Parking
Park at the Miller Visitor Center; the marked loop begins beside its parking area.
Overview
About Mesquite Interpretive Loop
Why go
- A very low-commitment walk next to the visitor center
- Restrooms and a gift shop are steps away
Heads up
- Too short to replace a longer Red Rock hike
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Red Rock map
Full mapElevation3,888–3,914 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Red Rock Tour Guide
Your drive to Mesquite Interpretive Loop, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Red Rock State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Miller Visitor Center and Hummingbird Garden0:00 / 0:28
“Coming up is Miller Visitor Center, a useful short stop for getting to know the park's plants and wildlife.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Red Rock Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Twin Cypress and Habicamp
- Eagle's Nest and Apache Fire
- Lime Kiln Trailhead
- 4 audio storiesacross Red Rock’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Mule Deer, Gila Woodpecker, Clark's Spiny Lizard, and 10 more
- Works offlinemaps, 12 trails, 11 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Mesquite Interpretive Loop
A very short loopThe Mesquite Interpretive Loop is a nearly level 0.
The Mesquite Interpretive Loop is a nearly level 0.14-mile circuit beside the Miller Visitor Center. Allow about 10 minutes. It’s a good choice when you want a quick, easy walk at the park, but it stays near the visitor-center area rather than carrying you out on one of Red Rock’s longer hikes.
Make it part of a visitor-center stopUse the visitor-center lot and follow the marked loop.
Use the visitor-center lot and follow the marked loop. Restrooms and a gift shop are in the center; two visitor-center ramadas have six picnic tables if you want to sit after the walk. Normal park admission applies.
Park rulesPets aren’t allowed on park trails; service animals are. Stay on designated paths.
Pets aren’t allowed on park trails; service animals are. Stay on designated paths.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Red Rock
68 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
12 sightingsGila WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
19 sightingsClark's Spiny LizardMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
66 sightingsOrnate Tree LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
41 sightingsGreater Earless LizardMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
37 sightingsSide-blotched LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Red Rock. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
