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Coordinates: 40°27′22.3″N 109°30′40.3″W / 40.456194°N 109.511194°W / 40.456194; -109.511194
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Dinah the Pink Dinosaur
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur, March 2012
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Year1958
MediumFiberglass
SubjectDinosaur
Dimensions12 m (40 ft)
Weight4,200 pounds (1,900 kg)
LocationVernal, Utah, United States
Coordinates40°27′22.3″N 109°30′40.3″W / 40.456194°N 109.511194°W / 40.456194; -109.511194
OwnerCity of Vernal, Utah
Dine-A-Ville Dinosaur
Original Dine-A-Ville Motel Sign, 1991
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur is located in Utah
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur is located in the United States
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur
LocationVernal, Utah
Built1958
NRHP reference No.100009526[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 2023

Dinah the Pink Dinosaur (sometimes referred to as Dinah the Dinosaur) is a 40-foot (12 m) tall anthropomorphized statue of a dinosaur, located in just off Main Street (US-40) in Vernal, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)[2]

Background

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The statue weighs 4,200 pounds (1,900 kg) and is composed of pink steel. It was originally built in 1958 to hold a sign for the Dine-A-Ville Motel[3] and served this purpose until the motel went out of business and was demolished.[4] It was later moved to a city park in the eastern part of town and now holds a sign welcoming visitors that reads "Vernal—Utah's Dinosaur Land".[5][6]

It was listed on the RHP on November 13, 2023[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 11/13/2023 THROUGH 11/17/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Dinah the dino moves to new Vernal home Pink dinosaur has been a landmark in town for 40 years". Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. The Associated Press. October 10, 1999. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Wood, Andrew F.; Wood, Jenny L. (2004). Motel America: A State-by-state Tour Guide to Nostalgic Stopovers. Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 1-888054-91-3.
  5. ^ Bahr, Jeff (2009). Amazing and Unusual America. Chicago: Publications International, Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4127-1683-3.
  6. ^ Guynn, Jessica (September 23, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dine-A-Ville Dinosaur". National Park Service. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
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