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Welcome to DinoRidge.org! 

Explore our newly redone website to see all that Dinosaur Ridge has to offer!

Visit our About Us section to learn about how our Exhibits and trails here at Dinosaur Ridge and at Triceratops Trail were created to help the public explore ancient Colorado and the creatures that once lived here. 

Walk with 90-foot, long-necked giants across a floodplain lined with streams, ponds, and watering holes!  Trace the ripple patterns left by Colorado’s ocean on Morrison’s sandy beaches!  Muck through Golden’s swamp under the shade of palm trees with Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex at Triceratops Trail!

Come have an adventure at Dinosaur Ridge!

Upcoming events:

09/11/2010

Dinosaur Discovery Day: Reading Rocks!

Saturday, September 11th 2010  :  10-2:30

Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge and the Jefferson County Public Library for Reading Day. The library will display some of their newest dinosaur books and present story time for the younger visitors. The Friends will have a used dinosaur and geology book sale.

At the Visitor Center: Activities such as gold panning, fossil sifting, dinosaur track painting, story time, puppet shows and a scavenger hunt are free for all ages! Sign up at the information table for door prizes such as a family four pass to the Morrison Museum, a family four pass to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, dinosaur books, dinosaur bookends, and other cool stuff.

On the Ridge: Guides will be stationed along the trail to explain the geology and fossils. Stop by the Lookout Mountain Nature Center booth manned  by naturalists and volunteers Hiking the trail is free; our shuttle will be available for $3.00 per person, five and under ride free.

Dinosaur Ridge is located just west of the C-470 exit at Alameda Parkway.  For more information contact Tom Moklestad at Tom_Moklestad@dinoridge.org or call
303-697-3466.

 

10/16/2010

Dinosaur Discovery Day: Science Celebration (with Girl Scouts of Colorado)
Saturday, October 16, 2010. 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Girl Scouts Register on the GS Colorado Web site:  www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org

The Friends of Dinosaur Ridge are coordinating our October Dinosaur Discovery Day with many celebrations of the natural sciences.

On the Ridge: Learn to distinguish dinosaur bone from rock. Envision herds of dinosaurs that left footprints here 100 million years ago. Touch an impression of a prehistoric plant. Scientists will be stationed along the Ridge trail to guide you to see these and other interesting features. Hiking the ridge road is free, or pay $3 for a lift up or down the roadway.

At the Visitor Center: Activities include fossil sifting, fossil scribing, dinosaur track painting, solar viewing, gold panning, solving puzzles, and dendrochronology. Other stations are available for Girl Scout Badges.

National Fossil Day is organized by the National Park Service to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values of fossils in the parks. http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/

International Astronomy Day is sponsored by the Astronomical League increase public awareness about Astronomy and our wonderful universe. http://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html

Earth Science Week promotes understanding and appreciation of the value of Earth Science research and its application and relevance to our daily lives. "Exploring Energy" is this year's theme. http://www.earthsciweek.org/

World Space Week, the "Largest Public Space Event on Earth", is celebrated in over 60 nations. This year's theme is the "Mysteries of the Cosmos" http://www.worldspaceweek.org/


 

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