October 4, 1915: Dinosaur National Monument Founded.A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of dealing with the topics including a visit to the Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah, camping at the Green River Campground in Utah, and discovering the ...
Dinosaur National Monument, situated along the Utah-Colorado border, flies under the radar with most national park enthusiasts. Those who do visit typically spend just a few hours at the Carnegie Exhibit Hall, viewing the renowned collection of more than 1,500 fossils that were uncovered exactly ...
|Climate Map|Description|Camping Lodging|Nearby Resources Dinosaur National Monument is open year round offering a variety of activities. Long talks and guided walks are offered each day throughout the park during the summer. These programs, designed to get you into the most interesting parts of t...
Yampa River panorama, from Harding Hole campsite in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. Photo: Scott Ritchie The rafting trips on the Yampa River are usually simpler floats often combined with camping. The western plateau scenery is perfect for a peaceful day of wilderness gazing from your ...
Explore Dinosaur National Monument A great place to begin your travel isDinosaur National Monument, a highlight of the byway, which spans over 200,000 acres across the Utah and Colorado border. Thousands of dinosaur fossils were first unearthed on the Utah side in 1909; after 30 years of scie...
On this week-long river guide training course near Colorado in northeastern Utah, you’ll spend each day learning and practicing essential rafting skills on scenic Class II-III sections of the Green River, including Split Mountain Canyon in Dinosaur National Monument. Our experienced river guides—...
Activities:Camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking. Special Features:Eastward-dipping limestones, sandstones, and mudstones, deposited from approximately 113 million years ago along the shorelines of an ancient sea, form the geological setting for the park area. The park...