Dinosaur Ridge

Dinosaur Ridge Dinosaur Ridge is an outdoor dinosaur & geology museum 20 minutes west of Denver, Colorado near Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre. daily.
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It is a 2024 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards Winner and part of the Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas National Natural Landmark. A world-class dinosaur tracksite with more than 250 dinosaur footprints to explore. The tracks were made during the Cretaceous Period (100 million years ago) and are right where the dinosaurs left them, though the environment has changed dramatically since that time. Als

o see a few dozen dinosaur bones dating to the Jurassic Period (150 million years ago) from Stegosaurus (Colorado's State Fossil), Apatosaurus (formerly known as Brontosaurus), and the meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus. Come explore our fossils with your friends and family! Paleontologists have ranked this the #1 dinosaur tracksite in America. PLEASE NOTE: Main Visitor Center and Discovery Center parking lots close and are locked at 5 p.m. Dinosaur Ridge Trail itself is open sunrise to sunset and has limited parking at each entry where you are welcome to park before and after our operating hours.

08/19/2026

Progress happening with the shade structures at the main dinosaur tracksite today thanks to the excellent work by St. Thomas Steel. They’ll be back the next couple days but Dino Ridge is open come on by!

08/17/2026

Shade is in high demand on Dino Ridge and this will help. Today St. Thomas Steel installed a shade structure at the Bone Beds on the west side of the Ridge- tomorrow they will start work at the main Tracksite. Great news for visitors and our tour guides! Jeffco Open Space, CO St. Thomas Steel Inc

08/17/2026

Our thanks to St. Thomas Steel for adding coverage to create more shade 😎 for visitors and tour guides on Dino Ridge. Today the next up the Main . It has been a hot 🌞 summer and this is greatly welcomed! Jeffco Open Space, CO

We want to see you there! Sign up at dinoridge.org
08/17/2026

We want to see you there! Sign up at dinoridge.org

Exciting!!
08/17/2026

Exciting!!

Scitopia Chicago, a community-based science education center intended to provide teenagers with extracurricular science programming and revitalize Washington Park, was announced at an April 14 press conference. The center is expected to open in 2029.

And so easy to get to- just 20 minutes west of Denver!
08/17/2026

And so easy to get to- just 20 minutes west of Denver!

Hike along a trail where over 300 fossilized dinosaur footprints tell a story of the past. Link in comments to find out more. ⬇️

Save the date: Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 pm Mountain time for a Zoom book launch from our friend John Anderson!
08/17/2026

Save the date: Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 pm Mountain time for a Zoom book launch from our friend John Anderson!

Happy ! Super grateful to our founding sponsors of the 1st ever Stego Stampede across Dinosaur Ridge coming up Septembe...
08/14/2026

Happy ! Super grateful to our founding sponsors of the 1st ever Stego Stampede across Dinosaur Ridge coming up September 27th! BIG THANKS to , , and Kathleen Lamontagne for supporting the ! To join them email: [email protected] To register go to DinoRidge.org

Address

16831 W Alameda Pkwy
Morrison, CO
80465

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+13036973466

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