| Highland Range (Clark County) | |
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Highland Range northwest of Eldorado Valley (foreground)
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| District | Clark County |
| Borders on | McCullough Range-NW Eldorado Valley-N, NE & SE Piute Wash-(upland)-W & SW |
| Parts | Searchlight Pass[1] |
| City | Searchlight |
| Location | Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area |
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| Highest point | |
| - location | northwest part of range |
| Lowest point | Searchlight Pass East |
| Length | 10 mi (16 km), NW-SE |
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Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area in the Highland Range of Clark County, Nevada
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The Highland Range (Clark County) is a small 10-mile (16 km) long,[2] range south of Henderson, Nevada and connected to the southeast flank of the McCullough Range.
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.
The Highland Range is about 10 miles long.[2] A north section with a ridgeline extends somewhat into Eldorado Valley; the center and southeast gradually lowers in elevation to a mountain pass, and water divide that occurs northeast of Searchlight. The pass and divide is an excursion of the Great Basin Divide around the north, east, and south of Eldorado Valley. A separate pass north of Searchlght carries U.S. Route 95, the route through Eldorado Valley to U.S. Route 93, the road into southwest Las Vegas.