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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