National Monument · Colorado & Utah

Dinosaur National Monument

A cliff of dinosaur bones and wild river canyons

TypeNational Monument
StatesColorado & Utah
Best seasonSpring through fall
Don’t missThe Quarry wall of fossils

A wall studded with 1,500 real dinosaur fossils, set in a landscape of deep river canyons, petroglyphs, and whitewater on the Green and Yampa. Half paleontology, half river wilderness.

What to see

  • Quarry Exhibit Hall
  • Echo Park confluence
  • Petroglyph panels
  • Green & Yampa river trips
  • Harpers Corner overlook

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