Indian Springs Pass | |
Map: | Nevada |
Location: | Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
Coordinates: | 36.5731°N -115.6753°W |
Indian Springs Pass, is a mountain pass 40-mi (64 km)[1] northwest of Las Vegas in northwest Clark County, Nevada.
The pass is in a region of converging landforms of various watersheds, valleys, and mountain ranges; specifically it lies on the north perimeter of the Ivanpah-Pahrump Watershed-(Pahrump Valley). The endorheic Indian Springs Valley[2] watershed lies due north, and the endorheic Three Lakes Valley is adjacent east.
The following landforms converge at the Indian Springs Pass region:
1 - (north)-Pahrump Valley-Spring Mountains, extends due south, (Pahrump Valley, of west watershed)
2 - Spring Mountains-SE
3 - Indian Springs Valley & Watershed, (endorheic)-N
4 - south playas, south Three Lakes Valley (Nevada)-E & SE
The south playas of Three Lakes Valley, are on the northwest, up-basin perimeter of the Las Vegas Valley.