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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 full event field guide from 2024 and be on the lookout for the 2025 update!

FAQs

Have questions about the event, field trips, or transportation? Click below to view FAQs.

Field Trips

All field trips are half-day to full-day trips. Group size for each trip is approximately 25 people. If there is a trip you are particularly excited about, we recommend coming to the Friday evening lecture to sign up early.

Geology Field Trips

ARCHAEOLOGY Field Trips

PALEONTOLOGY Field Trips

SELF-GUIDED DAY TRIPS

Field Trip Leaders

  • Jim Kirkland

    State Paleontologist

  • Josh Lively

    Curator of Paleontology Prehistoric Museum

  • Paul Anderson

    Exploration Geologist

  • Tom Chisdey

    Exploration Geologist

  • Geoff Smith

    Rock Art Specialist

  • Benjamin Burger

    Paleontologist

  • William Little

    Geologist

  • Paul Murphy

  • Emily Lessner

    BLM Moab Office Paleontologist

  • Georgia Knauss

    Regional Paleontologist, BLM, Salt Lake

  • David Berry

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

Giant Clams field trip with Joshua Lively

Giant Clams field trip with Joshua Lively

Sauropod vertebra in riverbed sandstone, Jurassic Morrison formation. Seen at Fossil Point.

Sauropod vertebra in riverbed sandstone, Jurassic Morrison formation. Seen at Fossil Point.

Florescent rocks at Crystal Geyser field trip with Alison Jean Cole

Florescent rocks at Crystal Geyser field trip with Alison Jean Cole

Field Trip Sign-up, 2023

Field Trip Sign-up, 2023

Temple Mountain field trip with Benjamin Burger

Temple Mountain field trip with Benjamin Burger

Alison Jean Cole (event co-organizer) and Jim Kirkland (annual field trip leader)

Alison Jean Cole (event co-organizer) and Jim Kirkland (annual field trip leader)

Epic rock art trip through the Swell Rafael Swell led by Geoff Smith.

Epic rock art trip through the Swell Rafael Swell led by Geoff Smith.

Fossils found during the Cretaceous Ash Disaster field trip with John Foster

Fossils found during the Cretaceous Ash Disaster field trip with John Foster

Packed house during the 2023 opening lecture from Josh Lively on new fossil discoveries near Green River!

Packed house during the 2023 opening lecture from Josh Lively on new fossil discoveries near Green River!