Cactus Springs, Clark County, Nevada

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Nevada, United States}}

{{About|the town in Clark County|the town in Nye County|Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada}}

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Cactus Springs is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada located on U.S. Route 95, about {{convert|60|mi}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.goddesstemple.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=34 |title=Goddess Temples around the World |author= |date= |publisher= Glastonbury Goddess Temple |accessdate=2009-12-12}} the Egyptian goddess, built in 1993, "founded on the principles of Peace, Goddess Spirituality & the gift economy" by Genevieve Vaughan.{{cite web |url=http://www.sekhmettemple.com/temple-of-goddess-spirituality/goddess-temple-herstory/84-2/ |title=Herstory of Sekhmet Temple in Nevada |accessdate=Nov 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312204525/http://www.sekhmettemple.com/temple-of-goddess-spirituality/goddess-temple-herstory/84-2/# |archive-date=2013-03-12 |url-status=dead }} The annual interfaith Sacred Peace Walk, conducted and organized by the Nevada Desert Experience, is supported, in part, by the temple on the Peace Walk's way to the Nevada Test Site's southern gate.{{cite web|url=http://nevadadesertexperience.org/programs/peacewalk.htm|title=Nevada Desert Experience: Sacred Peace Walk|website=nevadadesertexperience.org|accessdate=18 September 2017}}