Should've used a DeLorme Atlas

Google Maps is being blamed for leading a number of drivers on their way back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas down a dirt road to nowhere during a dust storm in the Mojave Desert earlier this month.

MORE

*****

I've used a DeLorme Atlas for I don't know how long - 30-40 years, maybe?

Not only do they show every damned road in the state, but the dirt roads and 4WD trails are shown as dotted lines.

As a hybrid topo/road map, you just can't go wrong with them. Of course it helps if you can read a damned map, a skill that a lot of people don't seem to have any more.