April 4-6, 2025
Green River,Utah
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The Best Geology Fest
in the West!
Join us for a weekend of free field trips with Utah’s finest geologists, paleontologists, and archaeological conservationists. Meet the organizations that preserve and protect our public lands while discovering a bounty of rocks and minerals from vendors at our pop-up market outside the John Wesley Powell River History Museum.
Field Guide
View or download the event field guide from 2024
and be on the lookout for the 2025 update!
SCHEDULE
Click here to view the 2025 event schedule!
*Schedule is subject to change.
FAQs
Have questions about the event, field trips, or transportation? Click below to view FAQs.
Craig Childs
Opening Lecture:
Friday, April 4 AT Green River High School AUDITORIUM | 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Tracing Time: Encounters with Ancient Rock Imagery on the Colorado Plateau
Childs brings a visual and spoken word journey, taking us through petroglyphs, pictographs, and markings to explore how they fit into the context of cultures and landscapes.
Childs is both a spoken word performer and a writer, and has published more than a dozen books of science, nature, and personal experience. His nonfiction narratives and journalism have appeared in The Atlantic, Outside, The Sun, the LA Times, New York Times, NPR, and Radiolab.
Friday lecture is FREE and open to the public. All welcome.
Field Trips
All field trips are half-day to full-day trips. Group size for each trip is approximately 25 people. We recommend signing up on the first day of the festival.
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Jim Kirkland
State Paleontologist–Utah
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Josh Lively
Curator of Paleontology Prehistoric Museum
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Paul Anderson
Exploration Geologist
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Tom Chisdey
Exploration Geologist
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Geoff Smith
Rock Art Specialist
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Benjamin Burger
Paleontologist
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William W. Little
Geologist
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David A. Little
Geologist & Instructor
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Paul Murphey
Paleontologist
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David Berry
Geologist
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Layne Miller
Rock Art Researcher & Local Guide
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Diana & Steve Acerson
Local Guides
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Nora Noffke
Sedimentologist
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Rebecca Hunt-Foster
Paleontologist
Travel
John Wesley Powell River History Museum
1765 E Main Streeet | Green River, UT 84525
Plane
CNY – Canyonlands Field Airport – Moab, UT (34 mi)
GJT – Grand Junction Regional Airport, CO (102 mi)
Car
Via I-70. There are no car rentals in Green River.
Bus
Salt Lake Express and Greyhound.
Train
Amtrak Green River station (GRI) – California Zephyr line
