Rockhounding sites in Maine

46 rockhounding collecting destinations in Maine.

Maine rockhounding map

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Use this page as your Maine rockhounding map — Maine has 46 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 8 quartz & crystals, 2 agate & jasper, 4 gemstones, 5 fossils, 3 gold & minerals. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.

Near major cities: Bangor · Portland

By specimen type: Quartz & Crystals (8) · Gemstones (4) · Fossils (5) · Gold & Minerals (3) · Other (24)

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find rockhounding sites in Maine?

Our Maine rockhounding map lists 46 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/maine/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.

Is there a Maine rockhounding map?

Yes — the Maine state hub at /states/maine/ works as your rockhounding map with every listing, featured sites, and links to specimen-type subsets.

What can you find rockhounding in Maine?

Specimens vary by region — browse the Maine map for quartz, agate, geodes, fossils, and gems. Each listing notes primary targets and access rules.

What to pack for Maine rockhounding trips

Compared day-trip gear for Maine rockhounding sites — side-by-side tables for the hike in, sun, and sun, tools, and the approach hike.

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Sun Protection Shirts

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

Field Gloves

Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

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Identify crystals and minerals before you haul rock home

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Acadia National Park - Thunder Hole — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Acadia National Park - Thunder Hole

Acadia National park - Thunder hole is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Acton Lead Mines — andalusite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Acton Lead Mines

Acton Lead Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Amethyst From Mt. Apatite — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Amethyst From Mt. Apatite

Amethyst from Mt. Apatite is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Baldpate Mountain — aquamarine rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Baldpate Mountain

Baldpate Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Bemis Stream Prospect — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Bemis Stream Prospect

Bemis Stream Prospect is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Beryl, Green Elbaite Tourmaline, Blue Fluorapatite, Purple Fluorapatite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Spessartine Garnet, Sphalerite, Spodumene. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Bumpus Quarry — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Bumpus Quarry

Bumpus Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Almandine Garnet, Autunite, Golden Beryl, Aquamarine, Mica, Columbite, Fluorapatite, Feldspar, Quartz, Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Schorl, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Castine — fossil rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Castine

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

Fee variesMaine

Catherine Mountain — molybdenite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Catherine Mountain

Catherine Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Molybdenite, Granite, Quartz crystals, Biotite, Fluorapatite, Hornblende, Magnetite, Microcline, Pyrite, Scheelite, Stilbite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Deer Hill (usfs) Amethyst) — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Deer Hill (usfs) Amethyst)

Deer Hill (USFS) Amethyst) is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Deer Hill Amethyst Maine — amethyst rockhounding site near Stow, ME

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Deer Hill Amethyst Maine

Western Maine pegmatites near Stow contain amethyst quartz in miarolitic cavities of granite pegmatite dikes.

Fee variesStow

Deer Hill Area Prospect — feldspar rockhounding site near Oxford, ME

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Deer Hill Area Prospect

Deer Hill Area Prospect is a mineral prospect in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstones, Mica.

Fee variesOxford

Deer Hill Mineral — amethyst rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Deer Hill Mineral

Deer Hill Mineral is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Feldspar, Beryl, Garnet, Columbite, Pyrite, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Dig Maine Gems — mixed minerals rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Dig Maine Gems

Dig Maine Gems is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Mixed minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Drainage Ditch On The South Side Of Dudley Road, 70 M West Of End Of Turner Rd. — fossil rockhounding site near The Pyle Mountain Argillite, ME

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Drainage Ditch On The South Side Of Dudley Road, 70 M West Of End Of Turner Rd.

Fossil collection site in the Pyle Mountain Argillite, Maine. Environment: deep subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesThe Pyle Mountain Argillite

Edgecomb Quarry — garnet rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Edgecomb Quarry

Edgecomb Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Almandine Garnet, Beryl, Aquamarine, Biotite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Smokey Quartz, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Gleason Cover — agate rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Gleason Cover

Gleason Cover is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Harvard Quarry Maine — pegmatite rockhounding site near Hebron, ME

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Harvard Quarry Maine

Maine pegmatite belt quarries near Hebron and Oxford produced gem-quality tourmaline and beryl for over a century.

Fee variesHebron

Havey — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Havey

Havey is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Almandine Garnet, Beryl, Biotite, Columbite, Mica, Aquamarine, Chalcopyrite, Schorl, Quartz, Zircon, Elbaite, Thorogummite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Havey Tourmaline Quarry — mixed minerals rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Havey Tourmaline Quarry

Havey Tourmaline Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Mixed minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Hedgehog Hill Quarry — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Hedgehog Hill Quarry

Hedgehog Hill Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Almandine Garnet, Beryl, Mica, Chrysoberyl, Fluorapatite, Feldspar, Quartz, Smokey Quartz, Schorl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Jasper Beach — agate rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Jasper Beach

Jasper Beach is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Red Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Locality 1099l, Tweedy Road, On Presque Isle Stream, Presque Township — fossil rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Locality 1099l, Tweedy Road, On Presque Isle Stream, Presque Township

Fossil collection site in the Chapman Sandstone, Aroostook County, Maine. Environment: delta front. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaine

Lord Hill Mineral — feldspar rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Lord Hill Mineral

Lord Hill Mineral is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Phenakite, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Lubec Lead Mine — anglesite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Lubec Lead Mine

Lubec Lead Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Bornite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Wulfenite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Mount Apatite Quarries — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Mount Apatite Quarries

Mount Apatite Quarries is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Almandine Garnet, Arsenopyrite, Autunite, Green Beryl, Pink Beryl, Aquamarine, Biotite, Green Elbaite Tourmaline, Fluorapatite, Lepidolite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Mount Mica Pegmatite — tourmaline rockhounding site near Paris, ME

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Mount Mica Pegmatite

Mount Mica near Paris is America's first gem pegmatite mine, producing tourmaline and beryl since the 1820s.

Fee requiredParis

Peabody Mtn. Quarry — feldspar rockhounding site near Oxford, ME

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Peabody Mtn. Quarry

Peabody Mtn. Quarry is a historic mining site in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Gemstones, Mica.

Fee variesOxford

Perry — analcime rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Perry

Perry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Analcime, Calcite, Datolite, Malachite, Prehnite, Agate, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Chalcedony, Quartz, Stilbite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Perry, Me — fossil rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Perry, Me

Fossil collection site, Maine. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaine

Pertica Quadrifaria — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Pertica Quadrifaria

Pertica quadrifaria is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Pingree Prospect — beryl rockhounding site near Oxford, ME

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Pingree Prospect

Pingree Prospect is a mineral prospect in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar.

Fee variesOxford

Pitts Garnet Mine — actinolite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Pitts Garnet Mine

Pitts Garnet Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Molybdenite, Quartz, Titanite, Clinozoisite, Clinochlore, Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Poland Mining Camps (paid Area) — quartz rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Poland Mining Camps (paid Area)

Poland Mining Camps (paid area) is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Quartz, Feldspar, Beryl, Mica, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Porcupine Hill Quarry — albite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Porcupine Hill Quarry

Porcupine Hill Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Albite, Almandine Garnet, Beryl, Biotite, Columbite, Green Elbaite Tourmaline, Fluorapatite, Quartz crystals, Schorl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Quincy Granite Quarries — granite rockhounding site near Sullivan, ME

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Quincy Granite Quarries

Coastal Maine granite quarries near Sullivan and the Mount Desert Island region expose pegmatite dikes with tourmaline and garnet.

Fee variesSullivan

Quoddy Head Ligthouse — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Quoddy Head Ligthouse

Quoddy head ligthouse is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Ragged Jack Mountain — garnet rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Ragged Jack Mountain

Ragged Jack Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Almandine Garnet, Chrysoberyl, Fluorapatite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Schorl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Sabattus Mountain Occurrence — beryl rockhounding site near Occurrence Is A Known Mineral Occurrence In Oxford, ME

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Sabattus Mountain Occurrence

Sabattus Mountain Occurrence is a known mineral occurrence in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth.

Fee variesOccurrence Is A Known Mineral Occurrence In Oxford

Scribner Ledge Quarry & Crocker Hill Mines — graphite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Scribner Ledge Quarry & Crocker Hill Mines

Scribner Ledge Quarry & Crocker Hill Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Graphite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Albite, Almandine Garnet, Arsenopyrite, Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Schorl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Singepole Mountain Quarry — garnet rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Singepole Mountain Quarry

Singepole Mountain Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Almandine Garnet, Beryl, Biotite, Fluorapatite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Schorl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Sodalite From Litchfield — mixed rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Sodalite From Litchfield

Sodalite from Litchfield is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Sorrento — fossil rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Sorrento

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

Fee variesMaine

Swift River — gold rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Swift River

Swift River is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Gold, Garnet, Magnetite, Scheelite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine

Tourmaline — gemstone rockhounding site near ME, ME

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Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a documented rockhounding destination in ME. Collectors visit for gem crystals, beryl, tourmaline and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

Fee variesMaine

Waisamen Pit — feldspar rockhounding site near Oxford, ME

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Waisamen Pit

Waisamen Pit is a historic mining site in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar.

Fee variesOxford

Warren Nickel Prospect — pyrrhotite rockhounding site near Maine, ME

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Warren Nickel Prospect

Warren Nickel Prospect is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaine