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Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison, CO

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Dinosaur Ridge

Walk a paved ridge road past more than 250 dinosaur tracks and Jurassic bones still set in the rock.

16831 W Alameda Pkwy · Morrison, CO

About Dinosaur Ridge

Dinosaur Ridge is a ridge west of Denver where fossils sit in the rock where they were found. A 1.1-mile paved road, closed to traffic, passes more than 250 Cretaceous tracks in the Dakota Formation on the east side, and on the west side you can see bones in the Jurassic Morrison Formation. The site yielded the first identified Stegosaurus fossils, after bones were found here in 1877. Walking the ridge on your own is free from sunup to sundown, and guided bus tours run for a fee.

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