Indian Springs Pass Explained

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.

Description of water divide regions

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c.2010, pp. 65, 70.
  2. Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 65, 70.