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Dinosaur National Monument BISHOP MOUNTAIN DIAMOND PEAK To Rock Springs, Wyoming DUTCH JOHN MOUNTAIN To Rock Springs, Wyoming O-WI-Y U-KUTS PLA TEAU Mount Lena BROWNS PARK 9722ft 2964m Flow reen Swinging G R Bridge iver U I N T A M O U ad N T Ro A on BROWNS PARK I ny Limestone Mountain N Ca NATIONAL WILDLIFE DR S Y M 9330ft se REFUGE OUN 2845m Crou TAI Home Mountain N 8870ft 2704m Gates of Lodore RE Hole Road O Jones D 318 LO F O Zenobia Peak 9006ft W N I O 2745m To 4 0 and L 8380ft Y TEAU D N PLA Diamon 2554m A DIAM NTAIN d Gulc D Maybell OND MOU h C O To M U Jones Hole O G Brush Creek Road U L and Vernal Fish Hatchery N AS TA I M N OU NT AIN Jones DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT Hole Steamboat Rock Allred Peak OL CAN Five 7679ft LPO YON Spr IR ing 2393m H Harpers Corner D W Sta r rva a tion w Ruple Echo Park Va McKee Spring Echo Park lley To Petroglyphs Ranch Overlook Island Park Iron Springs Bench (summer only) Brush Creek Road Island Park Road (impassable when wet) Overlook and Vernal Overlook Rainbow Park SCHOONOVER Flow (no water) YAMPA BENCH rk Y Ruple a BUTTES ampa Deerlodge Park P River Haystack Echo Park tle (no water) SPLIT MOUNTAIN Point Road Cas Castle Park Wagon Wheel Point Rock Canyon Overlook Overlook Overlook Yampa B TAIN CANYON Roundtop ench Road T MOUN EAST CACTUS FLAT Visitor Center SPLI YAMP 8575ft Harding Hole Baker Cabin Dinosaur Quarry A P 2614m Overlook LATEAU Tanks Peak Split Mountain BLU IN 8717ft To 4 0 from E MOUNTA 14N Josie Morris NTAIN 2657m 14 OP MOU Deerlodge Park To Cabin ND T 17mi 27km G ROU Island Park Road reen Rive and Vernal r k Roa E ee d G r ID 95 R B C rus b Z h Cr Cu NT Roa U Auto Tour 16 d Flow Green River ST Journey Through Time 149 (summer only) 14 To 4 0 Auto Tour 16 7mi 11km Jensen Tour of the Tilted Rocks GE 16 RID n Road 16 Harpe Utah Welcome Center F ountai rs Fossils can be seen only LIF e M C C Blu o at the Dinosaur Quarry. r n Jensen to Vernal e No camping allowed along W r O 13mi 22km o Harpers Corner Drive. l D f Escalante Overlook To Salt Lake City A H D C 170mi 274km riv r R A e e e T k O U 16 L R o O a d C Plug Hat Butte To Maybell 24mi 39km 40 40 To Denver 320mi 515km This computer-generated view Unpaved road Ranger station Wheelchair accessible looks due north. Topography is (may be impassable Blue Mountain shown at about a 2:1 vertical when wet) Picnic area Campground Visitor Center exaggeration. The scale varies: Dinosaur Monument Headquarters from east to west the park is 43 Fire tower Self-guiding trail Primitive campground Colorado miles long, 69 kilometers; from To Rangely Welcome Center north to south (Gates of Lodore 18mi 29km to Visitor Center) the distance 64 is 35 miles, 56 kilometers. Grand Junction and 70 108mi 174km To Rangely.
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