Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4497 - 4425 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Mill Canyon
Fee: none
Attractions: Dinosaur tracks

The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is located north of Moab, Utah. The site, which contains more than 200 prints, was discovered in 2009. Since then paleontologists have been mapping the area and uncovering tracks. The BLM has built an interpretive trail with an elevated platform from which visitors can get a close look at the tracks without damaging them.

Moab Giants Dinosaur Trail

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 1 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4485 - 4515 feet
Cellphone: 2-4 bars
Time: 1-3 hrs.
Trailhead: Moab Giants
Fee: Varies by age and package
Attractions: Life size dinosaurs

Moab Giants Paleo Safari is located at the junction of Highways 191 and 313 about 9 miles north of Moab, Utah. Among the many things to see and do are a museum, 3D theatre, gift shop, cafe and the Dinosaur trail where visitors can walk among the more than 100 life-size dinosaurs that are on display in lifelike settings along the trail. So likelike are the dinosaurs that visitors will feel like they have been transported back through time millions of years and are walking among actual dinosaurs.

Raptor Point/Rim Walk

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 2.9 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 5737 - 5936 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr. 15 mins.
Trailhead: Cleveland-Lloyd Visitor Center
Fee: $5/adult (or Interagency Pass) - Youth under 16 free
Attractions: Dinosaur quarry, museum

The Raptor Point and Rim Walk trails are located at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry about 30 miles south of Price, Utah. Both trails can be hiked together or the Raptor Point trail, which is the shorter of the 2, can be hiked by itself. The Raptor Point trail leads to a spot overlooking the quarry and Visitor Center while the Rim Walk trail continues along the edge of the mesa overlooking the entrance road. Both trails help to acquaint hikers with the geology of the area where dinosaur bones are found.

Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry

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Round Trip Distance: 0.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5740 - 5766 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Visitor Center
Fee: $5/adult (or Interagency Pass), Youth under 16 free
Attractions: Dinosaur quarry, wheelchair accessible

The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is located about 30 miles south of Price, Utah. Paleontologists have excavated over 12,000 bones, belonging to at least 74 individual dinosaurs, making this the densest concentration of Jurassic-age dinosaur bones ever found. More than 65 museums worldwide have skeletons that were reproduced from Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur remains. And, besides all the dinosaur bones, they have also found an actual fossil dinosaur egg. The whole visit is worth seeing a novelty like that.