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Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway - Utah

Utah's Dinosaur Diamond runs through the best land in the world to learn about dinosaurs. Museums along the route display many such fossils and also artifacts of the ancient Indians who once lived in the deep canyons, colorful deserts and cool mountain valleys of this part of the American West.

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Getting to the Byway:

##Salt Lake City, UT to Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway## * Take I-80 east just past Kimball Junction. * Get on US-40 and go southeast to Duchesne where you enter the byway.

Navigating the Byway:
####UT/CO Border via I-70 to Moab#### * The Utah Section starts at the UT/CO border on I-70. Go west. * Take exit 212, the eastern Cisco exit, and turn left over the Interstate. * A mile and a half west of Cisco is the three-way junction with UT-128. *Turn left and head south toward the Colorado River, Castle Valley, and Moab. * At the intersection with US 191, turn left (south) to reach Moab, UT. ####Moab, UT to Green River, UT#### * Turn right (north) onto US 191 and cross the Colorado River. * Continue north to Crescent Junction and I-70. * Take I-70 west past Green River, UT. ####Green River, UT to Price, UT#### * Two miles west of Green River, UT turn north at exit 156 onto US 6/191. * Head north towards Price, UT, about 60 miles northwest. ####Price, UT to Duchesne, UT#### * From Price, continue north and west on US 6/191 through the town of Helper. * Four miles north of Helper is where US 6/191 splits. Take the right-hand turn onto US-191 that goes down and over the Price River, the railroad tracks, and around the coal-fired power plant you see there. * Continue on US-191 44 miles up Willow Creek Canyon, up and over Reservation Ridge with a pass at just over 9,000 feet above sea level, and down through Indian Canyon to the town of Duchesne, UT in the Uintah Basin. ####Duchesne, UT to Vernal, UT#### * A few blocks after crossing the Strawberry River, there is a stop sign that divides US 191 from US 40. * Turn right and head east on US 40 through Myton at the Duchesne River bridge and then through Roosevelt. * US 40 continues on into Vernal ending up on Main Street. ####Vernal, UT to UT/CO Border#### * Take US 40 east for 12 miles to reach Jensen, UT. * Continue east across the bridge over the Green River. * Travel 18 miles to UT/CO border where this the Utah section of the byway ends.

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