The Sheep Range is located north of Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

 in the United States

Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...

. It is found in both Clark

Clark County, Nevada

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...

 and Lincoln Counties

Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.-History:...

 in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Desert National Wildlife Refuge

The Desert National Wildlife Range is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in northwestern Clark and southwestern Lincoln counties, with much of its land area lying within the southeastern section of the Nevada Test and...

. The mountains reach a peak at Hayford Peak, 9912 feet (3,021.2 m) above sea level between the Las Vegas Range

Las Vegas Range

The Las Vegas Range is an arid mountain range in Clark County, Nevada. The range is located in the southeast of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.-Description:...

 to the east and the Desert Range

Desert Range

The Desert Range is a mountain range in Clark County, Nevada....

 to the west. The Sheep Range lies in a generally north-south direction.
The Great Basin Divide

Great Basin Divide

The Great Basin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter of the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America, including six entire USGS watershed subregions...

, starts an east-west transect at the northeast of the Spring Mountains

Spring Mountains

The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest-southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and down to the border with California...

, with the east-west transect border south being all of the Las Vegas Valley, and a mid-section, north perimeter of the watershed for the Las Vegas Wash

Las Vegas Wash

Las Vegas Wash is a 12 mile-long channel which feeds most of Las Vegas Valley's excess water into Lake Mead. The wash is sometimes called an urban river, and it exists in its present capacity because of an urban population. The wash also works in a systemic conjunction with the pre-existing...

. The Great Basin Divide transect goes through the south region of the Sheep Range, and the transect ends eastwards at the Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 border, the Clover

Clover Mountains

The Clover Mountains are a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada.The Clover Mountains Wilderness make up a large part of the mountain range.The Clover Mountains are the southern mountains on the east perimeter of the Meadow Valley Wash watershed....

 and Bull Valley Mountains

Bull Valley Mountains

The Bull Valley Mountains are a 30-mi long, mountain range in southwest Utah, located in northwest Washington County. The range is adjacent the Utah border and attached to the Clover Mountains of southeast Nevada...

.