Valley of Fire Mouse's Tank Loop

Name:Valley of Fire Mouse's Tank Loop
Total distance:3 Miles
Total time to complete: 3 hours hiking and 1.5 hours driving
Elevation Change: 400 feet
Elevation Range:1700-2100 feet
Difficulty: Moderate
Scrambling: Some minor use of hands for balance in a few spots with boulders, nothing hard. You need to take off your backpack to squeeze through a crack. Poles can help but aren’t needed.
How easy to follow? Next to impossible to follow a network of random footprints and blind turns. Need to use GPS
Dogs: yes but you’re carrying them over minor obstacles
Bathrooms:
Trailhead&t=m&z=14)$ (36.44087316458329, -114.51659324132903) is the official trailhead of Mouse’s tank in Valley of Fire state park. There is an entrance fee to enter the park.
Weather -
Wikiloc

Description:
Don’t let the short distance fool you, it's a good workout and fun adventure, but not overly long. This walk is completely in sand and sandstone with many turns. You will be rewarded with constant views of sandstone hills and arches. There are several odd formations including a rock like a mummy’s head, a star destroyer, and an emoji rock. We’ll also be able to view the many petroglyph panels near Mouse’s tank.

The time of the meetup is the time we are LEAVING the carpool location (if no carpool then it is the time we are starting hike), please come on time, or chase after us frantically if you are late. Please review the planned hike if possible, be prepared for a no host event should your organizer need to drop off at the last minute. Pictures are often taken during meetups and posted on the site, if you don't want to be photographed then wear a bag over your head. If the meetup only has one person coming it may be canceled if I can’t be sure you will show up (I’ll try to contact you). Hiking time estimates are for an average size group, smaller groups go faster and larger groups slower.

Please be aware that your Meetup organizers are not tour guides and are not park rangers. Expect the same risks and take the same precautions you would take if you were hiking alone. You are solely responsible for your own safety and well-being. By signing up for and/or attending this Meetup event, you acknowledge, understand, accept, and agree that hiking and other outdoor activities can be dangerous and can cause serious bodily injury, not limited to flash floods, killer bees, brain eating amoeba, harm to your unborn child, your conscription as a soldier in a war either declared or undeclared, demonic possession, the loss of your immortal soul and possibly death. The organizers of this group and current and former members can not be held responsible or liable in any way for the actions of any participant - including you - at any event. All attendees participate at an event at their own risk and are solely responsible for any damage to their property, and/or any injury to themselves or their guests. By signing up for this event, you affirm that you understand this disclaimer, and that you knowingly and voluntarily agree not to bring any type of claim arising out of or related to this Meetup event against the organizers of this Meetup group.