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Showing posts with label quarry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quarry. Show all posts

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

Rating: 
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.

Rock Walk

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 1.6 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5668 - 5778 feet
Cellphone: 0-1 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Visitor Center
Fee: $5/adult - Youth under 16 free
Attractions: Dinosaur fossils, museum




The Rock Walk is one of the hiking trails located at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry about 30 miles south of Price, Utah. The trail makes a loop around the washes below the Visitor Center and quarry site passing an in situ dinosaur fossil enroute. The trail is interpretive in nature with various facts of interest pointed out at numbered locations along the route.

Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry (4)


Quarry Site       
Round trip distance: 0.4 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 5740 - 5766 feet · Fee: $5/adult


Raptor Point/Rim Walk       
Round trip distance: 2.9 miles (Moderate)
Elevation: 5737 - 5936 feet · Fee: $5/adult


Rock Walk       
Round trip distance: 1.6 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 5668 - 5778 feet · Fee: $5/adult


Triassic Wash Petroglyphs       
Round trip distance: 0.8 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 5582 - 5625 feet · Fee: none