From there, the route heads northwesterly on Baker Road through the desert terrain.

In Baker, the route intersects Lehman Caves Road (SR 488), which is the gateway to Great Basin National Park.

The route ends at the intersection of US 6/US 50, approximately seven miles (11 km) west of the Nevada–Utah state line.

[2] Baker Road first appears on official Nevada state highway maps as far back as 1937.

The State Route 487 designation was assigned to the former alignment of SR 73 on July 1, 1976.