Shadow Valley is a north to northwest flowing drainage within the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily i ...

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,18 ...

. A section of

Interstate 15 Interstate 15 (I-15) is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States, running through Southern California and the Intermountain West. I-15 begins near the Mexican border in San Diego County and stretches north to Alberta, Cana ...

passes through the valley between Mountain Pass and

Halloran Springs Halloran Springs is a set of springs in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located on Interstate 15 between Baker, California and Las Vegas, Nevada approximately northeast of Baker. The ZIP code is ...

.Map of the Mojave National Preserve, NPS
/ref> The valley drains to the north from the west flank of the Mescal Range, the Ivanpah Mountains and, Cima Dome within the

Mojave National Preserve Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the passage of ...

. North of I-15 the valley lies between Clark Mountains to the east and

Shadow Mountain The Shadow Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of eastern California in the United States. The mountains lie in a generally north–south direction south of the Kingston Range and east of the Avawatz Mountains and the Silurian Hills. An ...

to the west. To the north of Shadow Mountain, Kingman Wash becomes the main drainage and turns to the west south of the Kingston Range. The Mesquite Mountains and the Mesquite Valley are to the northeast.''Mesquite Lake, California—Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985

References

* Valleys of San Bernardino County, California Valleys of California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-stub