DINO-TREKKING
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September
26, 1997 (revised June 2001)
Dino
Site # 1 of an amazingly long series.
DINOSAUR STATE
PARK
Rocky
Hill, Connecticut, United States
You can make a real
plaster
casting of an actual dinosaur track within the domed visitor center
at this state park. But bring your own plaster of paris, liquid cooking
oil, and materials for cleanup, if you want this amazing keepsake. The
tracks are from the Jurassic period, making this the true Jurassic Park.
Just which dinosaur left the tracks is uncertain, but Dilophosaurus
is
the popular favorite -- the closest known match. A life size model of Dilophosaurus
is
on display. The outside exhibits and the visitor center were remodeled
as of the summer of 1993.
There are over 2,000 dino
tracks there! And you can look at more than 500 of them. The rest are buried
to keep them safe.
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Dinosaur
State Park
400 West Street
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
USA 06067-3506
Park INFOLINE....… (860)
529-8423
FDPA Office……….. (860) 257-7601
Park Staff.........…….(860)
529-5816
Park Grounds are open
daily
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas
Day, and New Year's Day.
Exhibit Center is open
Tuesday through Sunday,
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed
Mondays.
Casts may be made at our
Casting Area daily from May 1 to October 31
Admission: Low fee
Exhibit Center Admission
$2 Adults (Ages
18 and over)
$1 Youth (Ages
6-17)
FREE Children
(5 years and under)
FREE Charter
Oak Pass Holders
Facilties:
Rest rooms, gift shop, wheelchair accessible.
Dinosaur State Park is located
one mile east of Exit 23
(West Street)
on Interstate Highway 91,
a few miles south of Hartford,
Connecticut.
Check out their Website:
http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/
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