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Dinosaur is a Statutory Town in Moffat County, Colorado, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population was 243, [ 5 ] down from 339 at the 2010 census. Dinosaur is a part of the Craig, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Steamboat Rock, reaching an elevation of 6,074 ft (1,851 m) is a promontory located in the eastern Uinta Mountains, in Moffat County of northwest Colorado, United States. [2] This iconic landmark of Dinosaur National Monument is situated at the confluence of the Green River and Yampa River .
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the dinosaur beds as Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. The monument boundaries were expanded in 1938 from the original 80 acres (0.13 sq mi; 0.32 km 2) surrounding the dinosaur quarry in Utah, to 210,844 acres (329 sq mi; 853 km 2) in Utah and Colorado, encompassing the river canyons of the Green and Yampa. [2]
USGS 7.5' topographic map Zenobia Peak, Colorado [2] ... hike: Zenobia Peak, elevation 9,022 ft (2,750 m), is the highest summit in Dinosaur National Monument of ...
The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m). The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado state capital, is only the 170th highest of the 273 Colorado municipalities. While the Town of Holly, Colorado is the lowest municipality in Colorado ...
The western end of SH 64 is part of the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, while the eastern end is a junction with SH 13 near Meeker, Colorado. Its largest amount of traffic is 6600 near Rangely. [ 2 ] It is classified as a Minor Rural Highway by the Colorado Department of Transportation .
“The discovery and description of a fossil mammal skull is an important step forward in documenting the earliest diversification of mammals after Earth’s last mass extinction.”
In the U.S. state of Colorado, US 40 is a major east–west route. It crosses the Rocky Mountains, passing over the Continental Divide at Berthoud Pass before descending to the Front Range. It then traverses through the Denver Metro Area , then exits by following Interstate 70 (I-70) and US 287 .