Feet — Longmint

When you look at a cast of a "Longmont Foot," you aren't looking at a simple dent. You are looking at a slab of sandstone that holds the three-toed, claw-tipped imprint of an Allosaurus or the elephantine, nail-less puddle of a Brachiosaurus . Some of these feet measure nearly three feet long. To stand beside one is to realize that a creature the size of a house once walked exactly where you are standing, its weight pressing mud into stone.

The term "Longmont Feet" also carries a local legend. In the early 20th century, ranchers would find these giant, stone-filled depressions and assumed they were "God's footprints" or the remains of ancient giant humans. They called them "the long feet of the mountain spirits"—a name that eventually corrupted to "Longmont Feet" as the town grew. Today, scientists know they belong to dinosaurs, but the magic remains. longmint feet

Officially known as the (though often regionally linked to Longmont due to proximity and similar geological layers), these are not just footprints; they are prehistoric monuments. Discovered more prominently in the nearby Picketwire Canyonlands, the “Longmont Feet” refer to one of the largest concentrations of dinosaur tracks on the North American continent. When you look at a cast of a