April 25, 2024 Update
Dinosaur Quarry and Cub Creek Area
Construction: The official Quarry Visitor Center is closed for a construction project from late October 2023 through May 2024. The Quarry Exhibit Hall (where you see the dinosaur fossils) is open and not affected by this project. During the visitor center closure, a temporary building in the parking lot will serve as the Quarry Visitor Center. Rangers will be available there to orient visitors and answer questions. Visitors can also stamp their passport books and shop the Dinosaur Forever gift store.
Roads
Cub Creek Road: Open, paved for first 8 miles, unpaved for final 2 miles. Road guide booklet available at visitor centers and near Entrance Station for $1.
Split Mountain Road: Open, paved.
Campgrounds
Green River Campground: Open, drinking water on, $18 per night for groups up to 8 people. All sites are first-come, first-served through May 15. Starting May 16, sites in Loops A and B are available for reservation through Recreation.gov. Sites in Loop C remain first-come, first-served.
Split Mountain Group Campground: Open, drinking water on, $40 per night for groups up to 25 people. Reservations available through Recreation.gov.
Trails
Fossil Discovery Trail: Open. Free trail handout available at Quarry Visitor Center and Exhibit Hall. Trail work is occurring but trail remains open during construction.
Sound of Silence Trail: Open. Trail booklet available at trailhead for $1.
Desert Voices Trail: Open.
River Trail: Open. Leashed pets permitted. Pick up and dispose of pet waste.
Lizard Petroglyph Trail: Open.
Box Canyon Trail: Open.
Hog Canyon Trail: Open.
Harpers Corner & Echo Park Areas
Roads
Harpers Corner Road: Open, paved. Road guide booklet available at visitor centers for $1.
Echo Park Road: Open, unpaved. All-wheel drive recommended. May become impassable when wet. Little to no cell phone service in area. Not recommended for large RVs or trailers due to steep, narrow sections.
Yampa Bench Road: Open, unpaved. Be prepared for at least one large mud pit. All-wheel drive and high clearance recommended. May become impassable when wet. Little to no cell phone service in this area.
Campgrounds
Echo Park Campground: Open, vault toilets, no drinking water (water has been turned on at spigots but is not yet potable so do not use for drinking or cooking until Not Potable signs are removed), $6 per night for groups up to 8 people, first-come, first-served. Pack out your own trash..Access depends on Echo Park or Yampa Bench road conditions. There is little to no cell phone service in this area.
Trails
Plug Hat Butte Area Trails: Open. Leashed pets permitted.
Ruple Point Trail: Open.
Harpers Corner Trail: Open.
Bull Canyon Trail (Off Yampa Bench Road - Not Bull Canyon Rim Trail at Plug Hat Butte): Flooding caused severe damage to the trail including complete wash out of trail in lower sections of the canyon.
Rainbow Park & Island Park Area
Island Park Road: Open, unpaved. May become impassable when wet. Some rough sections with ruts.
McKee Springs Petroglyph Trail: Open.
Rainbow Park Campground: Open, vault toilets, no drinking water, $6 per night for groups up to 8 people, first-come, first-served. Access to campground depends on Island Park Road conditions.
Deerlodge Park Area
Deerlodge Road: Open, paved.
Deerlodge Campground: Open, vault toilets, no drinking water, $6 per night for groups up to 8 people, first-come, first-served. Pack out your own trash. Use caution near river edge due to bank collapse.
Yampa River flows at Deerlodge Park
Jones Hole Area
Jones Hole Trail: Open.
Gates of Lodore Area
Colorado HWY 318: Open, paved.
Moffat County HWY 34 & 34N: Open, unpaved.
Gates of Lodore Trail: Open. Trail booklet available at trailhead for $1.
Gates of Lodore Campground: Open, vault toilets, no drinking water, $6 per night for groups up to 8 people, first-come, first-serve. Pack out your own trash.
Green River River flows above Gates of Lodore
