With city maps of La Paz, Loreto, San José del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Cd. $10.99 65-0194BS Baja California Sur road map. With smaller inset maps of San Felipe, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tecate. These city maps typically have enough detail to be useful, especially for walking around the city centers. Their advantage is that they have several city street maps on the reverse side of the maps. These are basic road maps, on paper, less detailed than the maps above. Two sheets, one covering northern Baja and one covering southern Baja. Sample detail from the Baja map $10.95 65-0192Z 1 sheet, folded.īaja California Travel Maps. The map uses color shading to show elevation/relief. ITMB.ĭetailed waterproof travel map showing roads, physical features, and tourist sites and service. Thumbnail of Baja South reverse side $19.95 65-0190BP Set of 2 sheets, folded.īaja California Travel Map. Sample of the map detail from Baja South sheet Sample of the map detail from Baja North sheet Both maps are available individually or in a special priced bundle package. The Baja South map covers Baja California Sur, the second and southernmost Mexican State on the peninsula. The Baja California North map covers the entire State of Baja California, the northernmost half of the Baja California Peninsula. Together the two maps cover the entire Baja peninsula and include detailed insets of Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, La Paz, San Jose Del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, and the Cabo Resort Corridor. National Geographic's Baja California and Baja California Sur AdventureMaps combine detailed terrain with local information ideal for more adventurous travelers. The digital CD-ROM of the 1:250,000 topos is probably the most popular item for Baja - see the link at the top of the page.īaja California Travel Maps. The topographic maps for Baja are listed in with the other topographic map series. Mexico Satellite Image Posters from Spaceshots.īaja California is a very popular adventure tourism destination, from kayaking the eastern coast to fishing off the coast of Cabo San Luca.Complete listings, index map, sample images. Attractive maps of Mexico, Cozumel, Quintana Roo. Mexico State Road Maps by Ediciones Independencia.The combo of my roadlogs with personalized recommendations and a GPS to help you with turns in the cities is ideal. No GPS is perfect, so don't surrender your common sense. I got the LM because of the lifetime updates for both USA and Mexico GPS maps. I opted for the Garmin Nuvi 2797 LM with the 7 inch screen. Then it becomes a question of cost and features. (The "T" means it has live traffic updates, which I don't need and don't know if they work in Mexico or not). The bottom line is that you can get any Garmin GPS unit that ends in LM or LMT AND has the Mexico maps included (you have to be careful of Obsessive-compulsive about getting the best deal for the least money. Once again, I read every different model GPS review on Amazon, went to the Garmin site to compare features and generally was While I could have replaced a battery, I went shopping. It only costs a nickel more to go first-class, as my dear mother used to say. Yeah, some of the cheaper brands offer Mexico maps and they will pretty much get you from point A to point B, but Garmin is Garmin makes the best GPS (Global Positioning System) units for Mexico. Together we are a win-win for the Mexico traveler.
The GPS can get you around cities way better than I can. You not to miss all the neat stuff on the way. That's where my trip-planning with road logs and downloadable maps of Mexico come in. That's good advice for meditation, yoga, exercise and driving through Mexico. If you drive through Mexico without paying attention to the wonderful country you are driving through, you are missing the point. I drove a client on a trip and he insisted on using his phone. But, seriously, how can you see that little screen? I know, it talks to you. Don't and you'll wail and gnash your teethĪnd self-flagellate on the 3rd night without sleep. Oh yeah - get earplugs and you will thank me in your sleep. You might as well get some books, while you are there. Here is an Amazon link GPS Enhances Roadlogs But all I use it for is keeping track of mileages for my roadlogs.ĭon't have a GPS yet? No problem. My formerly "all the bellsĪnd whistles" Garmin has lost its luster. Tom-Tom may be okay in the USA, but their Mexico coverage sucks, according to the clients who've told me. Please, don't be one of those people who plug your ultimate destination into your GPS, then turn off your brain and steer. A GPS receiver will give you a sense of security perhaps,īut it won't tell you what you are missing. Will it help you have a better trip? Only if you show it who's boss. Do you need a GPS receiver for Mexico? No.