CO 26, CO 26 becomes US 40 E. Turn left onto Heritage Road, then left on 6th Ave and then a slight right onto 19th Street. Turn right on the first street which is Jones Street and follow that road until you reach the parking for the trail.
The Triceratops Trail is a 1/2 mile hike that leads you on a walk through 68 million years of Colorado History. Along this trail you can see footprint, traces, and impressions left by dinosaurs and many other creatures that lived 68 million years ago.
The picture on the left are called "bulges". These of impressions of dinosaurs walking in the area. When the dinosaur walked here, he was so heavy that he left big impressions in the mud. Very neat to see.This picture on the right is a left foot of the Triceratops. 
The picture on the left gives a brief overview of Golden's landscapes. The picture on right, you can see palm impressions here. This wall was so amazing to see. Many, many fossil impressions here.
The picture on the left you can see from this picture the extreme uplift of the Rock Mountains. This is a near vertical uplift. The picture on the right, there are small animal trails and burrows.
I thought this was a pretty picture of the surrounding area.
At the end of this trip we also went into the School of Mines Museum. This is a great museum and I highly recommend going. We also stopped at another museum in the town of Morrison that was very small, but had some great dinosaur fossils on exhibit. I might put those pictures up at a later time on this blog.
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