Good route Portland, OR to Phoenix, NOT thru California?

[DHart]

If you have good suggestions for a route from Portland, OR to Phoenix, AZ which does not involve California, I would appreciate your input.

Someone told me that there was a new, very nice highway through part of Nevada, but I forget what that route is.

We recently made the route along Columbia River Gorge I84, then through SLC, Las Vegas, then Phoenix, but I'm thinking a route through Nevada would be more direct.

We don't need scenic, this time, just fairly direct and nice roads would be good.

Thank you!

[LoudDog]

That's it. Going through twin falls sucked. It seemed to take forever weaving through all the smaller roads.

Also, lots of big head winds going through idaho.

[DHart]

Google came up with this, but I have no idea about road quality and such.



13. Continue onto US-26 E
103 mi
14. Turn left onto US-26 E/SW Madras-Prineville Hwy
26.1 mi
15. Slight right onto OR-126 W
2.6 mi
16. Turn left onto Airport Way
348 ft
17. Continue onto SW Millican Rd
18.0 mi
18. Continue onto Low Desert Rd
0.1 mi
19. Continue onto 6520
11.8 mi
20. Turn left onto US-20 E/Central Oregon Hwy
Continue to follow US-20 E
102 mi
21. Continue onto E Monroe St
0.5 mi
22. Continue onto OR-78 E/Crane Blvd/Steens Hwy
Continue to follow OR-78 E/Steens Hwy
90.7 mi
23. Keep right to stay on OR-78 E/Steens Hwy
0.4 mi
24. Continue onto US-95 S/I O North Hwy
Continue to follow US-95 S
Entering Nevada
129 mi
25. Turn left onto W Winnemucca Blvd
0.5 mi
26. Continue onto E 2nd St
322 ft
27. Take the ramp onto I-80 E
52.4 mi
28. Take exit 231 for Nevada 305 toward Downtown/Battle Mountain
0.3 mi
29. Turn right onto NV-305 S/S Broad St
Continue to follow NV-305 S
87.0 mi
30. Turn left onto Lincoln Hwy/US-50 E
12.7 mi
31. Turn right onto NV-376 S
99.8 mi
32. Slight right toward US-6 W
0.1 mi
33. Continue straight onto US-6 W
5.3 mi
34. Turn left onto US-95 S/Erie St
Continue to follow US-95 S
92.9 mi
35. Turn left onto US-95 S/S 2nd St
Continue to follow US-95 S
40.4 mi
36. Continue onto Veterans Memorial Hwy
59.0 mi
37. Continue onto US-95 S/Veterans Memorial Hwy
17.0 mi
38. Continue onto I-515 S/US-93 S/US-95 S/Great Basin Hwy
22.6 mi
39. Continue onto US-93 S/Great Basin Hwy
3.2 mi
40. Turn left to stay on US-93 S
Entering Arizona
77.1 mi
41. Turn left to merge onto I-40 E/US-93 S toward US-93 S/Flagstaff/Phoenix
22.4 mi
42. Take exit 71 for US-93 S toward Wickenburg/Phoenix
0.4 mi
43. Slight right onto US-93 S
106 mi
44. At the traffic circle, continue straight onto US-93
1.2 mi
45. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto US-60 E/E Center/E Wickenburg Way
Continue to follow US-60 E
38.4 mi
46. Turn right to merge onto AZ-101 Loop S
9.3 mi
47. Take exit 1B on the left to merge onto I-10 E toward Phoenix

[LoudDog]

okay, I'm link challenged...

Our route went through twin falls idaho. The long stretch through nevada on 93 in the dark was very lonely (we drove straight through)

[DHart]

LoudDog... thanks... I do plan to Google Maps a route, but was also looking for recommendations as well, based on RVer's experience. Thank you.

[LoudDog]

google will give you the inside route, probably not a bad route in the summer. We did seattle to phoenix last christmas, took the inside route there and the CA route back. Weather was too iffy on the inside route on the way down.

CA route was much faster, but that may have been mostly weather related.