Crossing America

by National Geographic Society

A comprehensive family travel guide to the special attractions just off the major U.S. interstates. Includes 104 maps, 525 full-color photos, directions, distances, phone numbers, days of operation, plus dozens of sidebars on regional history, geography, and culture.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Americana

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the magazine, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations.

Reviews

[Dave'n]

Something to spark interest and avoid boredom while driving hundreds of miles between towns.

[Kenneth]

A very reliable "roadside companion" that I have been traveling with since the mid 1990's when it was first released. It is worth picking up since it gives you so many sites worthy of jumping off the interstate to visit. I own the 1995 edition so be aware that things have changed since then|
Some states , such as South Carolina and Pennsylvania have been sowing U.S. highways together, widening them and upgrading them to interstate standards. These recent changes , of course, are not included in this book.

[Kate Picher]

Somewhat outdated.

[Jennifer]

Only gives very short synopsis of interstates stops. I believe you can buy guides that are tens of thousands of pages long that give you all the history and every bathroom from here to Timbuktu. Now if you are taking the whole tribe cross country in the family truckster this summer, there are shockingly places that cell phone won't work. Keep on Truckin!