Visit Colorado’s fantastic dinosaur museums and the rainbow hills of the Jurassic Morrison Formation. Go on a scientific dinosaur dig if you’re lucky, walk the trails of the early dinosaur explorers, sit in a dinosaur footprint, or stay in a dino-themed hotel.
Denver
Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS), epic hall of dinosaurs, home of my allosaurus, Denver, CO
Dinosaur Ridge, museum and dinosaur trackway, Morrison, CO
Morrison Natural History Museum, Morrison, CO
The Dino Hotel, dinosaur-themed Best Western, Lakewood, CO
Colorado Springs and Southeastern CO
Picket Wire Dinosaur Trackway, massive dinosaur trackway along Purgatory River, La Junta, CO (accessible by long hike or 4WD escorted tour)
Garden Park Fossil Area, walking trail past old dinosaur quarries, Cañon City, CO
Dinosaur Experience, animatronic dinosaurs and more, Cañon City, CO
Dinosaur Resource Center, museum, Woodland Park, CO
Western Colorado
Dinosaur National Monument, museum and excavation site with hundreds of bones still in the rock! Entrance at Jensen, UT
Dinosaur, a small town with streets and more named after dinosaurs, Dinosaur, CO
Dinosaur Journey, museum, Fruita, CO
Trail Through Time, walking trail past old dinosaur quarries, Grand Junction, CO