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Rainbow Rock Shop Dinosaurs
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. Dinosaur statues: seven brontosauruses, two T. rex, a stegosaurus, a triceratops, and several baby dinos.
Details
- Where
- 101 Navajo Blvd, Holbrook, AZ 86025. Directions
- When
- Rock shop hours unpredictable; dinosaurs always visible.
- Getting there
- South edge of town, on the west side of Navajo Blvd, just south of its intersection with Hopi Drive/Route 66.
- Access
- The shop is sometimes closed even during its posted business hours (owner now semi-retired); the dinosaurs remain on view 24/7.
- Established
- 1986.
Owner Adam Luna built each dinosaur as a steel skeleton covered with rebar netting and coated with concrete skin.
Notable Events
- 1986Adam Luna built his first Rainbow Rock Shop dinosaur, a mid-size brontosaurus, according to his son Daniel. roadsideamerica.com
- 2000Adam built the rest of the rock shop's menagerie, completing his last one around 2000, according to Daniel; the tallest stand 25 feet high. roadsideamerica.com
People
- Adam Luna, Shop owner who built all the dinosaurs; a jack-of-all-trades (electrician, plumber, welder) with no formal training in art.
- Daniel Luna, Adam Luna's son, who runs the Moon Lite Barbershop in town and told the story of his father's dinosaurs.