Green River Rocks

Start: Friday, April 4, 2025 4:00PM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025 5:00PM

Festivities begin Friday night, April 4th, at the auditorium at Green River High School with a lecture from renowned author and explorer Craig Childs. Rock and mineral vendors, food trucks, artisans, and family friendly activities will be set up on the John Wesley Powell River History Museum grounds on Saturday April 5th from 9am-4pm. This year Green River Rocks features field trips to incredible locations that put Utah’s geology, paleontology, and archaeology on full display. Field trips are free and depart from the John Wesley Powell River History Museum both Saturday and Sunday. Paleontologists Jim Kirkland, ReBecca Hunt-Foster, Joshua Lively, and Benjamin Burger return, leading trips to incredible fossil sights around Green River, Temple Mountain, Klondike Bluffs, and the epic San Rafel Swell. We welcome paleontologists Georgia Knauss, Paul Murphey, Emily Lessner, and Nora Noe to the roster of field trip leaders, as well. Each will be guiding a fascinating new trip for this year’s event. Geologists Paul Anderson, Tom Chidsey, and William and David Little return to guide tours through the stratigraphy of the Swell, and we welcome David Berry, who will lead a field trip exploring uranium mining history in the Yellowcat area. Rock art conservationists Geoff Smith and Steve and Diana Acerson join us again to guide trips to Buckhorn Draw and Sego Canyon, and Layne Miller will guide a new trip into the glorious Nine Mile Canyon. All field trips require in-person sign up with Epicenter, and are first come, first serve. Sign ups are held Friday from 4-5:45PM at the Green River High School, and continue through Saturday and Sunday at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum. All field trips depart from the museum. Visit greenriverrocks.com for field trip information.