The Owyhee Uplands Byway passes through the desert.

[1] An arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass makes up the ~9,375 sq mi (24,280 km2) Owyhee Desert.

[2] The desert is in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon.

It is located on the south edge of the Columbia Plateau southwest of Boise, Idaho, stretching east from the Santa Rosa Range.

In 1999, the Desert Group submitted an alternative for Owyhee resource management.