Dinosaur National Monument in Utah & Colorado. We will be traveling through that area in the summer.?

But I have heard that the visitor center and other things are closed. Do you know if this includes the tar pits? I tried contacting them directly, but just got a generic response.

Firstly, the Dinosaur National Monument doesn’t have any tarpits. That would be down in Los Angelos.
Secondly, the visitor center on the Utah side, where the dinosaur bones were dug out, is closed, due to the building being condemned. I don’t know of anything else being closed on the Monument.

So, what is there to do at the monument? On the Utah side, you can see some displays that were moved down from the Visitor Center. You can also see 500-1000 year old petroglyphs (which, mind you, are some pretty fine ones). And you can visit Split Mountain. For that matter, you could even take a 1-day float trip through Split Mountain, if you wish, through one of the various boating companies in the area.

If you continue West to Vernal, there is a Natural History museum on the East end of town, just as you enter it.

For the Colorado Side, you can drive up to Harper’s Corner, which gives you a great view of the Green River and Steamboat Rock. And, if you don’t mind a little rough dirt road, you can go down into Echo Park, where you get a closeup view of Steamboat Rock and where the Yampa River meets the Green River. If you are a little bit more adventurous, you can drive East along the Yampa River and see sites along it.