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Hiking The Hog Canyon And Box Canyon Trails In Dinosaur National Monument

The Hog Canyon and Box Canyon Trails are located on the Utah side of Dinosaur National Monument, offering easy and family-friendly hikes through scenic box canyons in any season.   Both trails begin at the Josie Bassett Morris Cabin parking area, situated at the end of Cub Creek Road, 10 miles east of the Quarry […]

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Staying At Green River Campground In Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument features a network of six campgrounds dispersed throughout its vast borders to accommodate the large number of visitors it receives each year. This year we stayed at the Green River Campground on the Utah side of the monument near Jenson. It is located along the banks of the Green River in a […]

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Exploring The Quarry Exhibit Hall in Dinosaur National Monument

The Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument features an extraordinary wall showcasing around 1,500 dinosaur bones that were deposited by an ancient stream approximately 150 million years ago. Paleontologist Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh made a significant discovery here in 1909, unearthing eight tail vertebrae from an Apatosaurus. Today, this impressive […]

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Hiking The Fossil Discovery Trail In Dinosaur National Monument

The Fossil Discovery Trail is a 1.2-mile one-way path situated on the Utah side of Dinosaur National Monument. Along the trail, visitors can explore three distinct fossil sites while taking in the monument’s desert landscape.   Hikers will encounter a variety of fossils, including remnants of marine life and dinosaurs. With a keen eye, you […]

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Exploring The Quarry Visitor Center In Dinosaur National Monument

The Dinosaur National Monument visitor centers serve as a hub of information and resources for visitors to the monument. Dinosaur National Monument has two visitors one in Utah, Quarry Visitor Center, and one in Colorado, Canyon Visitor Center.   During our visit to the monument we explored the Utah side and this post is about […]

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Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs In Dinosaur National Monument

The Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs are situated along Cub Creek Road (40.43749, -109.29257), about one mile from the Quarry Visitor Center in Dinosaur National Monument. The site is easily accessible, requiring just a short walk of 400 feet round-trip.   At Swelter Shelter, you can view a variety of petroglyphs and pictographs created by the Fremont […]