This is a sponsored post with Dinosaurland, Utah. All opinions and love for travel are all my own.
We have a great list of places we want to visit with our family that are located here in the United States. Honestly, we love family travel and the kids do like to fly, but I prefer to fly with them in the US, at least while they are younger. One of those places, located here in the United States, is Dinosaurland Utah.
Have you heard of Dinosaurland yet?
With activities like camping, hiking, biking, boating, swimming, rafting and exploring petroglyphs and museums, Dinosaurland has an adventure for everyone. I know this destination would be a HIT with the whole family.
About Dinosaurland Utah
Dinosaur National Monument is the only place in the world that provides an interactive experience with more than 1,500 dinosaur bones and fossils. Visitors can view and touch dinosaur bones in their original resting place! You’ll get to look out over the world-renowned Carnegie Dinosaur Quarry, where these one-of-a-kind fossils are located. The Quarry Exhibit Hall offers up-close views of this unique bone bed.
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5 Things We’d Do at Dinosaurland
Besides visiting the Dinosaur Quarry, here are more things we’d love to do when visiting Dinosaurland. There really is so much to see and do. It is the ultimate vacation destination for families!
1. Jones Hole
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An easy hike that will take about 5 hours, we’d love to visit Jones Hole. Jones Hole is a 2,000-foot-deep gorge located in the Dinosaur National Monument. You’ll find Jones Hole Creek at the bottom of the gorge. This scenic hike features beautiful plant life and wildlife.
2. Red Fleet State Park
Because of it’s close proximity, our family would also love to visit this state park. Red Fleet State Park is a 750-acre reservoir. My kids would love to go boating and fishing on this reservoir. This state park features a fossil trackway of dinosaur footprints too! I’d be happy seeing the scenic beauty here as well: sandstone and dessert landscape galore! You can even rent and stay in a teepee overnight! The kids would LOVE that.
3. McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs
A popular Utah site, McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs would be a big hit with my family. The rock art is located in Dry Fork Canyon. You’ll find the petroglyphs along a 200-foot-high “Navajo Formation” sandstone cliff. There are trails that take you up to the petroglyphs where you’ll see figures up to 9 feet tall. These tall figures represent the Fremont culture. The Fremonts were local to this area from about 1-1200 A.D.
4. River Rafting
Easy or wild – a river trip down Northeastern Utah’s Green or Yampa River is a thrill you’ll never forget. Make it the perfect family vacation – or scream for extreme adventure. Whatever your choice, our guides and outfitters can get you and your family down the river in style. Our family would take an easy river trip run for sure!
5. Echo Park
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We’d love to see Steamboat Rock in Echo Park. Echo Park is located in Dinosaur’s canyon country. At Steamboat Rock the Yampa River flows into the Green River. While here, we’d love to explore the area’s homsteading and ranching history.
These are the five things I’d add to our itinerary at Dinosaurland Utah. What would you add to yours? Visit Dinosaurland Utah and let me know. I’d love to hear your ideas!
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I can’t swim, so I would skip the rafting, but the rest of the tour looks like a lot of fun. I have been interested in dinosaurs for as long as I can remember.
Hopefully, you’d stay in the raft, David. I’ve fallen out of rafts and it’s not quite so fun. But with the life jacket you’d be safe 🙂 And yes, my kids are big dinosaur fans. We have lots of dinosaur kid’s movies.
This place sounds amazing. I’m hoping to work the trip into our schedule next year.
It does sound fun, doesn’t it Denise? I like visiting places here in the United States and Utah isn’t too far away!
My kids would absolutely love to visit Dinosaur Land!
Yes! They would — it’d be fun for the whole family. There is so much to do in Uintah County too — not just Dinosaurland. Beautiful place 😉
What a neat place to visit! I’d never heard of Dinosaurland before but it seems like a super fun place to bring the kids with so many educational opportunities for kids and adults alike 🙂
I hadn’t heard of this place until last month, Valerie. Then I started seeing some sponsored Facebook posts about it. It looks so much fun. We like putting travel destinations on our travel bucketlist that are in the United States and Utah is so beautiful. I want to take my kids!
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Thank you for posting this! My son would love this! I definitely need to share this info with my family!
It looks fun, doesn’t it Jodi?
Our family has never been to Dinosaurland but NOW I want to go. The vistas are beautiful and it’s the closest to a real dinosaur I will probably ever be (hopefully).
We haven’t either, but I really want to take the kids. Utah has already been on our travel shortlist because of its beauty. Now, we MUST go!
Dinosaur land? What a cool sounding place! Who wouldn’t want to visit? Thanks for putting it on our radar! I’d love to hear if you go:)
It’ll definitely be on the blog when we go, Terumi! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, I LOVED dinosaurs as a kid, I would have loved going on a trip like this! Who am I kidding, I would still love it 🙂
This looks so fun! My girl’s would love it! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow, i’ve never heard of this place until now. Definitely a family fun place to visit, especially since my 7 year old is really into dinosaurs right now.
My 8 year old girl loves dinosaurs. My three year old boy is just starting to get interested. My daughter has introduced him to The Land Before Time DVDs recently 🙂
I grew up in Utah and always loved going to the dino query. However, I recently watched a TED talk by Java Horner that totally blew my mind about dinosaurs, I don’t know if dinosaur land would be the same anymore..
I’ll have to check that out Kristie. The kids would LOVE it the most I think. I’d be in awe of all the natural beauty that Utah has to offer. 😉
This sounds like a fantastic family trip! I love how you provided these additional ideas to make it appealing for everyone in the family.
Thanks! This is one place that I know my whole family will love!
I have to admit that I have not heard of this place, but it sounds incredible! We have yet to visit any Utah National Parks, but this looks like a place we need to add to our list! Thank you for sharing about it!
Utah has been on our family travel shortlist for about two years, Jen. We were just waiting until the kids got just a little bit older. We’d road trip over there. Washington isn’t too far. I can’t wait now that I’ve learned even more!
I’d never heard of Dinosaurland but the dessert SW is totally on my bucket list. This looks super cool!
That looks amazing. All the National Parks in Utah are on my list at the moment.
Somehow, I never realized there was a Dinosaur Land!
Utah has so much good stuff!
I don’t live anywhere near Dinosaurland but it sure looks like a beautiful and exciting place! I’d love to see the 9ft. tall Petroglyphs, but I’d skip the river rafting. I like to wade in water, not scream 🙂
Those petroglyphs would be awesome, wouldn’t they Renee? River Rafting is fun to a point for me. I don’t like screaming either. When it’s a calm experience, I love it.
I love Utah. It is such an amazing state! Can I go on your next trip? haha
Looks so fun and I love rating and yes, I have fallen out also 🙂
How cool! My son LOVES dinosaurs and he would just Love to visit dinosaur land! I think I will have to look into taking a family vacation this summer to visit! Thanks for the cool post!
My kids would love this place. My oldest has been into dinos since her toddler years.