3/23/2023 0 Comments Trilobite udig site![]() I don’t recommend bringing kids younger than 4 years old at all. ![]() This was my 4 year old – she wanted to keep ALL of the trilobites! Don’t get me wrong, we each left with a solid 10-15 pounds of rock, but she just wanted to hoard it all haha! I conveniently made some of the more damaged pieces disappear when she wasn’t looking! Much of the quarry is rocky and steep enough that it’s not suitable for everyone to climb through, but that doesn’t mean you can’t join the group and watch! There is a shaded picnic table area for anyone who is not digging. Even if you’re in a large group there’s PLENTY of space for everyone. Trilobites are not in short supply here! They are EVERYWHERE! And crazy enough my 4 year old found more trilobites than the rest of us! Probably because she is closer to the ground to see them! The quarry is huge. You could tell he really loves what he does, and he was so helpful! He showed us some fossil examples, showed the kids how to hammer away to find the best fossils, and threw a bunch of fossils in our bucket to get us started. The guy at the fossil shack was INCREDIBLY nice. ![]() The price to dig for fossils depends on the age of the digger as well as how long you are digging for! You can see current prices here, but we spent about about $60 for 4 of us (my daughter was free) for 2 hours of digging. How much does it cost to dig for fossils? We were about 7000 miles into a road trip so all we could do was triple bag ours which wasn’t the most ideal but it worked. U-Dig Fossils provides the hammers and buckets so there’s no need to bring along your own gear! Although I do recommend if possible bringing your own container(s) to put your fossils in. I highly recommend bringing the following items on your fossil hunt: You won’t miss them! What to Bring on Your Fossil Hunt: Just look at that scenery!!! There are only a few road splits and as you can see above the road signs that mark the road are clearly visible. As you can imagine it is a VERY dusty drive out there! I can’t imagine having a big rig!Īnd a word of caution – keep your windows rolled UP and your recycled air on. There was one or two very tight curves so make sure you are driving slow enough to handle them! Personally I wouldn’t have wanted to drive an RV 20 miles on these gravel roads as the two curves had me a little nervous. I was driving a mini van and the gravel roads were just fine. There are U-Dig signs posted along the 20 miles of gravel road (like you see below!) to keep you on the correct route. (you’ll see the sign in the photo above!) Then travel 20 miles down a gravel road to reach the U-Dig trilobite quarry. At the U-Dig Fossil Sign, between mile markers 56-57, turn north. Directions from Delta:ĭrive 32 miles west of Delta on highway 6/50. I get a little nervous driving to the middle of nowhere with kids and a GPS that won’t work but everything was so clearly marked it wasn’t an issue at all. U-Dig has done a fantastic job of marking every turn once you get to their quarry. ![]() There’s quite literally nothing else around. Once you get on the main road, you can’t miss the quarry signs like you see above. The kids were SO excited by the time we saw our first quarry sign – but be forewarned, you have 20 more miles to go – all on a gravel dusty road! How to get to the U-Dig Fossils Quarry:Īs you can imagine there’s a pretty good possibility that your phone GPS will not work out there….and even if it does it will probably be quite wrong. It’s a strange and beautiful feeling all at once. I’ll tell you this – the scenery is breath taking! Aside from traveling on a road to get there – you’ll feel like you’re the only person who exists on the planet. It can get well over 100* in the summer in Utah and you do not want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere because you forgot to fill up your gas tank! I also highly recommend having a gallon of water per person on hand if you’re traveling. We drove in from Salt Lake City on our (very out of) way to Colorado Springs. (From Provo it’s about 142 miles and 182 miles from Salt Lake City.) Trust me when I say there’s nothing out near the quarry – so make sure you gas up your vehicle and have plenty of water and supplies with you before you leave town! First, the quarry is about 50 miles west of the town of Delta, Utah. ![]()
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