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Operating Hours & Seasons

Temporary Visitor Center
Labor Day through Memorial Day Weekend
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daily (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day)

Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily

Ranger-led programs are scheduled throughout the day during summer.

Canyon Area Visitor Center
October 29 through May 1
Closed for the winter season

May 2 through October 26
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Getting There

Plane
Flying in to Grand Junction, CO or Salt Lake City, UT would probably be the least expensive way to fly to Dinosaur. It is roughly a 3 hour drive from Salt Lake to the park in a rental vehicle, just over 2 hours from Grand Junction. Vernal, UT does have an airport and a few flights shuttle between it at Salt Lake every day.

Car
The popular Fossil Bone Quarry area of the park is only a 30 minute drive east from Vernal, Utah. Take Rt. 40 (Main Street) east out of Vernal until a well marked turn left/north from Jensen, UT onto Rt. 149. 7 miles later you reach the park.

Public Transportation
There are no transportation services to the park such as a taxi or bus. You must have your own transportation. For private river runners vehicle and passenger shuttle service is available from Wilkins Bus lines (435) 789-2476 and River Runners Transport 1-800-930-7238.

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