2021 Rand McNally Road Atlas

[Kniwt]

Barnes & Noble is listing an April 30 release date and has an image of the cover:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rand-mcnally-road-atlas-2021-rand-mcnally/1134143544

[Beltway]

Barnes & Noble is listing an April 30 release date and has an image of the cover:

So April 30, 2020 equates to a 2021 publication?  More abuse of the language, IMO.

[formulanone]

Barnes & Noble is listing an April 30 release date and has an image of the cover:

So April 30, 2020 equates to a 2021 publication?  More abuse of the language, IMO.

Considering the 2012 edition debuted in April of 2011, it has been going on for a while now.

All-new vehicle models also jump the July 1st threshold for model-year designations, and that's been happening for decades.

[PHLBOS]

I'd be curious to know what changes/updates the 2021 version has.  I bought the 2020 version at Walmart last year due to its showing of the I-95/PA Turnpike direct connection (& related redesignations) and its showing of the US 301 Tollway in DE as completed.  Both the State of Delaware & AAA were still behind in regards to showing the latter (as complete) on their maps & atlases... at least as of last year.

If the updates are primarily only exit/interchange number changes (in RI & parts of NY) as opposed to new highway completions/links; I'll probably hold off on purchasing the 2021 edition.  For the Rand McNally Atlases, I never purchased such on an annual basis; I typically wait a few years.  My shortest interval for purchasing such was every other year & that was for the smaller mid-size atlas when it still had the older (pre-1980) graphics for most of the 80s.

[jp the roadgeek]

Considering the 2011 2012 edition debuted in April of 2012 2011, it has been going on for a while now.

FTFY

[formulanone]

Considering the 2011 2012 edition debuted in April of 2012 2011, it has been going on for a while now.

FTFY

It was on sale.

[CtrlAltDel]

Barnes & Noble is listing an April 30 release date and has an image of the cover:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rand-mcnally-road-atlas-2021-rand-mcnally/1134143544

Is it weird that there's no road on the cover? I think it's weird that there's no road on the cover.

[shadyjay]

As this video shows, there's been numerous through the years without any road on the cover.  See:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvdlHANj9do

Perhaps Rand McNally wants you to "see" America!

[CtrlAltDel]

As this video shows, there's been numerous through the years without any road on the cover.

Someone really needs to tell them to stop that.

Of those shown in the video, my favorite is 40th edition from 1964, the one with a drawing of a cloverleaf interchange.

[hbelkins]

I still haven't found the 2020 version at my local Walmart.

[jdb1234]

I still haven't found the 2020 version at my local Walmart.

We put some out in our store back in December.  I picked up 2 copies when I was Miami back in August. 

[Declan127]

I have fond memories of the Belt still having a 27A on it until a few years ago...

[bob7374]

For those who can't wait until tomorrow (April 30) to purchase a 2021 Rand McNally atlas, it's already for sale on Amazon.com and on the Rand McNally website:
https://store.randmcnally.com/2021-rand-mcnally-road-atlases.html

[MikeTheActuary]

Amazon originally had it listed for shipping in March, I think.  Then it was delayed.  Just got a message advising that mine have now shipped, and will arrive Sunday.

[Kniwt]

Even though conditions are changing rapidly and nobody knows what the future will bring, I wonder if there will be any acknowledgement of the pandemic and how it might affect travel -- particularly border crossings -- into 2021.

For example, there was this in the 1946 RMcN; although it doesn't explicitly say so, the strong implication is that pleasure travel to Canada anywhere beyond an immediate border area wasn't going to happen.

[oscar]

FWIW, not only is the border temporarily closed to tourist traffic, but some provinces like Saskatchewan and Quebec have temporary highway checkpoints blocking non-essential travel to rural areas vulnerable to Covid-19 spreading. We have some of that in the States as well.

The key word here is "temporary". Hopefully the travel restrictions will not be long-lasting enough to warrant mention in the road atlas.

[bugo]

I ordered my copy last week and got it this morning. My sight is declining, so I bought the large scale version this time. Does anybody want me to check anything in particular? I can't think of anything around here that has really changed in a year.

[bugo]

It doesn't show the extension of the Kilpatrick Turnpike in OKC or the EOC Turnpike being under construction. US 40 is still shown on its old route in Lawrence, KS. US 24 is shown running along I-70 and I-435 instead of Independence Avenue. If I spot any other changes, I'll post them here.

[MikeTheActuary]

When did the normal Rand McNally atlases become so flimsy-feeling?

They correctly name the new bridge at Montréal.

[bob7374]

I ordered my copy last week and got it this morning. My sight is declining, so I bought the large scale version this time. Does anybody want me to check anything in particular? I can't think of anything around here that has really changed in a year.

When you have time, could you check out the Mass. and RI maps to see if they have the same sequential numbers or have new mileage based ones? Mass. is planning to start changing later this year, RI has changed all but I-95. Thanks.

[MikeTheActuary]

When you have time, could you check out the Mass. and RI maps to see if they have the same sequential numbers or have new mileage based ones? Mass. is planning to start changing later this year, RI has changed all but I-95. Thanks.

In RI, I see I-95 as sequential, but I-295 as mileage-based.
In MA, I didn't exhaustively check every road with exit numbers, but the ones I did all seem to be sequential.

[Roadrunner75]

Still waiting for mine from Amazon, so I can play "spot the changes".

The local Walmart finally just put out a decent stock of 2020 editions...

[kphoger]

My sight is declining, so I bought the large scale version this time.

The last atlas I bought (2017 RMcN) was a large-print edition.  I like it so much better than the standard atlas, that I think it's all I'm ever going to buy from here on out.

[bugo]

When you have time, could you check out the Mass. and RI maps to see if they have the same sequential numbers or have new mileage based ones? Mass. is planning to start changing later this year, RI has changed all but I-95. Thanks.

The only highway in either state that is shown having mile-based markers is I-295.

[Galaga King]

Is the 2021 edition in Walmart stores yet?