Hanksville, Utah: Carl's Critter Garden - Scrap Metal Fossils
Carl's Critter Garden AKA Monster Mountain Museum is a homemade effort to fashion thunder lizards and other figures out of old car parts.
- Address:
- 197 East Hwy 24, Hanksville, UT
- Directions:
- I-70 W Exit to State Route 24 South, just past the intersection of State Route 95, in the town limits. Right along the side of the highway. Site of the old Desert Inn Motel.
- Admission:
- Free, or modest honor system.donation.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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I think this is a 5 [Smiley Water Tower] stop! And it's right on the road. and with kids, even worth going out of the way.
[Fritz Crawford, 04/07/2022]
We were driving to Capitol Reef from Goblin Valley State Park and stopped by. I talked to some of the folks who live in the building that the "fossils" are on, who said that a new person had taken on rehabbing them (the person who first built them passed away some time ago). They are spruced up quite a bit and have a lot of spiritual accoutrements -- seemingly Buddhist, although I'm not sure.
There's a sign for a suggested 25 cent donation, but no donation box, so I left a few quarters on a nearby ledge.
[Haley S., 12/19/2017]
A collection of dinosaurs and people made out of machine parts sit along the side of highway 24. [photos sent]
[Cristi Carlstead, 07/16/2015]
I visited the Hanksville scrap metal fossils in October 2010 and they are all still there (though a bit rustier).
[William Haun, 12/21/2010]
In the little "town" of Hanksville, UT, there is an abandoned hotel on the main strip which boasts about 5-10 scrap metal "fossils." All look like animals you would see in museums, but made of pieces of scrap metal and painted white.
[Jim Heverin, 06/16/2005]Page of 2 [Next 1 items]
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