{"id":9921995,"date":"2020-10-17T19:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T19:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=9921995"},"modified":"2020-10-17T21:47:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T21:47:57","slug":"california-state-route-190-sr-136-to-sr-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=9921995","title":{"rendered":"California State Route 190, SR 136 to SR 127"},"content":{"rendered":"

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APM: <\/strong>25<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and SR 136, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

After the 136 junction we’re 116 miles from SR 127.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>37<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Darwin Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield after the turnoff to Darwin.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>41<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Saline Valley Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Another reassurance shield a couple miles later as we near the Death Valley National Park Entrance.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>42<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Saline Valley Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Welcome to Death Valley National Park!<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>47<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Father Crowley Overlook Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

SR 190 through Death Valley has some fairly rapid and significant elevation changes. We’ll climb up to nearly 5000 feet on a couple occasions while also spending some time well below sea level. It’s a fun drive.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>58<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Panamint Valley Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield as we drop into Panamint Valley – as you can see in the distance we’ll soon climb back up over another mountain pass. 83 miles to SR 127.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>68<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Emigrant Canyon Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Mileage sign ten miles later.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>73<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Emigrant Canyon Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

As we near the Emigrant Canyon turnoff, we’ll enter Death Valley’s fee area.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>76<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Emigrant Canyon Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield after the Emigrant Canyon turnoff.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>76<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Emigrant Canyon Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

64 miles to SR 127.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>85<\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>SR 190 and Cottonwood Canyon Rd, Stovepipe Wells, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

A few miles later, we’ll pass by Stovepipe Wells, labelled by this unique sign.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>85<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Cottonwood Canyon Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield as we head out of Stovepipe Wells.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>92<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Scotty’s Castle Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

We’ll descend to Sea Level for the first time near the Scotty’s Castle turnoff.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>92<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Scotty’s Castle Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Follow Scotty’s Castle Rd to Nevada SRs 374 and 267 and the town of Beatty.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>92<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Scotty’s Castle Rd, Inyo Cty
\nReassurance shield after the Scotty’s Castle turnoff.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>92<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Scotty’s Castle Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

47 miles to SR 127.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>100<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Beatty Cutoff Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield after another cutoff road towards Nevada SR 374.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>110<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Furnace Creek Rd, Furnace Creek, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

A few miles later, we’ll enter the community of Furnace Creek, which is the largest settlement in Death Valley National Park.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>110<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Furnace Creek Rd, Furnace Creek, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

As we head out of Furnace Creek we’ll climb to 100 feet below Sea Level. I actually camped here when I clinched this – I assume this is the lowest place I will ever sleep, at least until I go to hell.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>111<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Badwater Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Just after that…yuck. Stay straight for the serifed SR 127. Turn right for Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>111<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Badwater Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield after the SR 127 junction.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>122<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Furnace Creek Wash Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield after the turnoff to Dante’s View.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>123<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and Furnace Creek Wash Rd, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Reassurance shield and mileage sign a mile later.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>140<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and SR 132, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

Seventeen miles later, we’ll approach SR 127. Follow 127 south to Shoshone and 127 north to Lathrop Wells, which is a random Nevada place name.<\/p>\n

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APM: <\/strong>140<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: SR 190 and SR 127, Inyo Cty<\/p>\n

I love a good informational sign. Turn left for Nevada’s US 95 and Las Vegas via US 95. Turn right to connect to State Line Rd, which connects to Nevada 160 and is a far faster route to Vegas. Follow 127 south to I-15 and Baker. SR 190 ends.<\/p>\n

W to US-395<\/a><\/p>\n

S to SR 178<\/a>, N to NV-373\/NV State Line<\/a><\/p>\n

W to US-395<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

APM: 25 Location: SR 190 and SR 136, Inyo Cty After the 136 junction we’re 116 miles from SR 127. APM: 37 Location: SR 190 and Darwin Rd, Inyo Cty Reassurance shield after the turnoff to Darwin. APM: 41 Location: SR 190 and Saline Valley Rd, Inyo Cty Another reassurance shield a couple miles later […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9921995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9921995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9921995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9921995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9921995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9921995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9921995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}