Price, Utah could be your base camp for your scenic experience. Centered between Salt Lake, Moab, Vernal and Manti. Price is surrouded by the Manti Lasal, Fishlake, and Ashley National Forests. All of which offers the visitor a variety of scenic and historical experiences all within a short drive.

Rock Art & Dino Tracks

Hunting for Dino Prints or ancient Petroglyphs and Pictographs? Rock art is smattered on the walls throughout the San Rafael Swell and there are many signs of the area's very first residents: dinosaurs.

There are too many exhibits in this "open-air" museum to lead you to all of them. Here are 4 side trips you'll love. For help getting to other sites visit one of the areas information centers or book a trip with a local guide service. Traveling with an expert ensures that you'll see much more of the rock art hiding on the stone ledges.

The Cottonwood Wash/ Buckhorn Wash road trip takes you to the Buckhorn Wash Panel, other petroglyphs and dinosaur prints. Two adjoining trips, the Moore Cutoff and Rochester Creek Rock Art Panel access roads lead you to more dinosaur tracks and the fabulous Rochester Creek Panel. Black Dragon is a short side trip off I-70 that offers many rock art panels and scenic hiking or 4 wheel driving. Each of these side trips are the perfect bicycle or ATV adventure. Just remember to stick to the established roads.

Museums In and Around Price, UT

The museums in our region each focus on unique aspects of the area's exceptionally diverse natural and human history.

• The College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, located in Price, offers extensive dinosaur and archeological exhibits. See dinosaur bones and Native American artifacts that cannot be found anywhere else. (Museum Website Link)
• The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is a working quarry offers a close-up look at some of the hundreds of fossils found in the area. The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry has sent bones to museums around the globe. Public tours are welcomed at the visitors center.
• The John Wesley Powell River History Museum and Gallery tells the story of the men who explored and charted Green and Colorado Rivers. This museum is a sight as amazing as the mighty Green River itself. The River Gallery exhibits fine desert art. It is located in Green River.
• The Western Mining and Railroad Museum chronicles the period from the late 1870s to 1950, and offers a glimpse at the immigrants who came from all over the world to work in Castle Country's mines and on the railroad. The museum is in historic Helper.
• The Museum of the San Rafael reveals the secrets of the mysterious San Rafael Desert. The wild life, geology and dinosaurs found in the area is on display. This museum is well worth the trip to Castle Dale.
• Emery County Pioneer Museum: Did you ever wonder how great-grandma and grandpa lived in the 1800's? The Emery County Pioneer Museum, in Castle Dale, gives you the perfect opportunity to find out. History and antique lovers will enjoy the pioneer relics and stories.

Historic / Cultural Tours

Coal miners, railroad workers and Mormon Pioneers from around the globe settled Castle Country. The resulting communities were some of the most diverse settlements in the country - with wild histories.

• Outlaws frequented the area and made the San Rafael Swell their hide out.
• Area cemeteries give evidence to our settler's ethnic diversity and remind us of the mining disasters that took many lives.
• The coal mines and railroads were the centerpiece of the thriving communities. Because there were many operating mines, ghost towns (link to ghost towns) dot nearly every canyon.
• Historic Helper was named for the helper engines it connected to the long trains to help them get over the mountain passes. Today its Main Street shops are filled with artist's studios, antique malls and a brewpub.

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