The Dakota Hogback is a long hogback ridge at the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains that extends north-south from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico in the United States. The ridge is prominently visible as the first line of foothills along the edge of the Great Plains. It is generally faulted along its western ...

Mar 31, 2012 · The Dakota Hogback Travelers driving from the Colorado high plains west toward Rocky Mountain National Park pass through one of the more interesting and remarkable examples of the geologic history of the Rockies.

Flanking the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains between the foothills and the Great Plains, the Dakota Hogback is a thin strip of rock that extends some 200 miles from southern Wyoming to northern New Mexico.

Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the town of Morrison and just west of Denver. In 1876, fossil excavation began at Dinosaur Ridge under the direction of Yale paleontologist Dr. Othniel Charles Marsh . [ 1 ]

Jun 3, 2017 · MORRISON -- Dinosaur Ridge is actually a section of the Dakota Hogback, a steeply sloped ridge that extends several hundred miles along Colorado's Front Range and divides the state's mountains...

Oct 22, 2004 · Large hogback: The Dakota hogback is particularly well-developed at Dinosaur Ridge, as the 5th frame shows Double hogback: North of Boulder, a double hogback snakes along the Front Range into southern Wyoming.

May 31, 2021 · “The cut” revealed to as the Dakota Hogback, a steeply sloped ridge that extends for southern Wyoming across the Front Range of Colorado at the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains into Northern New Mexico.

Jun 29, 2012 · Designated a Colorado Natural Area in 2002, the Dakota Hogback/Dinosaur Ridge Natural Area in Jefferson County is a crown jewel of statewide, national and international importance. (A historical marker located in Morrison in Jefferson County, Colorado.)

The road cut into the Dakota Hogback uncovered rock layers with fossilized dinosaur and prehistoric crocodile footprints. Designated by the National Park Service as a National Natural Landmark and named by the State of Colorado as a Colorado Natural Area, Dinosaur Ridge welcomes approximately 250,000 people per year.

Oct 27, 2023 · The Dakota Hogback is a long hogback ridge at the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains that extends north-south from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico in the United States.