Dinosaur: U.S. 40
Among the places of northwestern Colorado, Dinosaur stands out for its position beside Dinosaur National Monument and on U.S. Route 40. The town sits in a dry, open basin of sagebrush country, with mesas and distant ridges shaping the horizon. North of town, Dinosaur National Monument extends across the Colorado–Utah line, protecting dinosaur fossil resources as well as canyon country carved by the Green and Yampa rivers. U.S. 40 is the principal east–west road through this sparsely settled stretch of the state, running between the Utah border and Craig. Dinosaur was known as Artesia until its name changed in 1966, linking the community directly to the nearby monument.
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Dinosaur is best known in Colorado for its close association with Dinosaur National Monument. The small town lies in the state’s far northwest, near the Utah line and the monument’s Colorado section, where the Green and Yampa rivers cut through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau. Fossil discoveries in the area helped establish the monument in 1915; its celebrated quarry preserves a dense concentration of Jurassic dinosaur bones. Dinosaur is also a practical stop on US Route 40 for travellers crossing this sparsely settled corner of the state. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Dinosaur and northwestern Colorado relate to their surroundings.
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