Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Rockhounding site in Ogdensburg, New Jersey · Gold & Minerals
Sterling Hill Mining Museum is a fluorescent rockhounding site near Ogdensburg, NJ. Fee required. Best season: Year-round museum schedule.
Typical season: Year-round museum schedule
Key facts
Structured details for trip planning — verify access and fees with the land manager before you visit.
- Specimen type
- Fluorescent
- Primary specimens
- Willemite, Calcite, Franklinite, Hardystonite
- Fee status
- Fee required
- Nearest town
- Ogdensburg
- State
- New Jersey
- Coordinates
- 41.07000, -74.59000
- Best season
- Year-round museum schedule
- Access difficulty
- Easy guided mine tour and dump
- Camping
- Sussex County parks
- Activities
- Mine tour, fluorescent mineral dumps
- Facilities
- Full museum facilities
- Last updated
- July 5, 2026
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The experience
- Best time to visitYear-round museum schedule
- AccessEasy guided mine tour and dump
- FacilitiesFull museum facilities
- Camping nearbySussex County parks
Map & location
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Safety notice: Field and weather conditions change with weather, season, and field conditions. Verify current conditions with local land managers before you go. Collect at your own risk — there are rarely rangers or land managers at these sites.