Here is a little history about the site from one of the information signs: "In 1937 the City and County of Denver built Alameda Parkway as the main route to Red Rocks Park. The construction exposed dinosaur tracks, but for many years geologists and members of the public observed them without studying them in detail. In 1983, the area now named Dinosaur Ridge was designated a National Natural Landmark to protect its fossil bones and tracks. In 1991 the area was also placed on the State Register of Historic Places and in 1994 the name "Dinosaur Ridge" was officially approved by the U.S. Board on Geographical Names."
Shuttle we rode for the guided tour.
Marion with triceratop horns and a dinosaur guide.
Me with a Utahraptor claw and a dinosaur guide.
The darker potions in the rock are dinosaur bones.
View of the Red Rocks Amphitheatre from the Morrison fossil area.
Photographs of the Brontosaur Bulges below...
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