Elevation 4,879 ft (1,487 m) Settlement Searchlight District Clark County, Nevada | Length 10 mi (16 km) N-S Country United States of America | |
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Peak Castle Peak 4879 ft. (Northwest part of range) Borders on McCullough Range-W
Eldorado Valley-N, NE & SE
Piute Wash- SW Topo map USGS McCullough Mtn., Nevada 15 minute Topo Quad, 1960 Similar McCullough Range, Eldorado Mountains, Muddy Mountains, Pacaraima Mountains, Basin and Range Province | ||
The Highland Range of Clark County, Nevada, is a small 10-mile (16 km) long, range south of Henderson, Nevada and separated from the southeast flank of the McCullough Range by a narrow approximately three mile wide valley at the head of Piute Wash.
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Map of Highland Range, Nevada 89046, USA
The Highland Range also lies on the southwest border region of the endorheic Eldorado Valley. The Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area is a large part of the range's north, and also the alluvial plains on the northeast above Eldorado Valley.
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The Highland Range is about 10 miles long. A north section with a ridgeline extends somewhat into Eldorado Valley; the center and southeast gradually lowers in elevation toward the southern margin of Eldorado Valley just to the northwest of the mining area around Searchlight. The southern end of the Eldorado Mountains which form the eastern margin of Eldorado Valley lies just to the northeast of Searchlight.
U.S. Route 95 runs south through Eldorado Valley to the east of the Highlands to Searchlight. Nevada State Route 164 runs west from Searchlight through Paiute Wash.