Rockhounding & Fossil Sites in the United States

Public rockhounding areas, geode beds and fossil parks. On BLM land you can generally collect reasonable amounts for noncommercial use, but rules differ for state parks, national forests and private land. We list 29 in 15 states; most are in California, Washington, Arizona.

Verify before visiting. Hours, fees, access and collecting rules change, and some listings come from community-edited data. Call or check the operator's official page before you go. Details we could not confirm are marked "call to confirm".

Alaska (1)

• White Mountains National Recreation Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteFairbanks North Star Borough, AK · Recreation Information Database (RIDB)

Arizona (4)

• Bear Springs Badlands

  Rockhounding / fossil siteGraham County, AZ · Recreation Information Database (RIDB)

• Black Hills Rockhound Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteGraham County, AZ · Bureau of Land Management

• La Posa Long Term Visitor Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteQuartzsite, AZ · Recreation Information Database (RIDB)

• Round Mountain Rockhound Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteGreenlee County, AZ · Bureau of Land Management

California (5)

• Agate Beach County Park (Bolinas, CA)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteBolinas, CA · OpenStreetMap

• Chambless Rock Collecting Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSan Bernardino County, CA · Bureau of Land Management

• North Black Hills Geode Beds

  Rockhounding / fossil siteImperial County, CA · OpenStreetMap

• Savahia Peak Rock Collecting Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSan Bernardino County, CA · Bureau of Land Management

• Wiley Well District Geode Beds

  Rockhounding / fossil siteImperial County, CA · Bureau of Land Management

Iowa (1)

• Geode State Park

  Rockhounding / fossil siteDanville, IA · OpenStreetMap

Michigan (1)

• Fossil Park (Rogers City, MI)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteRogers City, MI · OpenStreetMap

Mississippi (1)

• W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park

  Rockhounding / fossil sitePrentiss County, MS · OpenStreetMap

Nevada (1)

• Garnet Hill

  Rockhounding / fossil siteWhite Pine County, NV · Bureau of Land Management

New Jersey (1)

• Edelman Fossil Park and Museum of Rowan University

  Rockhounding / fossil siteMantua, NJ · OpenStreetMap

New York (1)

• Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve

  Rockhounding / fossil siteErie County, NY · OpenStreetMap

Ohio (2)

• Fossil Park (Sylvania, OH)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteLucas County, OH · OpenStreetMap

• Trammel Fossil Park

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSharonville, OH · OpenStreetMap

Oregon (2)

• Fossil Digging Site (Fossil, OR)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteFossil, OR · OpenStreetMap

• Sunstone Collection Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteLake County, OR · Bureau of Land Management

Texas (2)

• Fossil Park (Arlington, TX)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteArlington, TX · OpenStreetMap

• Mineral Wells Fossil Park

  Rockhounding / fossil siteMineral Wells, TX · OpenStreetMap

Utah (2)

• Dugway Geode Beds

  Rockhounding / fossil siteJuab County, UT · Bureau of Land Management

• Topaz Mountain Rockhound Recreation Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteJuab County, UT · Bureau of Land Management

Washington (4)

• Agate Beach County Park (Lopez Island, WA)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSan Juan County, WA · OpenStreetMap

• Fossil Park (Spokane County, WA)

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSpokane, WA · OpenStreetMap

• Rhodonite Rockhounding Area

  Rockhounding / fossil siteSnohomish County, WA · OpenStreetMap

• Stonerose Fossil Dig

  Rockhounding / fossil siteRepublic, WA · OpenStreetMap

Wyoming (1)

• Green Mountain

  Rockhounding / fossil siteFremont County, WY · Recreation Information Database (RIDB)

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