Jennifer A.
8/16/2025
Anyone under 5 is free, anyone over is $6. This museum is on the small side. I finished it in 10-15 mins. But my toddler went around the museum about 5 times. So we were there for 1.5 hours....
Dinosaur State Park
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400 West St
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
In August of 1966, bulldozer operator Edward McCarthy was excavating a rocky site for a state building. He turned over a slab of gray sandstone and saw something very exciting: six large, three-toed footprints. Within a few weeks of the discovery, state officials decided to preserve the site as a state park. Two seasons of careful excavation resulted in one of the largest on-site displays of dinosaur tracks in the world. Fossil tracks are named independently from fossil animals. No skeletal remains were found at the Rocky Hill site so scientists speculate that the animal was similar to Dilophosaurus based on the shape and size of the footprints and the age of the sandstone where they are found. Hear more during our interactive track talk! The Park offers school field trips, as well as family-oriented programming on weekends, school vacations, and during the summer months. The Park has several days where admission is free over the summer in June and August!
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3.5(54)
Will D.
1/13/2026
This is a fun spot that's a little underwhelming in terms of the attractions. Part museum, part park, when we went it was covered in snow, so we only really were able to experience what's inside....
Kim V.
7/26/2025
If you love dinosaurs, this is the place to visit. It's a state park on 80 acres and 7 of that are dinosaur footprints. Yep! Actual preserved footprints, right in Rocky Hill CT. In 1966, 2,600...
Stefanie K.
11/9/2023
We were in CT for a wedding in April and unfortunately were not able to visit the park. In October we went down again for a wedding and this time made it a point to go as my son is a Dino lover...
Christine G.
8/24/2023
Honestly not sure what all the negativity is all about here. Maybe they had some changes in staff/volunteers but everyone we encountered was helpful and kind. The indoor exhibit is small and...
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