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By Mark Hilton, August 20, 2013
Impact Crater Area Effects
1 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Wetumpka Impact Crater —
On U.S. 231 at East South Boundary Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 231.
2 ► Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Sutton-Alpine — Geology —
On Glenn Highway (State Highway 1 at milepost 61.6) east of Chickaloon Way, on the left when traveling east.
3 ► Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Sutton-Alpine — Petrified Wood —
On Glenn Highway (State Highway 1 at milepost 61.6) east of Chickaloon Way, on the left when traveling east.
4 ► Arizona, Apache County, Adamana — Metoposaur Genesis Supreme — Petrified Forest — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Blue Mesa Scenic Road 2.5 miles east of Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling east.
5 ► Arizona, Apache County, Adamana — Pioneers of Paleontology — Petrified Forest — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Petrified Forest Road 1.6 miles north of Blue Mesa Scenic Road, on the right when traveling north.
6 ► Arizona, Apache County, Adamana — The Funky Worm —
On Blue Mesa Scenic Road 2.5 miles east of Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
7 ► Arizona, Apache County, Adamana, Petrified Forest National Park — First Impressions — Petrified Forest — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Jasper Forest Road.
8 ► Arizona, Apache County, Chambers — Painted Desert / Finding Fossils
On Park Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
9 ► Arizona, Apache County, Petrified Forest National Park — When Crystal Forest Was a Forest — Petrified Forest — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Crystal Forest Trail.
10 ► Arizona, Coconino County, Page — Dinosaur Tracks —
Near U.S. 89.
11 ► Arizona, Coconino County, Page — Saurischia Dinosaur Tracks —
On Lake Powell Boulevard at Navajo Drive, on the right when traveling north on Lake Powell Boulevard.
12 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook — Agate Bridge —
On Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
13 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook — An Ice Age Encampment at Rainbow Forest —
On Petrified Forest Road.
14 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Shonto — Canyons in Time — Navajo National Monument —
On Arizona Route 564.
15 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Shonto — Dinosaur Footprint — Navajo National Monument —
On Arizona Route 564.
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16 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Shonto — Sweathouse — Navajo National Monument —
On Arizona Route 564.
17 ► Arizona, Navajo County, Shonto — Upside-down Mountain — Navajo National Monument —
On Arizona Route 564.
18 ► Arkansas, Conway County, Winrock — Two Dominant Fossils of the Area —
Near Petit Jean Mountain Road.
19 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Cameron Hills — East View —
On Quema Drive at Paseo Padre Parkway, on the right when traveling east on Quema Drive.
20 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Cameron Hills — In Search of Fossils —
Near Via Orinda near Castillejo Way.
21 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Cameron Hills — Land Mammals of the Irvingtonian Age —
Near Via Orinda near Castillejo Way.
22 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Cameron Hills — Sabercat Historical Park — City of Fremont — Via Orinda Entrance —
On Via Orinda at Castillejo Way, on the right when traveling east on Via Orinda.
23 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Cameron Hills — West View —
On Quema Drive near Paseo Padre Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
24 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Mission San Jose District — Sabercat Historical Park — Paseo Padre Entrance — City of Fremont —
Near Paseo Padre parkway at Quema Drive.
25 ► California, Alameda County, Fremont, Old Mission San Jose District — Sabercat Historical Park — Pine Street Entrance — City of Fremont —
On Pine Street east of Excelso Drive, on the right when traveling west.
26 ► California, Contra Costa County, Danville — Turritella Snail Bed — Fossil Snails Tell Their Story in These Rocks —
Near Wall Point Road, on the left when traveling south.
27 ► California, Contra Costa County, El Cerrito — El Cerrito Hills —
On San Pablo Avenue at Carlson Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on San Pablo Avenue.
28 ► California, Contra Costa County, Walnut Creek — Blackhawk Ranch Quarry — A Paleontological Treasure —
On Southgate Road, on the left when traveling south.
29 ► California, Humboldt County, Orick — Big Diamond — A Circus Elephant — Not a Humboldt Mastodon —
Near Redwood Highway (State Highway 101) at Hufford Road, on the right when traveling south.
30 ► California, Kern County, McKittrick — 498 — McKittrick Brea Pit —
On State Highway 58 at State Highway 33, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 58.
31 ► California, Los Angeles County, Arcadia — Cycads — Jurassic Period — 200 Million Years Ago —
Near Baldwin Avenue 0.3 miles south of Colorado Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
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32 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — 1,000 Feet Above an Underground Oil Field — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
33 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Chester Stock Ph.D. — Observation Pit — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard west of South Curson Street.
34 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Death Trap for Meat-Eaters — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
35 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Death Trap for Meat-Eaters —
Near West 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
36 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Different Types of Fossils — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
37 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — How Did 27 Columbian Mammoths Fit in This Small Pit? —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
38 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Imagining Ice Age L.A. — La Brea Tar Pits —
On Wilshire Boulevard at Curson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Wilshire Boulevard.
39 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — La Brea Tar Pits — Lake Pit —
On Wilshire Boulevard at Curson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Wilshire Boulevard.
40 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pit 13 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near West 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
41 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pit 13 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near West 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
42 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pit 9 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
43 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pit 9 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
44 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pit 91 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
45 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pits 3, 4, 61/67 — These Three Tar Pits Are Ages Apart — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
46 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Pits 3, 4, 61/67 — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
47 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Project 23 — Millions of New Fossils Found — La Brea Tar Pits —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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48 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Project 23: Who, What, Why, Where, and How? —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
49 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Rancho La Brea — National Natural Landmark —
Near Wilshire Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
50 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — Tar seeps form Ice Age time capsules —
Near Wilshire Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
51 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — What's in the crates? —
Near 6th Street east of Fairfax Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
52 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile — When Mammoths Walked on Wilshire —
Near Wilshire Boulevard at Curson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
53 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, West Los Angeles — 522 — Tongva Springs — Serra Springs — Wounded Deer Springs —
Near Barrington Boulevard 0.3 miles south of Wilshire Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
54 ► California, Los Angeles County, Pearblossom — The Devil's Punchbowl — Department of Parks & Recreation, County of Los Angeles —
Near County Route N6 8 miles south of Pearblossom Highway.
55 ► California, Napa County, Calistoga, The Petrified Forest Park — Robert Louis Stevenson Tree —
Near Petrified Forest Road east of Porter Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.
56 ► California, Orange County, Aliso Viejo — Mixocetus Baleen Whale — Plaza de La Paz
Near Plaza De La Paz west of La Paz Road. Reported unreadable.
57 ► California, Orange County, Laguna Hills — Costeau Pit —
Near Costeau Street, on the left.
58 ► California, Orange County, Laguna Hills — 28 — Fossil Reef —
On Via Lomas, on the left when traveling east.
59 ► California, Orange County, Laguna Niguel — Plaza de La Paz —
Near La Paz Road at Plaza de La Paz, on the right when traveling south.
60 ► California, Orange County, Laguna Niguel — The City Seal: Pre-Historic Past —
On Crown Valley Parkway.
61 ► California, Orange County, Mission Viejo — Fossil — Whale Exhibit —
On Christiana Road, on the right when traveling north.
62 ► California, Orange County, Mission Viejo — Oso Creek Trail —
On Veterans Way.
63 ► California, Orange County, Mission Viejo — Whale Fossil —
On Christiana Road, on the right when traveling north.
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64 ► California, Orange County, Rancho Mission Viejo — Topanga Formation —
On Ribera just west of Ascenso Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
65 ► California, San Bernardino County, Baker — A Lost Lake —
On Zzyzx Road 5 miles south of Interstate 15, on the left when traveling south.
66 ► California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, Embarcadero — 20,000 Years Ago —
Near The Embarcadero near Folsom Street, on the right when traveling west.
67 ► California, San Mateo County, Redwood City — Pleistocene Period — 2.6 Million - 11,700 Years Ago — Stanford | Redwood City —
On Broadway near Warrington Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
68 ► California, Sonoma County, Calistoga — 915 — Petrified Forest —
Near Petrified Forest Road near Porter Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
69 ► California, Sonoma County, Calistoga — 915 — Petrified Forest —
Near Petrified Forest Road 0.7 miles east of Porter Creek & Calistoga Roads.
70 ► California, Sonoma County, Calistoga — To Commemorate..."Petrified Charlie" —
Near Petrified Forest Road near Porter Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
71 ► Colorado, Bent County, Hasty — Santa Fe Trail — Travelers through Time —
Near County Highway HH near County Highway 24.
72 ► Colorado, El Paso County, United States Air Force Academy — An Ancient Geologic Past — United States Air Force Academy —
Near Academy Drive.
73 ► Colorado, Fremont County, Caρon City — The Cleveland-Delfs Quarry — Garden Park Fossil Area —
On Garden Park Road (County Road 9) 3.1 miles Field Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
74 ► Colorado, Fremont County, Caρon City — The Morrison Formation — Garden Park Fossil Area —
On Garden Park Road (County Road 9) 3.1 miles north of Field Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
75 ► Colorado, Fremont County, Caρon City — Where Have The Fossils Gone? — Garden Park Fossil Area —
On Garden Park Road (County Road 9) 3.1 miles north of Field Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
76 ► Colorado, Gunnison County, Gunnison — If You Only Knew —
On U.S. 50, on the right when traveling west.
77 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Bone Deposition —
Near West Alameda Parkway.
78 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Brontosaur Bulges —
Near Hog Back Road.
79 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Cretaceous Time —
Near County Road 93.
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80 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Theropod Track —
Near West Alameda Parkway.
81 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Triceratops Trail —
On 6th Avenue (U.S. 6) 0.5 miles south of 19th Street, on the right when traveling north.
82 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden, Lakota Hills — Bird Track —
Near Triceratops Trail 0.5 miles 19th Street (U.S. 6).
83 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden, Lakota Hills — Palm Fronds —
Near Triceratops Trail 0.5 miles 19th Street (U.S. 6).
84 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden, Lakota Hills — Triceratops Tracks —
Near Triceratops Trail 0.5 miles 19th Street (U.S. 6).
85 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — Dinosaur Ridge — Designated as part of the Dakota Hogback Natural Area —
Near West Alameda Parkway 0.1 miles west of Colorado Highway 470, on the right when traveling west.
86 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — Front Range Foothills —
Near Plains View Road.
87 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — Morrison Fossil Area — National Natural Landmark —
On West Alameda Parkway 0.1 miles south of Hog Back Road (County Road 93), on the left when traveling south.
88 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — West Alameda Parkway/Dinosaur Ridge — Works Progress Administration — 1937 —
On Hog Back Road (County Road 93) at West Alameda Parkway, on the right when traveling north on Hog Back Road.
89 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — What is the Historical Significance of this Site? —
On West Alameda Parkway/Dinosaur Ridge 0.5 miles south of South Rooney Road (County Road 53), on the right when traveling south.
90 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Kim — Life at Dinosaur Lake —
Near no nearby street.
91 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Kim — The Largest Tracksite in North America —
Near no nearby street.
92 ► Colorado, Las Animas County, Kim — The Site from the Sky —
Near no nearby street.
93 ► Colorado, Mesa County, Colorado National Monument — The Shape of Independence —
Near Rimrock Drive.
94 ► Colorado, Mesa County, Fruita — Dinosaur Diamond — A Dual-State National Scenic Byway —
Near Colorado 340.
95 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Ancient Clones — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Near County Road 1.
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96 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Ancient Forest Diversity —
Near County Road 1.
97 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Changes Within Habitats —
Near Ponderosa Loop.
98 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Charlotte Hill — Early Citizen-Scientist —
Near County Route 1 south of County Route 421.
99 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Dawn of the Recent Past —
Near County Road 1.
100 ► Colorado, Teller County, Florissant — Delicate Impressions —
Near County Road 1.

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