Cactus Springs, Clark County, Nevada

Cactus Springs is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada located on U.S. Route 95, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert. It is near Indian Springs and the Nevada Test Site. Cactus Springs is also the site of The Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet,[1] the Egyptian goddess, built in 1993, "founded on the principles of Peace, Goddess Spirituality & the gift economy" by Genevieve Vaughan.[2] The annual interfaith Sacred Peace Walk, conducted and organized by the Nevada Desert Experience, is supported, in part, by the temple on the peacewalk's way to the Nevada Test Site's southern gate.[3]

This article is about the town in Clark County. For the town in Nye County, see Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada.
Cactus Springs
Unincorporated community
Cactus Springs
Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 36°34′37″N 115°43′34″W
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyClark
Founded1993 (1993)
Named forCactus and Spring
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)702 and 725

References
  1. "Goddess Temples around the World". Glastonbury Goddess Temple. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  2. "Herstory of Sekhmet Temple in Nevada". Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved Nov 15, 2011.
  3. "Nevada Desert Experience: Sacred Peace Walk". nevadadesertexperience.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.


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