Pahrump Valley is a Mojave Desert valley west of Las Vegas and the Spring Mountains massif in southern Nye County, Nevada, and southeastern Inyo County, California. Pahrump, Nevada, is in the valley's
View due west to north of Nopah and Resting Spring Ranges
State Route 160 is a state highway in southern Nevada, United States. It connects the southern Las Vegas Valley to U.S. Route 95 northwest of the city via the Pahrump Valley. The southern part of the
Pahrump Valley
…by the Old Spanish Trail and later the Salt Lake Road. The large block of the Spring Mountains borders Pahrump Valley on the northeast and east, with Nevada State Route 160 skirting parts of the mountain's south, and being the only due west route from Las Vegas. Route 160 turns northwest to Pahrump in the valley's center-north…
View from the north end of SR 160 looking southbound as seen in 2015
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area from SR 160, west of Blue Diamond as seen in 2011
SR 160 westbound between Las Vegas and Mountain Springs as seen in 2008
SR 160 westbound as a divided highway between Mountain Springs and Pahrump as seen in 2008