As avid Jurassic Park enjoyers, when we heard that there was Dinosaur Footprints on the Isle of Skye, not only was our son Jak crazy excited but we were too... On route to the locations we visited we were absolutely blasting the Jurrasic Park Theme song - we like to call this Education for the Children!! Haha 

So naturally, my first question was "Is there REALLY Dinosaur Footprints on the Isle of Skye?"

Yep, there are totally real dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Skye in Scotland! It’s pretty cool—people call it "Dinosaur Isle" because of all the awesome tracks left behind from way back in the Middle Jurassic, like 166 to 170 million years ago.

They started finding these prints big-time in the '80s, and they’ve kept popping up since. For instance, over at An Corran Beach near Staffin, you can check out three-toed marks from ornithopods—those two-legged, veggie-eating dinos. Then there’s Score Bay near Duntulm, where giant sauropods (think long-necked Brontosaurus vibes) left the biggest trackway in Scotland. More recently, in 2018, they found about 50 footprints at Brothers’ Point from both sauropods and theropods (the meat-eating cousins of T. rex). And in 2020, they even spotted stegosaurus tracks there too—talk about a dino party!

These prints got stuck in the coastal rocks back when Skye was all warm and swampy with lagoons, not the wild, windy place it is now. You can sometimes see them when the tide’s out, though they might be hiding under seaweed or sand. Dino experts love Skye because it’s got rare stuff from the Middle Jurassic—about 15% of the world’s finds from that time are right here.

So yeah, the footprints are legit, and they’re a super neat peek into Scotland’s prehistoric past—perfect for anyone who’s into dinosaurs or just loves a good adventure!

So Where are They!? 

When we were on our adventure to find the Dinosaur footprints, we found it really difficult to actually find the right places. Luckily we had some time to spare so we had lots of time to do some research, but if you were on a schedule I could see this being quite frustrating, so for those of you who are struggling to find the Dinosaur Footprints on the Isle of Skye, we have put together an interactive map with as much information as we could for you.