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Map Sources

The enjoyment and usefulness of this guidebook will be greatly enhanced by the employment of maps in conjunction with the text. A vast amount of information is available from the following sources:

Topographical Maps of All States

Powers Elevation Co., Inc., PO Box 440889, Aurora, CO 80044. Phone (800) 824-2550. All USGS topos: $6, plus postage and handling charge from $2 to $10 per order. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express accepted. Allow 5–10 days.
Timely Discount Topos, Inc., 9769 West 119th Drive, Suite 9, Broomfield, CO 80020. Phone (800) 821-7609. All USGS topos: $6, plus postage and $1 handling charge per order. Checks only. Allow 5–10 days.
The U.S. Geological Survey, Map Sales, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225. Phone (303) 236-7477. Call (800) USA-MAPS first for a free index with order form. Cost: $2.50 for 1:24,000, $4 for 1:100,000. Allow 6–8 weeks.

Topographical Maps of Georgia

Enpro Engineering Reprographics, 1800 Peachtree Street, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30309. Phone (404) 355-8520. Cost: $3 for 1:24,000, $4.50 for 1:100,000, plus postage and $1.89 if maps are rolled rather than folded. Allow 5–8 days.
The Georgia Geological Survey, Agriculture Building, Room 406A, 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30334. Phone (404) 656-3214. Cost: $2.50 for 1:24,000; $4 for 1:100,000, plus 6 percent sales tax and postage. Allow 3–5 days.

Topographical Maps of Western North Carolina and of Towns County and Rabun County, Georgia

Macon County Supply Company, 190 Depot Street, Franklin, NC 28734. Phone (704) 524-4428. Cost: $3.75 for 1:24,000. Raised relief maps of GA, NC, SC, and TN: $14.95 for 1:125,000.
Black Rock Mountain State Park, Mountain City, GA 30562. Phone (706) 746-2141. Raised relief maps of central and southern Appalachian areas (AL through PA): $16.95 for 1:125,000 quads. USA raised relief maps: $12.95–$19.95. Raised relief maps of Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountain National Parks: $8.95.

State Park Maps

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Division, Floyd Tower East, 205 Butler Street SE, Suite 1352, Atlanta, GA 30334. Phone (404) 656-3530. To make reservations, call the appropriate park at the number listed in Appendix B.

Forest Service Maps

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Information Center, Room 154, 1720 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30309-2417. Phone (404) 347-2384. Or, in limited quantities, from USFS district offices throughout Georgia. Cost: free, $1, $6. Maps used for this guidebook included the Cherokee National Forest, the Appalachian Trail, the Chattahoochee National Forest, the Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River, the Cohutta Wilderness, the Nantahala Wilderness, and the Southern Nantahala Wilderness and Standing Indian Basin.

TVA Maps of Lakes Blue Ridge, Chatuge, and Nottely

The Tennessee Valley Authority, Maps and Surveys Department (HB1A), 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801. Phone (615) 751-6277. Cost: $1.50 each.

Army Engineers' Lake Maps of Carters Lake and Lake Allatoona

Allatoona Lake, PO Box 487, Cartersville, GA 30120-0487. Phone (770) 382-4700, fax (770) 386-6758.
Carters Lake, PO Box 96, Oakman, GA 30732-0096. Phone (706) 334-2248, fax (706) 334-2213.

State Highway Maps and County Road maps

Alabama Highway Department, 1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Room R-103, Montgomery, AL 36130. Phone (205) 261-6071.
Georgia Department of Transportation, Map Sales Division, 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, GA 30334. Phone (404) 656-5336.
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Map Section, Public Affairs Unit, PO Box 25201, Raleigh, NC 27611. Phone (919) 733-7600.
South Carolina Department of Transportation, Map Sales Division, PO Box 191, Columbia, SC 29202. Phone (803) 737-1501.
Tennessee Department of Transportation, Map Sales Office, Suite 300, James K. Polk Building, 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243-0345. Phone (615) 741-2195.

Note: Information on road conditions in Georgia is available from the Georgia Department of Transportation at (404) 624-7890.

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