| Message | Hi there. I came across your site, and I was suprised at one major tracksite left off your list of places in the U.S.: Picketwire Canyon in southeast Colorado (just south of LaJunta). It is, in fact, considered the largest tracksite in N. America. I'm sure it's remote location leaves it off most people's list, but I have to say that the contemplative quiet of the area only adds to the allure - my husband and I went twice during the fall of '06, both times on Mondays, and we were the only people in the canyon.
The canyon is in the provision of the US Forest Service, and their info on it can be found on the website for the Comanche National Grassland. There are plenty of other sites that speak of it that can be found with a Google search. You can read my review of the overall hike of Picketwire Canyon on trails-dot-com.
I am sad to say that the location was once part of Pinon Canyon Army Training area that is just down the canyon from the tracksite, and it is part of the planned expansion of that training area. Once the Army gets it back, it will be lost to the public forever, so get there while you can.
Reply by GK:
Thanks for the good information. I hope the site remains open. I do include it in my menu of Western Dinosaur Tracksites, which is part of my page entitled Dinosaur Tracks and Ichnology, linked near the bottom of my Paluxy main page. However, I will also add it to the list of sites at the end of my article "Overiew of Dinosaur Tracking." |