Dinosaur National Monument is located in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah, straddling the border of these states. About two-thirds of the park is in Colorado. Dinosaur is 210,000 acres in size; plenty of room for you to find solitude, magnificent scenery, hike a wild landscape, and renew your relationship with nature. The spectacular canyons were cut by the Green and Yampa Rivers through upfolded mountains. A quarry contains fossil remains of dinosaurs and other ancient animals.

Echo Park, named by John Wesley Powell in 1869 during his first scientific expedition into the Colorado Plateau, lies where the Yampa River joins the Green, and is home to the endangered peregrine falcon, bald eagle, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker. Indian rock art in Echo Park testifies to the allure these canyons and rivers had for prehistoric people. In 1825, William H. Ashley and his fur trappers were the first Europeans to enter Echo Park. In 1883, Patrick Lynch, a hermit, was the first to homestead in this canyon.

• Dinosaur National Monument -

• See the fossil dinosaur bones and unique exhibits at the Dinosaur Quarry.
• Drive the Tour of the Tilted Rocks which begins near the Quarry.
• See rugged and spectacular canyon landscapes along the Journey Through Time auto tour, which begins at Monument Headquarters.
• Spend the night in the imposing red vertical rocks of Lodore Canyon, which loom on the horizon of the gentle Browns Park valley.