The Sheep Range is located north of

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in the

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. It is found in both Clark and Lincoln Counties in the

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. The mountains reach a peak at Hayford Peak, above sea level between the Las Vegas Range to the east and the Desert Range to the west. The Sheep Range lies in a generally north-south direction. The Great Basin Divide starts an east-west transect at the northeast of the

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, with the east-west transect border south being all of the

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, and a midsection, north perimeter of the watershed for the Las Vegas Wash. The Great Basin Divide transect goes through the south region of the Sheep Range, and the transect ends eastwards at the

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border, the

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and Bull Valley Mountains. The range was named for mountain sheep which roamed there.

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References

*''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', 2001, pg. 66 Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Lincoln County, Nevada {{LincolnCountyNV-geo-stub