Dinosaur National Monument

The cliff face inside the Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center has some 1,500 dinosaur bones embedded in the side of a mountain. Construction for a new visitor center and exhibit hall began in March, 2010. During construction, a Temporary Visitor Center is open four miles north of Jensen, Utah, on State Route 149. Visitors can see fossils and exhibits on display and can take a shuttle to the ½-mile Fossils Discovery Trail to see unexcavated fossils still embedded in rock. The trail is open seasonally and is only accessible by taking a free shuttle from the temporary visitor center. The scenery driving around the park is quite good, especially the roads to Harpers Corner and Echo Park. The road is paved to Harpers Corner, Echo Park is reached by a nicely graded gravel road any car could drive during good weather.