Fossils rockhounding sites in Georgia

Trilobites, brachiopods, petrified wood, and other paleontological collecting on public land.

31 fossils destinations in Georgia.

Rockhounding sites in Georgia — fossils: 31 spots in our directory. Sort live from your phone with near me, or browse all U.S. fossils rockhounding sites and the Georgia state page.

Fossils collecting in Georgia

Trilobites, brachiopods, petrified wood, and other paleontological collecting on public land.

We currently document 31 fossils collecting sites in Georgia. Each listing includes original descriptions, visitor notes, and last-updated dates when available.

What to know before you collect

Fossils destinations in Georgia vary widely in access, season, and legality. Some are official recreation areas; others are informal gravel bars. Read the access and safety sections on each listing — never assume collecting is allowed without checking current signage.

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Splitting shale and hiking exposures — gear we compare for paleontology field trips.

Chisels & Wedges — Split matrix cleanly and protect your specimens

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Split matrix cleanly and protect your specimens

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Safety Glasses — Non-negotiable eye protection when hammering rock

Safety Glasses

Non-negotiable eye protection when hammering rock

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Specimen Bags & Wrap — Get your finds home without chips and scratches

Specimen Bags & Wrap

Get your finds home without chips and scratches

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Field Gloves — Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

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Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

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Bull Creek — petrified wood rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Bull Creek

Bull Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesGeorgia

Cm Loc. S-228 - Griffins Landing [griffins Landing Mbr, Dry Branch Fm] — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Cm Loc. S-228 - Griffins Landing [griffins Landing Mbr, Dry Branch Fm]

Fossil collection site in the Dry Branch, Burke County, Georgia. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Dawson-albany Road — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Dawson-albany Road

Fossil collection site, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Gulf Coast Tertiary Ii — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Gulf Coast Tertiary Ii

Fossil collection site, Georgia. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

J. M. Huber Corporation Kaolin (clay) Pit, Twiggs Clay — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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J. M. Huber Corporation Kaolin (clay) Pit, Twiggs Clay

Fossil collection site in the Twiggs, Twiggs County, Georgia. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 59 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 59

Fossil collection site in the McBean, Burke County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 61 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 61

Fossil collection site in the McBean, Sumter County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 63 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 63

Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Macon County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 64 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 64

Fossil collection site in the McBean, Richmond County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 694 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 694

Fossil collection site in the McBean, Burke County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

M 888 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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M 888

Fossil collection site in the Barnwell, Jefferson County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Mayfair — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Mayfair

Fossil collection site, Chatham County, Georgia. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Millidgeville, Near — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Millidgeville, Near

Fossil collection site, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Nearshore Zone -4, Villanow Quadrangle, Furnace Creek Section — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Nearshore Zone -4, Villanow Quadrangle, Furnace Creek Section

Fossil collection site, Walker County, Georgia. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Nearshore Zone +1, Dalton Quadrangle, Hamilton Mountain — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Nearshore Zone +1, Dalton Quadrangle, Hamilton Mountain

Fossil collection site in the Lourdes, Whitfield County, Georgia. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Offshore Zone -9, Cedar Grove Quadrangle, West Chickamauga Creek — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Offshore Zone -9, Cedar Grove Quadrangle, West Chickamauga Creek

Fossil collection site, Catoosa County, Georgia. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Offshore Zone + 3, Kensington Quadrangle, West Of Pigeon Mountain — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Offshore Zone + 3, Kensington Quadrangle, West Of Pigeon Mountain

Fossil collection site, Walker County, Georgia. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Offshore Zone +3, Kensington Quadrangle, East Of Old Bethel Church — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Offshore Zone +3, Kensington Quadrangle, East Of Old Bethel Church

Fossil collection site, Walker County, Georgia. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Offshore Zone +6, Fort Oglethorpe Quadrangle, Powder Mill Branch — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Offshore Zone +6, Fort Oglethorpe Quadrangle, Powder Mill Branch

Fossil collection site, Walker County, Georgia. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Offshore Zone +6, Kensington Quadrangle, West Of Pigeon Mountain — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Offshore Zone +6, Kensington Quadrangle, West Of Pigeon Mountain

Fossil collection site, Walker County, Georgia. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Pentremites-spirifera-fenestellidae Community, Floyd Shale — fossil rockhounding site near The Floyd Shale, GA

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Pentremites-spirifera-fenestellidae Community, Floyd Shale

Fossil collection site in the Floyd Shale, Georgia. Environment: deep subtidal shelf. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesThe Floyd Shale

Pri 1926 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Pri 1926

Fossil collection site, Clay County, Georgia. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Pri 2217 — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Pri 2217

Fossil collection site in the McBean, Clay County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Reynolds — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Reynolds

Fossil collection site, Taylor County, Georgia. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

River Road — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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River Road

River Road is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Agatized fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesGeorgia

Savannah, Near — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Savannah, Near

Fossil collection site, Chatham County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Shark Tooth Fossil — fossil rockhounding site near GA, GA

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Shark Tooth Fossil

Shark Tooth Fossil is a documented rockhounding destination in GA. Collectors visit for fossils, trilobites, dinosaur bone and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesGeorgia

Turtle River — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Turtle River

Fossil collection site, Glynn County, Georgia. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Usgs Loc. M 25923 - Mercers Mill, Tebannee Creek [ripley Fm] — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Usgs Loc. M 25923 - Mercers Mill, Tebannee Creek [ripley Fm]

Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Quitman County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Usgs Mesozoic Loc. 844. Bluffs On Left Bank Of Chattahoochee River At Blufftown — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Usgs Mesozoic Loc. 844. Bluffs On Left Bank Of Chattahoochee River At Blufftown

Fossil collection site in the Blufftown, Stewart County, Georgia. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia

Yarbrough Cave — fossil rockhounding site near Georgia, GA

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Yarbrough Cave

Fossil collection site, Bartow County, Georgia. Environment: cave. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesGeorgia