Dinosaur National Monument (Utah/Colorado)
The real Jurassic Park. Well, it's full of dinosaur bones... as well as canyons, petroglyphs and rivers.
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Dinosaur National Monument 4wheeling
North West corner of Colorado Harpers Corner Auto Trail Echo Park and some random roads on the way home, just bits and pieces of stuff
Stegosaurus Snacks: Dinosaur National Monument, Northwestern Colorado, 145 Million Years Ago
Late Jurassic, 145 million years ago (Morrison Formation). The Stegosaurus, the state fossil of Colorado, is eating the plants in the area of Dinosaur National Monument in northwestern Colorado and Northeastern Utah. No grass or flowering plants existed at this time, and many plants of the Jurassic plants will be extinct by the end of the age of dinosaurs (Cretaceous).
Plants depicted: Bennettite bushes (Zamites arcticus), Tree ferns (Cladophlebis sp.)
Animal depicted: Stegosaurus stenops
This preliminary version is part of a joint project between the Interactive Geology Project at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The nature paintings at the Colorado Convention Center and Denver Museum of Nature and Science are being animated.
Scene is based on the painting Stegosaurus Snacks (Colorado Convention Center)(courtesy Kirk Johnson and Jan Vriesen). A special thanks to James Hagadorn and Ian Miller (DMNS) for their input. Scene is by Joseph Rogers and James Adson.
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, Fossil Discovery Trail, Dinosaurs, Fossils
The Journey - Dinosaur National Monument in 4K
Join us as we meander and explore a couple of small pieces of the amazing Dinosaur National Park on the border of Utah and Colorado.
We start out in the visitor center on the Utah side of the monument where the girls take care of their Jr Ranger badges before heading over to the quarry where actual bones are on display and can be touched. After we were finished there, we headed out to a dispersed camp area just out of the park.
The next day we explore some Fremont Indian petroglyphs before heading out of the park and across state lines into Colorado, where we re-entered the park and made the very long and scary drive out to Echo Park Campground.
We relaxed along the Green River under the HUGE profile of Steamboat Rock for the remainder of the day and evening, and enjoyed an afternoon of downtime.
The next morning we packed up and headed over to Harpers Corner where we hiked the trail by the same name out to a totally awesome overlook, before hiking back to the truck and the end of our short visit.
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Dinosaur National Monument, Utah - Colorado
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Dinosaur National Monument - Utah
08/09/14
Dinosaur National Monument - Paleontologist Earl Douglass discovered and began excavating these fossils in 1909 for the Carnegie Museum. In 1915 the Carnegie Quarry's world-class bones of late Jurassic dinosaurs were protected in this 80 acre preserve. In todays's 210,000 acre national monument you can explore the quarry and the scenic and historic Green and Yampa Rivers, their canyons, mountains, basins and archeological sites and 23 colorful rock layers of the Colorado Plateau. The monument extends east from here into Colorado and there is another entrance at that location.
Dinosaur National Monument
9/72015
Dinosaur National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry 40°26′29″N 109°18′04″W is located in Utah just to the north of the town of Jensen, Utah.
Dinosaur National Monument - Colorado/Utah
Showing canyon area and fossil bone quarry area.
U.S. National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah.
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Dinosaur National Monument (Harpers Corner, Echo Park Rd & Quarry)
Dinosaur National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. The nearest communities are Jensen, Utah and Dinosaur, Colorado. The Echo Park Road is a fourteen mile (one way) unpaved road that takes drivers from the Harpers Corner Road to the banks of the Green River. The park contains over 800 paleontological sites and has fossils of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Deinonychus, Abydosaurus and various long-neck, long-tail sauropods.
DINOSAUR, COLORADO
A film from a town in the far west of Colorado, by Maya Lundin & Tomas Hulenvik. Music by Element.
DINOSAURS!! Colorado Day Trip
Checking out cool dinosaur fossils while visiting my parents in Colorado.
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Northwest Colorado: Craig to Dinosaur & the UT state line time lapse
There's only one way to travel across desolate northwest Colorado, and that's at 600 miles per hour. This video goes by fast, since there's so much ground to cover. The video starts in Craig, Colorado, and travels to the Utah state line on US Highway 40, passing the town of Dinosaur and the entrance to Dinosaur National Monument's Harper's Corner Scenic Drive.
Driving Harper's Corner Road at Dinosaur National Monument in Dinosaur, Colorado
A fun-filled day in and around Dinosaur, Colorado
Vanlife At Dinosaur National Monument Jensen and Vernal Utah
Our road trip from Colorado into Utah started with a visit to Dinosaur National Monument and the surrounding area of Jensen and Vernal. We had such a great time hiking around the National Monument, visiting the Quarry Exhibit Hall and the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal and learning about our ancient history.
The area has so much to offer from places to see dinosaur tracks and petroglyphs to great hiking trails, river rafting on the Green River and Yampa River, kayaking and swimming in the nearby reservoirs, camping and more.
We loved vanlife in the Dinosaur area, we parked overnight at different spots and camped for a few days inside the Dinosaur National Monument and at Red Fleet State Park.
US National Park Service Dinosaur National Monument (Quarry Museum is on the Utah side):
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There are very few vegan/vegetarian-friendly dining options to be found in this area. We mostly cooked our own meals and ate out a couple times at the following restaurants:
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We definitely recommend a visit to this area. Let us know in the comments below if you have any tips as well!
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Dinosaur National Monument | Remains of the only REAL dragons
Dinosaurs once roamed in the Dinosaur National Monument area of Utah and Colorado. Their fantastic remains are still visible - embedded in the rocks.
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ABOUT DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT
Dinosaur National Monument is what the dreams of geologists, paleontologists and children are made of! Dinosaurs everywhere. Dinosaur National Monument takes its name from a remarkable deposit of fossil bones of crocodiles, turtles and 10 species of dinosaurs from 150 million years ago. Long ago, dynamic forces pushed and tilted layers of rock upward. Later, erosion exposed the layers as colorful ridges and revealed remnants of ancient ecosystems including now-extinct animals that inhabited landscapes quite different from what you see in the photos. Because of its uniqueness, this is a not to be missed national park.
Today, the mountains, desert and untamed rivers flowing in deep canyons, support an array of life. Petroglyphs hint at earlier cultures. Later, homesteaders and outlaws found refuge here. Whether your passion is science, adventure, history or scenery, Dinosaur National Monument offers much to explore.
Most people come to see dinosaur fossils and there are 1,500 visible bones of these amazing creatures still encased in the rock at the Dinosaur Quarry Exhibit Hall. But there is more to see here beyond the amazing fossils. Go whitewater rafting and star gazing.
Explore mountains and canyons. Watch wildlife and photograph wildflowers. Contemplate historic cabins and Fremont rock art. Dinosaur offers countless opportunities for discovery!
Dinosaur National Monument is spread over 210,000 acres along the Colorado and Utah border. Each part of the monument offers different experiences and things to see.
If you want to see Dinosaur Fossils, the Utah side of the monument is where you will want to go. Utah State Highway 149 takes visitors into the monument and to the Quarry Visitor Center. Depending on the season, you may either drive to the Dinosaur Quarry Exhibit Hall or in summer, a shuttle bus will take you.
If you desire is to see some of the spectacular canyon country scenery, the Colorado side is the place for you. The Harpers Corner Road is a 32 mile scenic drive that includes overlooks of the Yampa and Green rivers. The short Harpers Corner Trail at the road's end is a must to get the most dramatic views. For those with a high clearance vehicle, the drive to Echo Park will take you into the depths of the river canyons.
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Echo Park, Dinosaur National Monument
A beautiful, easy off road drive to a secluded campground alongside the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.
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America West: Dinosaur National Monument (Utah)
Paleontologist Earl Douglas discovered and began excavating the fossils found on this site in 1909, digging for the Carnegie Museum. In 1915 the Carnegie Quarry's world-class bones of the late-Jurassic dinosaurs were protected in 8-acre Dinosaur National Monument. In today's 210,000-acre national monument one can explore the quarry and the scenic and historic Green and Yampa Rivers -- their canyons, mountains, basins, and archeological sites -- and 23 colorful layers of the Colorado Plateau. The greatly varied rock and soil types combine with elevation and topography to create many habitats with a startling diversity of plant and animal life.
The dinosaur quarry is in a rock layer, the Morrison Formation, whose fossils were deposited in so many environments that scientists can reconstruct how the area looked 150 million years ago. About 5 million years ago, rivers began carving today's deep canyons exposing the those many layers and bringing to light the fossilized remains of the early inhabitants of this region. The Dinosaur Exhibit Hall is a shining example of what existed, and perished, in that long-ago era and for the discovery of natural extinction as experienced by today's visitors.
Dinosaur National Monument Ruple Point
Slideshow of the Ruple Point trail in the Colorado Section of the Dinosaur National Monument.