Wyoming Highway 170

Wyoming Highway 170 marker

Wyoming Highway 170
Owl Creek Road
Hamilton Dome Road
Route information
Maintained by WYDOT
Length: 15.41 mi[1] (24.80 km)
Major junctions
West end: CR 15 in Owl Creek
East end: WYO 120
Location
Counties: Hot Springs
Highway system

State highways in Wyoming

← WYO 161WYO 171 →

Wyoming Highway 170 is a 15.41-mile (24.8 km) Wyoming state road located in central Hot Springs County. WYO 170 is predominately an east-west highway, although it travels southeast to northwest for its last 5 miles.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 170 begins its northwestern end in an area called Hamilton Dome within the census-designated place of Owl Creek at Hot Springs CR 15. Via CR 15 (Hamilton Dome Road) and CR 10 (Cottonwood Creek Road) one can return to Wyoming Highway 120.[2]

Highway 170 travels southeasterly from Hamilton Dome, locally named Hamilton Dome Road, and meets the eastern terminus of Wyoming Highway 174 approximately 5.5 miles south of Hamilton Dome. Here WYO 170 turns east and is named Owl Creek Road. WYO 170 will continue east for the remainder of its routing as it parallels Owl Creek along north edge of Wind River Indian Reservation. Highway 170 reaches Wyoming Highway 120 at 15.41 miles and ends, eight miles northwest of Thermopolis.[2][3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Hot Springs County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Owl Creek0.000.00 CR 15Western (northern) terminus of WYO 170
 5.679.12 WYO 174Eastern terminus of WYO 174
 15.4124.80 WYO 120Eastern terminus of WYO 170
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. November 2004. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199
  3. ↑ Google (24 February 2012). "Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 170" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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