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Road Item |
Road Summary |
0.0
(215.1) |
0.0
(133.7) |
Exit #31 - Junction of highway #97 & Interstate #82
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City of Yakima. Note highway #12 overlaps highways #97 & I-82 at this point south
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2.1
(213.0) |
1.3
(132.4) |
Exit # 33a
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Access to Fair Ave Lincoln Ave
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2.9
(212.2) |
1.8
(131.9) |
Exit # 33b - Yakima Ave
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Access to Terrace Hts, Convention Centre
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5.5
(209.6) |
3.4
(130.2) |
Exit # 34 Junction of highway # 24
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East to community of Moxee. Access to Yakima Sportsman State Park. Yakima Sportsman State Park is a 247-acre camping park created in 1940 by the Yakima Sportsman's Association to promote game management and the preservation of natural resources. The park is on the floodplain of the Yakima River and is an irrigated 'green zone' in an otherwise desert area. The park has a variety of deciduous trees that shade camping and picnic areas. One hundred and forty bird species have been identified in the park. Ponds lure fishers to the river. The park is a popular stay-over spot for travelers and visitors to events in the Yakima area, The park has 28 tent spaces, 37 utility spaces, one dump station, two restrooms (both ADA) and four showers (all ADA). Utility sites 1 through 16 are 60 feet long
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8.0
(207.1) |
5.0
(128.7) |
Exit # 36
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Access to Valley Mall Blvd.
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10.5
(204.6) |
6.5
(127.1) |
Exit # 37 Junction of highway # 97
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Note Hhighway # 97 overlap turns south at this point. South to community of Toppenish
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11.8
(203.3) |
7.3
(126.3) |
Point of Interest
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Crossing the Yakima River
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12.7
(202.4) |
7.9
(125.8) |
View from highway
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Driving east
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21.4
(193.7) |
13.3
(120.4) |
Exit # 44
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Access to community of Wapato, south of highway
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27.1
(188.0) |
16.8
(116.8) |
View from highway - photo Yakima River
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Driving east
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30.7
(184.4) |
19.1
(114.6) |
Exit # 50 Junction of highway # 22
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Access to community of Buena. South to highway # 97, south to community of Toppenish
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33.9
(181.2) |
21.1
(112.6) |
Exit # 52
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37.2
(177.9) |
23.1
(110.5) |
Exit # 54
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Access to community of Zillah, Yakima Valley Highway.
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44.5
(170.6) |
27.7
(106.0) |
Exit # 58
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Access to community of Granger, access to highway # 223
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55.3
(159.8) |
34.4
(99.3) |
Exit # 63
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Community of Sunnyside, North to community of Outlook. Access to lodging, campgrounds
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58.3
(156.8) |
36.2
(97.4) |
Exit # 67
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61.5
(153.6) |
38.2
(95.4) |
Exit # 69 - Junction of highway # 241
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South to community of Alderdale
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67.9
(147.2) |
42.2
(91.5) |
Exit # 73
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Community of Grandview, south side of highway
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71.6
(143.5) |
44.5
(89.2) |
Exit # 75
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County Line Road
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72.6
(142.5) |
45.1
(88.5) |
Point of Interest
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Benton Highway, west boundary
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79.5
(135.6) |
49.4
(84.3) |
Exit # 80 - Gap Road
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80.7
(134.4) |
50.1
(83.5) |
Roadside highway turnout rest area
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Telephone, toilets, picnic tables.
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84.7
(130.4) |
52.6
(81.0) |
Point of Interest - photo view from highway
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Crossing the Yakima River
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85.0
(130.1) |
52.8
(80.8) |
Exit # 82 Junction of highways # 22 & highway # 221
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South to community of Prosser, Paterson
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90.5
(124.6) |
56.2
(77.4) |
View from highway
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Driving east
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90.6
(124.5) |
56.3
(77.4) |
Roadside highway turnout
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South side of highway, gravel turnout
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90.9
(124.2) |
56.5
(77.2) |
View from highway
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Driving east
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95.4
(119.7) |
59.3
(74.4) |
Exit # 88 - Gibbon Road
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103.7
(111.4) |
64.4
(69.2) |
Exit # 93 - Yakitat Road
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105.0
(110.1) |
65.2
(68.4) |
Exit # 96 - Junction of highways # 224e, # 225n.
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Access via highway # 224 to communities of W. Richland and Benton City. Access to R V Park north side of highway
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112.4
(102.7) |
69.8
(63.8) |
Access to campground & R V Park
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North side of highway
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118.5
(96.6) |
73.6
(60.0) |
Exit # 102 -Access to highway # 395
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123.3
(91.8) |
76.6
(57.0) |
Exit # 3
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City of Richland. Richland is located at the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima Rivers.
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124.3
(90.8) |
77.2
(56.4) |
Point of Interest
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Crossing the Yakima River
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125.5
(89.6) |
78.0
(55.7) |
Exit # 4 - Junction of highway # 240
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126.4
(88.7) |
78.5
(55.1) |
Exit # 5a & # 5b
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Access to city of Kennewick
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128.6
(86.5) |
79.9
(53.8) |
Point of Interest
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Crossing the Columbia River
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130.3
(84.8) |
81.0
(52.7) |
Exit # 7 - Broadmoor Blvd.
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133.6
(81.5) |
83.0
(50.6) |
Exit # 9
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138.5
(76.6) |
86.1
(47.6) |
Exit # 12a # 12b
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South to city of Kennewick. Access to Highway # 395. Access to Tri Cities Airport
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140.9
(74.2) |
87.6
(46.1) |
Exit # 13
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Access to city centre
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141.9
(73.2) |
88.2
(45.5) |
Exit # 14
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Access to highways # 395 # 397. Note Interstate overlap of highway #12 turns south towards Hermiston state of Oregon. Highway # 395 overlaps Interstate # 82
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141.9
(73.2) |
88.2
(45.5) |
Point of Interest
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Highway #12 at this point is called The Lewis and Clark Trail
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146.4
(68.7) |
91.0
(42.7) |
Port of Pasco
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Access from highway
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147.8
(67.3) |
91.8
(41.8) |
Sacajawea State Park
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South of highway 2 miles. Sacajawea State Park is a 284-acre marine, day-use park at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers. It features 9,100 feet of freshwater shoreline. The area is spread out with a big sky and excellent views of the two rivers as they flow together. The park offers one kitchen shelter with electricity and a large barbecue grill and one without electricity, plus seven sheltered and 123 unsheltered picnic tables. One of the shelters can accommodate up to 200 people
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148.8
(66.3) |
92.5
(41.2) |
Point of Interest
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Walla Walla county west boundary
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159.7
(55.4) |
99.2
(34.4) |
Services at highway
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North side of highway
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162.2
(52.9) |
100.8
(32.9) |
Roadside highway turnout
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Both sides of highway, paved
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166.3
(48.8) |
103.3
(30.3) |
Roadside highway turnout with viewpoint
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Photo of Columbia River from viewpoint
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166.3
(48.8) |
103.3
(30.3) |
Roadside highway turnout with heritage marker
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Information sign of Fort Walla Walla. The site of a trading post that was erected in 1818, west of this point at the junction of the Columbia and Walla Walla Rivers.
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169.0
(46.1) |
105.0
(28.6) |
Point of Interest
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Crossing the Walla Walla River
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169.2
(45.9) |
105.1
(28.5) |
Junction of highway # 730
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Access to truck weigh station
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176.3
(38.8) |
109.6
(24.1) |
Access to R V Park
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North side of highway
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177.9
(37.2) |
110.5
(23.1) |
Roadside highway turnout
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South side of highway, gravel turnout
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189.3
(25.8) |
117.6
(16.0) |
Community of Touchet
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189.9
(25.2) |
118.0
(15.7) |
Services at highway
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Fuel
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196.7
(18.4) |
122.2
(11.4) |
Community of Lowden
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203.0
(12.1) |
126.1
(7.5) |
Roadside highway turnout with heritage marker
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South side of highway
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204.8
(10.3) |
127.3
(6.4) |
Roadside highway turnout
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South side of highway, gravel turnout
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206.1
(9.0) |
128.1
(5.6) |
Access to Whitman Mission National Historic Site - photo NPS
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South side of highway. This site commemorates the courage of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, the role the Whitmans played in establishing the Oregon Trail, and the challenges encountered when two different cultures meet.
In 1836, before the wagon trains, a small intrepid group of Presbyterian missionaries traveled with the annual fur trapper’s caravan into “Oregon Country.” Missionaries Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding became the first white women to travel across the continent.
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206.5
(8.6) |
128.3
(5.3) |
Roadside highway turnout with heritage marker
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South side of highway
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209.4
(5.7) |
130.1
(3.5) |
Access to Walla Walla College
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South side of highway
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215.1
(0.0) |
133.7
(0.0) |
Junction of Highway #11
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City of Walla Walla, access to Fort Walla Walla National Historic site. Start / Finish of Travel Guide. For continuance of highway #12 see milebymile.com, Travel Guide Walla Walla to Idaho / Washington state borders. South to cities of Milton - Freewater, Pendleton Oregon.
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