- Nevada State Route 267
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State Route 267
Scotty's Castle Road Route information Maintained by NDOT Length: 21.425 mi[1] (34.480 km) Existed: 1976 – present Major junctions West end: California state line East end: 
US 95 south of GoldfieldHighway system ← 
SR 266SR 278 
→State Route 267 (SR 267) is a 21.425-mile (34.480 km) state highway in Nevada, USA. Known as Scotty's Castle Road, the highway connects Death Valley National Park to U.S. Route 95. The route was previously designated State Route 72.
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Route description
Northern end of SR 267 at US 95 (Scotty's Junction).
SR 267 is a continuation of Scotty's Castle Road within Death Valley National Park. The route begins just east of Scotty's Castle, at the California–Nevada state line in Esmeralda County. The highway travels northeast from there, entering Nye County as it traverses the desert. SR 267 reaches its northern terminus at Scotty's Junction, an intersection with US 95 approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Goldfield.
History
SR 267 was previously designated State Route 72Scotty's Castle Road first appears as an unimproved County road in 1932 edition of the state highway map, connecting State Route 5 (now US 95) to Death Valley via the town of Bonnie Claire.[2] The road was designated State Route 72 by 1942,[3] and had been paved by 1952.[4]
State Route 267 was assigned to former SR 72 on July 1, 1976.[5] This change first appeared on official state maps in 1978.[6]
Major intersections
- Note: Mileposts in Nevada reset at county lines; the start and end mileposts for each county are given in the county column.
County Location Mile[7] Destinations Notes Esmeralda
0.00-9.350.00 North Highway – Scotty's Castle Death Valley National Park border; California state line Nye
0.00-12.07Scotty's Junction 12.07 US 95 – Goldfield, Beatty1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2008). "Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps". http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1932). Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,459. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1942). Official Road Map of the State of Nevada (Map). http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,477. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Nevada Department of Highways (1952). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map). Section G4. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,491. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 104.
- ^ Nevada State Highway Department (1978). Official Highway Map of Nevada (Map) (1978-79 ed.). Section E2. http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,535. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (May 2008). "Maps of Milepost Location on Nevada's Federal and State Highway System by County". http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/StateMaps/pdfs/MilepostBook2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
Death Valley and Death Valley National Park Fauna, flora and minerals Amargosa springsnail · Borax · Chuckwalla · Death Valley monkeyflower · Death Valley pupfish · Death Valley June beetle · Devil's Hole pupfish · Saratoga Springs pupfish
History Amargosa Opera House and Hotel · Badwater · Death Valley Railroad · Greenwater · Harmony Borax Works · Lake Manly (Badwater Basin) · Skidoo · Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad · Twenty-mule team
Places Amargosa Range / River / Valley · Ash Meadows NWR · Badwater Basin · Ballarat · Beatty · Black Mountains · Chloride City · Cottonwood Mountains · Darwin Falls · Death Valley Junction · Eureka Valley / Dunes · Funeral Mountains · Furnace Creek · Panamint City / Range / Springs / Valley · Racetrack · Rhyolite · Saline Valley · Saratoga Springs · Scotty's Castle · Stovepipe Wells · Telescope Peak · Trona · Ubehebe Crater · Zabriskie Point
Transportation Categories:- State highways in Nevada
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