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The Seasons They Are A Changing

tray of hamburgers and hot dogs

Beginning Monday, Sept 17, the Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall go to Fall/Winter hours. They will both be open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Starting Monday, the shuttle between the visitor center and exhibit hall will operate only on Saturdays and Sunday through mid-October. On weekdays, visitors drive their personal vehicle to…

They’re Finally Here!

We’ve been waiting all summer for the road construction on SR 149 to get to our end of the road… it is finally here! They will have to make a couple of passes and do the west end of our parking lot but we’re almost there. They are supposed to lay down another strip of…

Summer Schedules (As of May 8, 2018)

Dinosaur National Monument: On the Colorado side, the Canyon Visitor Center will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. until Saturday, May 19th when they will be open daily. On the Utah side, shuttle bus operations between the Quarry Visitor Center and the Exhibit Hall will start. The shuttle will leave…

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FYI Green River campground is open for first-come, first-served family camping. Volunteer hosts Terry and Janis McCabe (site #41) and Bill Losey site #22) are in place in GR and host Maurice Kelley will be moving into SM tomorrow. Terry and Janis have been volunteer hosting
on and off here for many years and this is Bill’s second go-around. Maurice is new to volunteer hosting. Please say hi and introduce yourself if you happen to be passing through these campgrounds!

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Harpers Corner Rd is now open all the way. There are a few spots that the snow is close to the fog line but that will melt off quickly. Canyon Overlook is one lane down to the lower parking lot but we will have that plowed by the end of the week.

10:33 AM 3/28/2018

Easter Sunday & April Fool’s Day

Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. The Easter date  depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox. What Do People Do? Many churches hold special services on Easter Sunday, which celebrate the Jesus Christ’s resurrection after his crucifixion. Many people also decorate eggs. These can be hard boiled eggs that can be…

First Day of Spring – March 20, 2018

From Timeanddate.com March Equinox – Equal Day and Night, Nearly There are two equinoxes every year – in March and September – when the Sun shines directly on the equator and the length of night and day are nearly equal. The Earth during the equinox. (Not to scale) March Equinox in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA is on Tuesday,…