The mesa extends northwest to southeast with the east merging into the Eleana Range at the center-north of the Nevada Test Site.

The mesa forms the southwest border of the Nellis Air Force Range, at the northeast of Sarcobatus Flat; the Nellis Range border then turns north to end adjacent Tonopah, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) distant.

[2] Quartz Mountain, 6,945 feet (2,117 m), is adjacent 3 mi (5 km) east.

Other peaks occur in the southeast where the mesa merges into the northwest of the Eleana Range.

Route U.S. 95 traverses the southwest border of Pahute Mesa at the northeast of Sarcobatus Flat, the road from Beatty to Goldfield, Nevada.