Dinosaur Ridge is an outdoor museum that features natural geology and fossils from 150 to 100 million years ago along a closed road that acts as our trail. You can hike the trail/road to explore on your own using our interpretive signs and/or a field guide purchasable in our gift shops, or you can go on a Guided Shuttle Tour with a guide to see several fossil locations including a site with several dozen dinosaur bones and another with over 300 dinosaur footprints. Our Main Visitor Center features an exhibit area and Guided Tours, and the Discovery Center features a small exhibit area and information.

Local

Eat and Drink

• Golden moon Distillery - Golden (2.4 miles) - Golden Moon Distillery was founded in early 2008 specifically to produce premium hand-crafted spirit...
• Three Tomatoes Grille - Golden (3.5 miles) - Open all year round to the public, we’re not the typical golf course restaurant. We provide authen...
• Golden Moon Speakeasy - Golden (4.9 miles) - Golden Moon Speakeasy is a speakeasy style cocktail lounge and distillery tasting room. We offer an ...
• The Wild Game Entertainment Experience - Evergreen (8.7 miles) - Encompassing more than 25,000 square feet, The Wild Game Entertainment Experience offers an upscale ...
• Strange Craft Beer Company - Denver (9.9 miles) - Welcome to our home of Strangely hand-crafted, fine ales (and occasional lagers). We have a beer to ...

See and Do

• Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Golden (2.2 miles) - The mission of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and educate the pub...
• Jefferson County Fairgrounds Golden (2.5 miles) - Our dynamic venue plays host to horse shows, rodeos, trade shows, conventions, business meetings, co...
• Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave Golden (4.0 miles) - Visit the one and only grave of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Located in Lookout Mountain ...
• Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave Golden (4.0 miles) - The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave is a 65 acre attraction located at the top of Lookout Mountain. Th...
• Colorado Cross Country Ski Association Golden (4.1 miles) - The Colorado Cross Country Ski Association is your go-to-source for information about Nordic activit...

Shopping

• Edgewater Market and Music - Edgewater (8.5 miles) - The City of Edgewater will be hosting a Farmer's Market on 25th & Sheridan every Thursday evenin...
• BookBar - Denver (9.8 miles) - We are Denver's only bookstore wine bar. BookBar offers a menu of house made hors d'oeuvres,...
• John Fielders Colorado - Denver (10.6 miles) - John Fielder's Colorado is a Colorado landscape gallery showcasing photographs of John's wor...
• Gallagher Books - Denver (10.8 miles) - Step back 100 years when you enter Gallagher Books located on Historic Antique Row in Denver, CO wit...
• Denver Pavilions - Denver (11.3 miles) - Denver Pavilions is located on the 16th Street Mall in the heart of downtown Denver. Featuring 40 sh...