Tag
fossils
5 Porch Notes tagged “fossils,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Jefferson County
Dinosaur Ridge: Walking a Tilted Slab of Deep Time Near Morrison
A walkable ridge near Morrison where the tilted Dakota Hogback lays Jurassic bones and Cretaceous footprints out at eye level.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Teller County
At Florissant Fossil Beds, the fossils stay where they are
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Teller County protects ancient fossils and petrified stumps, and collecting or removing them there is not allowed.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Fremont County
Garden Park near Cañon City is public fossil land, not a free-for-all
The Garden Park Fossil Area north of Cañon City is federal public land with protections, so visiting it comes with rules about digging for and collecting fossils.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Mesa County
Rabbit Valley: real dinosaur bones you can visit, but not collect
Off I-70 near the Utah line, the Trail Through Time and Mygatt-Moore Quarry let you see Jurassic dinosaur fossils in place on BLM land, where collecting vertebrate fossils is prohibited.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Delta County
The Adobe Badlands near Delta are a clay moonscape best seen in dry weather
The Adobe Badlands northeast of Delta are eroded Mancos Shale with fossils and big views, but they have no trails or water, and the BLM warns the clay soils are difficult to cross when wet.
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