Dinosaur Ridge
Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the town of Morrison and just west of Denver.Photo: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Green Mountain and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Green Mountain
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Green Mountain is a mesa on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 6,854-foot mesa summit is located in William Frederick Hayden Park in the City of Lakewood, Colorado, United States, 4.0 miles west of the municipal center of Lakewood in Jefferson County.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Theater building
Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater near Morrison, Colorado, approximately ten miles southwest of Denver. It is owned and operated by the city of Denver. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is situated 2 miles southwest of Dinosaur Ridge.
Colorado Music Hall of Fame
Museum
Colorado Music Hall of Fame is a nonprofit in Colorado, United States founded in 2011 with a mission to promote and support Colorado's music community. Colorado Music Hall of Fame is situated 2 miles southwest of Dinosaur Ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morrison and West Pleasant View.
Morrison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.
West Pleasant View
Village
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
West Pleasant View is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. West Pleasant View is situated 3 miles north of Dinosaur Ridge.
Idledale
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Idledale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Idledale is situated 3 miles southwest of Dinosaur Ridge.
Dinosaur Ridge
- Type: Sign
- Description: ridge in Colorado, United States
- Categories: museum, protected area, hill, paleontological site, information, and tourism
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.68834° or 39° 41′ 18″ northLongitude
-105.19054° or 105° 11′ 26″ westOpen location code
85FPMRQ5+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 8450065870OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=informationWikidata ID
Q5278648
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Korean—“Dinosaur Ridge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dinosaur Ridge (tagaytay sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Dinosaur Ridge”
- Chinese: “恐龙岭”
- Dutch: “Dinosaur Ridge”
- Indonesian: “Dinosaur Ridge”
- Korean: “다이너소어 능선”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dinosaur Ridge Visitor Center and Gift Shop.
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