The valley parallels the west flank of the Deep Creek Range, both north-trending.

In the north-northeast, its outlet widens into the southwest of the Great Salt Lake Desert region.

The mountain range turns southwest and west in the south, and encloses the higher altitude terrain of the valley; here, the Goshute Indian Reservation lies in the mountains and the Deep Creek Valley's south; the community of Goshute is adjacent the valley; the reservation also extends westward into Nevada, into the east of the Antelope Valley.

On Deep Creek, at the south of these two hill regions, and with the northwest convergence of the Deep Creek Range, is White Sage Flat.

The center of the valley is between White Sage Flat, and Ibapah, 40°02′12″N 113°59′07″W / 40.03667°N 113.98528°W / 40.03667; -113.98528 to the south.