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December 2, 2009

dinosaur national monument visitor center

Has anyone ever been to Dinosaur National Monument?

Did you like it? I hear the visitor center is closed, what can you do there?

The Canyon Area Visitor Center is the main entrance to the canyon area, the scenic vistas, Echo Park, and the Yampa Bench Road. The Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center is the primary place in the park to view dinosaur fossils, but it is still closed. The Temporary Visitor Center does have a limited display of fossils for you to view.
Camping, hiking, and river rafting are the main activites.
I don’t know if you are into hiking and geology but the scenery and the geological formations and structures are awesome. A geographer’s delight!

— River Rafting (with a guided group or on your own)
— Hiking,
— Junior Ranger Program for kids [Junior Ranger and Junior Paleontologist]
— Guided Tours:
- DNM-16
- Fossil Discovery
- Quarry History
- Shuttle Tour

Nearby attractions within an hour drive:
Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal
Red Fleet State Park, Vernal
Steinaker State Park, Vernal
Ashley National Forest, Vernal
Bureau of Land Management, Vernal
Bureau of Land Management, Meeker
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery

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