Shadow Valley is a north to northwest flowing drainage within the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is locat ...

. 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, Ca ...

passes through the valley between

Mountain Pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

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 9 ...

.Map of the Mojave National Preserve, NPS
/ref> The valley drains to the north from the west flank of the

Mescal Range The Mescal Range is a small mountain range in the eastern Mojave Desert in California about 12 miles from the Nevada state line. The range lies just to the south of Interstate 15 near Mountain Pass A mountain pass is a navigable route thro ...

, 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, US, between Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, ...

. North of I-15 the valley lies between Clark Mountains to the east and Shadow Mountain 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 Kingston Range, sometimes called the Kingston Mountains, is located in Inyo and San Bernardino counties in the Mojave Desert in eastern California. The range reaches a height of above sea level at Kingston Peak. The range is located southe ...

. The Mesquite Mountains and the

Mesquite Valley Mesquite Valley is a valley in Clark County, Nevada and Inyo County, California, Inyo County and San Bernardino County, California. Mesquite is an endorheic basin with Mesquite Lake at is lowest point at an elevation of . This valley trends north ...

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