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Grand Mea, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Colorado

The trackway purchased by the government in April 2024.
The trackway purchased by the government in April 2024. Photo: USDA Forest Service

This site was just made accessible in April 2024, when the U.S. Forest Service acquired 27 acres in Ouray County, Colorado. Two of the acquired parcels contain a fossilized dinosaur trackway of 134 prints covering over 300 feet (91 meters), making it the largest continuous dinosaur trackway in the world, according to the Forest Service. The trackways were made by an individual sauropod over 150 million years ago, according to a USFS release. The trackway is known as the West Gold Hill Dinosaur Track site.