Denver’s Dinosaur Freeway

Denver's Dinosaur Freeway

photo: Lon Abbott and Terri Cook

The Denver of 100 million years ago looked very different than today. It was a beach along which herds of iguanadon dinosaurs migrated. These tracks are at Denver’s Dinosaur Ridge National Natural Landmark. A number of similar (but less impressive) trackways have been found stretching from Boulder to northeast New Mexico, causing famed dinosaur tracker Martin Lockley to call this the “Dinosaur Freeway”.

Denver's Dinosaur Freeway

photo: Lon Abbott and Terri Cook