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Dinosaur Journey

Dinosaur Journey from directly overhead

Dinosaur Journey is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,368 m. Horse Mountain stands 2,586 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is CDOT Rest Area and Welcome Center: Fruita, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond passes 0.4 miles off. 243 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

About

The story

Dinosaur Journey Museum, or Museums of Western Colorado’s Dinosaur Journey, is a museum in Fruita in Mesa County, Colorado. The museum offers an interactive and hands-on experience, showcasing over 15,000 fossil specimens. It features exhibits and displays highlighting regional discoveries, a visible paleontology lab where dinosaur bones are prepared for exhibition, a sandbox for creating your own dinosaur tracks, and a "quarry site" where children can excavate real Jurassic dinosaur bones.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q60785219, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Museum of Western Colorado

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.15158, -108.73942

Overlooks nearby

Around it

243 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
  • Circle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Reed Park: 0.6 mi
  • Civic Center Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 60
  • Opal Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Phantom Spire: 2.8 mi
  • Pitchfork Tower: 2.9 mi
  • Remnants Tower: 2.9 mi
  • White Whale: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 55
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Cedar Tree Arch: 5.6 mi
  • East Rim Arch: 5.8 mi
  • Bridge Arch: 6.0 mi
  • Pizza Point: 7.5 mi
  • Liberty Cap: 7.6 mi
Springs: 11
  • Monument Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Mud Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Thrailkill Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Toms Canyon Spring: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 4
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Tower: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dinosaur Journey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse MountainNE 41°2,586 m21.6 mi
Haystack PeaksSW 215°2,529 m24.9 mi
Corcoran PeakNE 48°2,449 m16.5 mi
Black RidgeS 184°2,173 m6.0 mi
Garfield MesaNNE 31°2,140 m15.7 mi
Grassy MountainNNW 340°2,077 m24.4 mi
Round MountainENE 70°2,076 m16.2 mi
Flatiron HillSW 227°2,058 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0520:45
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3216:1416:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273444516271777566524028
Precip in0.70.80.90.90.90.50.70.81.11.20.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fruita, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/437226082

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