Mill Canyon Dinosaur Bones Trail

The Jurrasic Period in Moab.

Do you know the difference between a bird-hipped and a lizard-hipped dinosaur? Not me. However, both hip bones (and beyond) reside in Mill Canyon. One hundred fifty million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the swampy Moab area and left a trail of fossiled bones. It’s hard to picture the area as a bog with creatures that weighed 1.5 tons. Now, you barely see a lizard scooting around the dusty but majestic red rocks. Most people won’t have time to visit this trail, but it’s an easy and scenic hike, and you can feel like an adventuring paleontologist for a day. Follow my feet…

Old ruins and relics.

Click the boney photo collage to visit Mosaic Monday. Do you see the dinosaur bones? They’re the dark shapes embedded in the rock, and they’re everywhere.

Stay tuned for much more from Moab!

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Sharon Wagner is a supernatural writer, inexhaustible travel blogger, and illustrator of children’s books, including Maya Monkey. A creative from birth, she never stops dreaming of magical worlds to unravel with words. Her debut novel, The Levitation Game, launches this summer. When she’s not traveling the jungles of Central America, Sharon lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two cats.

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16 Comments

  1. The red rock scenery is beautiful. A wonderful place to hike an visit!
    Take care, enjoy your day!

  2. What an adventure! I enjoyed reading very much. It`s a little Jurassic Parc and I love this. I’ll reply sooner this week.

    I am very happy about the contribution to MosaicMonday again, thank you for that.
    Kind regards from Heidrun

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