Vernal Express | 1981-07-02 | Page 30 | Quarry Open to Summer Activities

Quarry open to summer activities PARK RANGER Neil Hawk gives one of the twice hourly "Cliff Talks" to visitors inside the Quarry Visitor Center at Dinosaur National Monument. XT , monumsriT Safest .V BETH, 9 and Cliff Harlin, 13, of Louisville, Ky. pause to look at the new exhibits greeting visitors to Dinosaur National Monument. Monu-ment. These exhibits help orient the travelers to the diverse programs and activities going on during the summer. i-ill tllilJ VISITORS RETURN to contact station exhibit area at Dinosaur National Monument after riding the Quarry shuttle bus. Ever wonder how dinosaurs lived 140 million yeara ago? Or wanted to examine some Indian petroglyphs? These are some of the activities waiting the visitor to Dinosaur National Monument this summer. The Quarry Visitor Center, seven miles north of Jensen on U-149, is the center for many varied activities. The center houses the largest concentration of Jurassic-age (about 140 million years ago) dinosaur fossils found in the world. Inside the center, park rangers tell the story of the dinosaur deposit and discuss some of the theories behind their disappearance. The center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Indian petroglyphs can be examined during the Cub Creek Tram Tour which begin at 8:30 a.m. from the Green River Campground, 2 p.m. from the Quarry Contact Station parking area. The 2V2-hour 2V2-hour tour is ranger conducted and stops at the Cub Creek petroglyph site and the Josie Morris cabin. Junior paleontologist programs begin daily at 12 noon and 3 p.m. Open to all children ages 8 to 10. The children spend an hour with a ranger learning what it's like to hunt for and work with fossils. Evening campfire programs are held nightly at the Green River Campground Cam-pground at 8 p.m. This is an "old fashioned" campfire program where the participants learn more about the Dinosaur area. The campfire program begins at 9:15 p.m. at the Split Mountain Moun-tain Campground. In addition to these ranger-conducted activities, there is a wide variety of things visitors can do on their own. One of the most rewarding is to drive the Harpers Corner Road from Dinosaur, Colo., and hike two miles round trip to Harpers Corner which overlooks the confluence of the Green Yampa Rivers. Many visitors claim that this view is the most spectacular in the world, said Denny Davis, Quarry spokesperson. Information about ongoing programs and activities can be obtained by call [phone] or [phone].