Before you could look up addresses on the internet, how did people find smaller locations like houses and restaurants?

Question

I know atlases and roadmaps were a lot more common, but from my understanding those give more of a broader view of a large area like major roads and stuff. If you needed to find a small subdivision or small road, how would you do that before the internet?

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Answer 1

paper maps, phone book, yellow pages, directory assistance and a land line. Oh, and the sun, the moon and other cosmic indicators of cardinal directions. Maybe mountains always on the west for example.

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if you were going on vacation AAA would make a strip map from your start to your finish, with written directions just like google maps does today, except it was on paper