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BULL CANYON DINOSAUR TRACKS
Moab, Utah

 

DETAILS

Directions:

From UT-128, turn right on the La Sal Loop Road and follow toward Castle Valley.  After passing Castleton Tower, the road will begin to climb.  Travel 10.7 miles from UT-128 until the road splits and you leave the Loop Road and continue straight on FR 207 (the loop road will turn right).  After a little more than 6 miles you will see the parking area on the left just before the road turns to dirt.

Equipment:

  • Light hiking shoes
  • camera

Hike Info:

No obstructions however, exposed cliff edges.

The Bull Canyon Dinosaur track is a short trail to several tracks and a great view point of Fisher Valley.  The tracks are of a Therapod, likely something similar to a Velociraptor made famous in the Jurassic Park movies.  The prints are left if Entrada Sandstone and about 200 million years old.  The tracks look as if the dinosaur ran off the edge of the existing cliff, which is 1000 feet above the valley floor.  However, the entire plateau here was once a low land tropical area close to sea level.

 

 

It is possible to leave the trail and get close to the cliff edge.  You can find more prints here but be careful because there is no protection from falling off the edge so stay alert.

 

 

 

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