Wyoming Highway 170

Wyoming Highway 170
Wyoming Highway 170
Owl Creek Road; Hamilton Dome Road
	WYO 170 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WYDOT
Length	15.41 mi (24.80 km)
Major junctions
West end	CR 15 in Owl Creek
East end	WYO 120
Location
Counties	Hot Springs
Highway system
	Wyoming State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Wyoming Highway 170 (WYO 170) is a 15.41-mile-long (24.80 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 . 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.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Owl Creek	0.00	0.00	CR 15	Western terminus of WYO 170
	5.67	9.12	WYO 174	Eastern terminus of WYO 174
	15.41	24.80	WYO 120	Eastern terminus of WYO 170
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199
^ Google (24 February 2012). "Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 170" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

External links[]

Route map:

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[wyorefbook-1] Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2012.

[aaroads-2] Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199

[googlemaps-3] Google (24 February 2012). "Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 170" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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