It offers some great examples of both fossils and minerals that have come out of the area, and gives you an idea of what you mind find. You might also get some tips of where to look.
There are three major areas I know of to find fossils, two are on public lands, and one is private operation. Emery County — There a few minors spots here that I have found. We took our child who is in a wheelchair and just carried him down to the dig. He was easily able to navigate and enjoy the full experience of the quarry. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Friendly staff". For another adventure, visit Topaz Mountain adventures.
It is approximately miles from Provo, Utah to the quarry. It is approximately miles from Salt Lake City to the quarry. U-Dig Fossils. Click here to Read More Read More. Collect Your Own Trilobite Fossils!
Most Popular. High End Dig Access. If you look closely, you can find dinosaur prints in quite a few places around Utah—one major mecca is in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
The Twentymile Wash track site is home to more than 1, tracks made by massive bi-pedal dinosaurs millions of years ago. You can still see their claw marks and the indentations left by their tails when they dipped and dragged momentarily on the windswept sand. Turn right on Left Hand Collet Road, then continue another 2. You may need to ditch your car if it has low clearance, or continue another half mile to a small trailhead and parking lot. The tracks begin due north of the parking area.
Fortunately, the Escalante area has many other adventure opportunities, so you can tack on a slot canyon hike and explore the petrified forest below. Also just outside Escalante, in the Petrified Forest State Park, a one-mile hiking loop will take you through a hauntingly beautiful scene of ancient trees turned to stone.
Fossils, dinosaur bones, petroglyphs, and Fremont Indian relics also dot the landscape, showing themselves only to those who look a little harder. As legend has it, those who remove sample souvenirs are plagued with bad luck afterward. Without a doubt, Dinosaur National Monument is the best place in Utah and the entire United States for paleontology and fossil enthusiasts. You get to visit a quarry that used to be an active dig where the paleontologists found a bunch of dinosaur bones.
I also love that you can get in a bit of hiking while checking out this cool landscape and seeing more fossils and petroglyphs. For people who prefer to stay indoors, the BYU Museum of Paleontology is definitely an underrated attraction. The Quarry located near Jensen, Utah, is a building built around a quarry of hundreds of visible dinosaur bones. The Quarry is very accessible and air-conditioned, which is nice during hot Utah summers.
The rest of the park has other sites to see and explore, but nothing compares to this massive wall of bones.
Another fun place to stop is on the other side of the state in Delta, Utah. Here, visitors can search for trilobite fossils and actually keep the fossils they find!
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