Cactus Springs, Clark County, Nevada
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Cactus Springs is a small community in Clark County
, Nevada
located on US Highway 95, about 60 miles (96.6 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
, the Egyptian goddess, built in 1993. 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.
Clark County, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
located on US Highway 95, about 60 miles (96.6 km) northwest of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
in the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
. It is near Indian Springs
Indian Springs, Nevada
Indian Springs is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2000 census.-History:Indian Springs is named for the artesian spring that provides the area with water...
and the Nevada Test Site
Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Site , previously the Nevada Test Site , is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about northwest of the city of Las Vegas...
. Cactus Springs is also the site of The Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet
Sekhmet
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet , was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath created the desert...
, the Egyptian goddess, built in 1993. The annual interfaith Sacred Peace Walk, conducted and organized by the Nevada Desert Experience
Nevada Desert Experience
The Nevada Desert Experience is a name for the movement to stop U.S. nuclear weapons testing that came into use in the middle 1980s. It is also the name of a particular anti-nuclear organization which continues to create public events to question the morality and intelligence of the U.S. nuclear...
, is supported, in part, by the temple on the peacewalk's way to the Nevada Test Site's southern gate.