Geology

Buckhorn Dino Track

Emery County, UT

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

A short scramble up a sandstone ledge in Buckhorn Draw reaches a three-toed ornithopod track set in Navajo Sandstone and ringed by stones. The print records a dinosaur crossing dune sand more than 180 million years ago. The site is a signed roadside stop on the Buckhorn Draw Scenic Backway between Castle Dale and I-70.

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RegionEmery County, UT
Coordinates (approx.)39.1609, -110.7295
ARPACultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.

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