[2][3][4] Named for the Shoshone Indians,[5] the range receives 15 inches or less of precipitation in an average year.

A small part of the range is occupied by the Yomba Indian Reservation and private land.

US Highway 50 crosses the extreme north end of the range just south of Mount Airy and 16 miles (26 km) west of Austin.

[2][3][4] Named peaks in the range include from south to north:[2][3][4] Vegetation is mostly sagebrush scrub and pinon-juniper.

The Shoshone Mountains are home to mule deer, chipmunks, coyote, elk, and many other small animals such as shrews and squirrels.