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March 12, 2025
From: Green River Rocks FestivalJoin us for a weekend of free field trips with Utah’s finest geologists, paleontologists, and archaeological conservationists. Meet the organizations that preserve and protect our public lands while discovering a bounty of rocks and minerals from vendors at our pop-up market outside the John Wesley Powell River History Museum.
Schedule of the Event:
April 4, 2025
4:00pm - 5:45pm - Field Trip Sign-up at Green River High School
6:00pm - 7:30pm - Opening Lecture: Craig Childs, Tracing Time: Encounters with Ancient Rock Imagery on the Colorado Plateau
April 5, 2025
9:00am - 4:00pm Festival HQ and Market Open at John Wesley Powell River History Museum
9:00am - Dinosaur Tracks in Microbial Mats
9:30am - Geologic Glory of The San Rafael Swell
10:00am - Rivers, Beaches, and Sand Dunes [The Notch]
10:30am - Rock Art Road Trip: Buckhorn Draw and Cedar Mountain
11:00am - Temple Mountain
11:30am - Dino Tracks: Mill Canyon and Copper Ridge
12:00pm - Cleveland-Lloyd Dino Quarry
12:30pm - Fossil Point
1:00pm - Rock Art: Black Dragon
1:30pm - Giant Clams of the Mancos Shale
2:00pm - 3:00pm Museum Dino Tour
April 6, 2025
8:45am - 11:00am Festival HQ Open at JWP Museum (No Market)
9:00am - *MEET IN WELLINGTON* Rock Art Road Trip: Nine Mile Canyon
9:00am - Rock Art Road Trip: Buckhorn Draw
9:15am - Rivers, Beaches, and Sand Dunes [Gentile Wash]
9:30am - Geology and Paleontology of The San Rafael Swell
9:45am - Temple Mountain
10:00am - Agates to Uranium
10:15am - Crystal Geyser: A Geological Oddity
10:30am - Old Highway "SR-24"
10:45am - Rock Art: Sego Canyon
11:00am - Fossil Point
Date: April 4-6, 2025
Location:
Green River High School, 455 400 N St, Green River, UT 84525
John Wesley Powell River History Museum, 1765 Main St, Green River, UT 84525
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