Dinosaur Bone Site — Attraction in Golden

One of Arthur Lakes original quarries from the the 1870s (Quarry 5), it was "re-discovered" so-to-speak when the CCC built the Alameda Parkway in the 1940s and is now part of the Dinosaur Ridge attraction. The fossils are part of the famed Morrison Formation of the Late Jurassic Period (157 to 145 MYA). Some of the boulders from the site were used by the CCC as natural guardrails. When they were replaced with actual guard rails in the early 2000s the boulders were shipped to the Morrison Natural History Museum for further examination. Stegosaur footprints were discovered in several including the first infant...

Really amazing place! There are so many fossils to see here, and walking through the rock layers is like walking back in time. Don’t be fooled by the parking area. It looks as if the road is blocked off, but that is the walking or biking trail now. We met a person named Lucas who was very knowledgeable about the area and walked with us. Lucas, if you ever see this, thanks again from the person who actually jumped up and down with excitement seeing...

Dinosaurs left their bones in the earth and you can see them right here! Incredible that you have such easy access to this kind of geometry, no, geologic… uhhh history! Easy parking, easy walking and a real lesson in the area paleontology (isn’t that the diet everyone’s following?). Or whatever word covers Dino bones stuck in the mud returned to the surface due to mtns...