inset maps, and planning your route takes minutes, not a magnifying glass.

Most people never think about backup navigation until they need it. By then it's too late. It's spiral-bound so it lies flat, it slides right into a seat-back pocket or behind the seat, and for $39.95 it's the cheapest insurance against getting lost, stuck, or stranded on your next trip.