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    Dinosaur

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Water To Be Turned Off in Dinosaur National Monument Campgrounds

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Date: September 16, 2008
Contact: Carla Beasley, (435) 781-7700

Dinosaur National Monument announces the dates that drinking water will be turned off for winter season in campgrounds.

Split Mountain Campground: October 1
Deerlodge Park Campground: October 1
Green River Campground: October 14
Lodore Campground: October 14
Echo Park Campground: October 14

These dates are subject to change depending on weather conditions. Campgrounds will remain open, weather permitting, throughout the winter. Visitors should plan to bring drinking water if they plan to camp in monument campgrounds during the winter season. For more information, call Dinosaur National Monument at 435-781-7700.

Did You Know?

Picture of dinosaur skull.

Dinosaurs were a remarkably successful group of animals. They lived on the Earth for 160 million years. The fossils at Dinosaur National Monument represent only 10 of the many dinosaur species that existed during that long era.