Rockhounding sites in Maryland

85 rockhounding collecting destinations in Maryland.

Maryland rockhounding map

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Use this page as your Maryland rockhounding map — Maryland has 85 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 9 quartz & crystals, 1 agate & jasper, 1 gemstones, 44 fossils, 4 gold & minerals. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.

Near major cities: Annapolis · Baltimore · Frederick

By specimen type: Quartz & Crystals (9) · Fossils (44) · Gold & Minerals (4) · Other (24)

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find rockhounding sites in Maryland?

Our Maryland rockhounding map lists 85 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/maryland/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.

Is there a Maryland rockhounding map?

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

What can you find rockhounding in Maryland?

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

What to pack for Maryland rockhounding trips

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

Chisels & Wedges — 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

Field Gloves

Cut and abrasion protection for sharp rock and tools

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Popular rockhounding sites in Maryland

Most-searched spots — open each listing for directions, fees, and safety notes.

Calvert Cliffs Fossil Beach — fossil rockhounding site near Lusby, MD

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Calvert Cliffs Fossil Beach

Miocene cliff exposures along the Chesapeake Bay erode shark teeth and shell fossils onto beaches at Calvert Cliffs State Park.

Fee variesLusby

Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens — serpentine rockhounding site near Owings Mills, MD

SerpentineMD

Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area protects rare serpentine barrens with chromite and unique prairie ecology near Baltimore.

Fee variesOwings Mills

Chrome Barrens Serpentine — serpentine rockhounding site near Jarrettsville, MD

SerpentineMD

Chrome Barrens Serpentine

Rare serpentine barrens of Soldiers Delight host unique minerals and endangered ecology; collecting restricted in protected areas.

Fee variesJarrettsville

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A Float About 100 Ft S Of Calvert Beach, Probably From "zone 17" — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

A Float About 100 Ft S Of Calvert Beach, Probably From "zone 17"

Fossil collection site in the Choptank, Calvert County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Ashton — serpentine rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

SerpentineMD

Ashton

Ashton is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Serpentine, Steatite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Astrodon Johnstoni — mixed rockhounding site near MD, MD

MixedMD

Astrodon Johnstoni

Astrodon johnstoni is a documented rockhounding destination in MD. 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 variesMaryland

Baltimore — silicified cycad wood rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

Silicified cycad woodMD

Baltimore

Baltimore is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Silicified cycad wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Baltimore County — mineral rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

MineralMD

Baltimore County

Baltimore County is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Copper minerals, Quartz, Garnet, Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Beryl, Marble. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Bare Hills Mining District — actinolite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

ActinoliteMD

Bare Hills Mining District

Bare Hills mining district is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Malachite, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Moss Agate, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Tremolite, Zoisite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Bear Island — apatite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

ApatiteMD

Bear Island

Bear Island is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Apatite, Epidote, Amphibolite, Sphene, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Beltsville — opal rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

OpalMD

Beltsville

Beltsville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Hyalite Opal, Quartz crystals, Silicified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Calvert Cliffs Fossil Beach — fossil rockhounding site near Lusby, MD

FossilMD

Calvert Cliffs Fossil Beach

Miocene cliff exposures along the Chesapeake Bay erode shark teeth and shell fossils onto beaches at Calvert Cliffs State Park.

Fee variesLusby

Calvert Cliffs State Park — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Calvert Cliffs State Park

Calvert Cliffs State Park is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Fossils, Shark teeth. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Cardiff — garnet rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

GarnetMD

Cardiff

Cardiff is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Garnet, Pyrite, Serpentine, Staurolite, Verde Antique, Chrysotile. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Castleton — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Castleton

Castleton is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Catoctin Mountain — mineral rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

MineralMD

Catoctin Mountain

Catoctin Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Copper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Cecil County — kammererite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

KammereriteMD

Cecil County

Cecil County is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Kammererite, Serpentine, Soapstone, Williamsite, Chromite, Brucite, Magnesite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Central Ave., 2-3 Feet Above Base, Brightseat Fm., Maryland — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Central Ave., 2-3 Feet Above Base, Brightseat Fm., Maryland

Fossil collection site in the Brightseat, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Cherokee-sanford Brick Clay Pit (usnm Loc. 41614, 41615) — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Cherokee-sanford Brick Clay Pit (usnm Loc. 41614, 41615)

Fossil collection site in the Arundel Clay, Prince George's County, Maryland. Environment: wet floodplain. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Chesapeake Bay — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Chrome Barrens Serpentine — serpentine rockhounding site near Jarrettsville, MD

SerpentineMD

Chrome Barrens Serpentine

Rare serpentine barrens of Soldiers Delight host unique minerals and endangered ecology; collecting restricted in protected areas.

Fee variesJarrettsville

Chrome Hill — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Chrome Hill

Chrome Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Actinolite, Bronzite, Garnet, Chromite, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Clarksville — marble rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

MarbleMD

Clarksville

Clarksville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Marble. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Dollyhyde Creek — bornite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

BorniteMD

Dollyhyde Creek

Dollyhyde Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Bornite, Pink Calcite, Covellite, Malachite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Ecphora Gardnerae Gardnerae (wilson) — mixed rockhounding site near MD, MD

MixedMD

Ecphora Gardnerae Gardnerae (wilson)

Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Wilson) is a documented rockhounding destination in MD. 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 variesMaryland

Elk Mills — beryl rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

BerylMD

Elk Mills

Elk Mills is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Eurypterids Of The Keefer Sst. Mbr, Mifflintown Fmn., Hancock, Maryland — fossil rockhounding site near The Mifflintown, MD

FossilMD

Eurypterids Of The Keefer Sst. Mbr, Mifflintown Fmn., Hancock, Maryland

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

Fee variesThe Mifflintown

Flintville — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Flintville

Flintville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Feldspar crystals, Garnet, Mica, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Flintville (moss Agate Area) — agate rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

AgateMD

Flintville (moss Agate Area)

Flintville (moss agate area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Moss Agate, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Frederick — pink fluorite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

Pink FluoriteMD

Frederick

Frederick is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Pink Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Funks Pond Recreational Area — kammererite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

KammereriteMD

Funks Pond Recreational Area

Funks Pond Recreational Area is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Kammererite, Serpentine, Soapstone, Williamsite, Chromite, Brucite, Magnesite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Gaithersburg — serpentine rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

SerpentineMD

Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Serpentine, Steatite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Granite — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Granite

Granite is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz, Garnet, Tourmaline, Copper minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Hancock — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Hancock

Hancock is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Fossils, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Hunting Hill — calcite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

CalciteMD

Hunting Hill

Hunting Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Opal, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Kensington Mica Mine — gold rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

GoldMD

Kensington Mica Mine

Kensington Mica Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Golden Beryl, Mica. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Locality 401 (plum Point Marl, Calvert Fm), Zone 10 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

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Locality 401 (plum Point Marl, Calvert Fm), Zone 10

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

Fee variesMaryland

M 100 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 100

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 107 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 107

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 108 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 108

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 109 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 109

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 117 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 117

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 119 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 119

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 120 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 120

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 124 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 124

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Queen Annes County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 125 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 125

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 126 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 126

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 339 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 339

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 346 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 346

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Prince Georges County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 479 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 479

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 480 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 480

Fossil collection site in the Aquia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 481 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 481

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Calvert County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 482 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 482

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

M 483 — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

M 483

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Magothy River — mineral rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

MineralMD

Magothy River

Magothy River is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Marriottsville — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Marriottsville

Marriottsville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Middlesburge — chrysocolla rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

ChrysocollaMD

Middlesburge

Middlesburge is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Chrysocolla. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Middletown — stibnite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

StibniteMD

Middletown

Middletown is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Stibnite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Molluscan Zone 10 (unit A), Little Cove Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Langleys Bluff — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Molluscan Zone 10 (unit A), Little Cove Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Langleys Bluff

Fossil collection site in the St Marys, St Marys County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Molluscan Zone 10, Little Cove Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Murfreesboro — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Molluscan Zone 10, Little Cove Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Murfreesboro

Fossil collection site in the St Marys, St Marys County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Molluscan Zone 9 (zone A), Windmill Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Chancellor Point — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Molluscan Zone 9 (zone A), Windmill Point Mbr, St. Marys Fm - Chancellor Point

Fossil collection site in the St Marys, St Marys County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Mouth Of Little Antietam Creek Near Eakles Mills, One Mile Ese Of Smithsburg — fossil rockhounding site near The Antietam Sandstone, MD

FossilMD

Mouth Of Little Antietam Creek Near Eakles Mills, One Mile Ese Of Smithsburg

Fossil collection site in the Antietam Sandstone, Maryland. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesThe Antietam Sandstone

My Cousin And Me - Collecting Fossilized Shark Teeth When I Was Four — fossil rockhounding site near MD, MD

FossilMD

My Cousin And Me - Collecting Fossilized Shark Teeth When I Was Four

My cousin and me - collecting fossilized shark teeth when I was four is a documented rockhounding destination in MD. 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 variesMaryland

Near Le Gore — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

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Near Le Gore

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

Fee variesMaryland

New Windsor — azurite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

AzuriteMD

New Windsor

New Windsor is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Azurite, Bornite, Calamine, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

North Ferry Point — amber rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

AmberMD

North Ferry Point

North Ferry Point is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Amber, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Ocean City — quartz rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

QuartzMD

Ocean City

Ocean City is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Orthid Fauna Of The Zygospira-hebertella Community, Reedsville And Martinsburg F — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Orthid Fauna Of The Zygospira-hebertella Community, Reedsville And Martinsburg F

Fossil collection site, Maryland. Environment: transition zone/lower shoreface. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Oxford Neck — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Oxford Neck

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

Fee variesMaryland

Patapsco Quartzite — quartzite rockhounding site near Ellicott City, MD

QuartziteMD

Patapsco Quartzite

Patapsco Valley State Park exposes quartzite ridges and quartz veins in the Baltimore Piedmont for geological observation.

Fee requiredEllicott City

Patuxent River Stone — mixed rockhounding site near MD, MD

MixedMD

Patuxent River Stone

Patuxent River Stone is a documented rockhounding destination in MD. 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 variesMaryland

Piscataway Creek, Nanjemoy Fm., Potapaco M., Maryland — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Piscataway Creek, Nanjemoy Fm., Potapaco M., Maryland

Fossil collection site in the Nanjemoy, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Point Of Rocks — puddingstone rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

PuddingstoneMD

Point Of Rocks

Point of Rocks is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Puddingstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Pri Loc. 95 (sample 28, Replicate B) - Little Cove Point Mbr, St Mary's Fm — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Pri Loc. 95 (sample 28, Replicate B) - Little Cove Point Mbr, St Mary's Fm

Fossil collection site in the St Mary's, Calvert County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Prince George’s County — petrified wood rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

Petrified woodMD

Prince George’s County

Prince George’s County is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Reed Mine & Walkens Mine — chromite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

ChromiteMD

Reed Mine & Walkens Mine

Reed Mine & Walkens Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Chromite, Brucite, Quartz, Serpentine, Soapstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Rock Springs — kammererite rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

KammereriteMD

Rock Springs

Rock Springs is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Kammererite, Serpentine, Soapstone, Williamsite, Chromite, Brucite, Magnesite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Schemeompf’s Old Quarry, Top Of A Hill, West Of Conococheague Creek — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Schemeompf’s Old Quarry, Top Of A Hill, West Of Conococheague Creek

Fossil collection site in the Chambersburg, Washington County, Maryland. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Section Starting 200 Feet East Of The Center Of The Bridge Over Little Run — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Section Starting 200 Feet East Of The Center Of The Bridge Over Little Run

Fossil collection site in the Romney, Washington County, Maryland. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Severn Formation Locality C (hampton Mall Shopping Center) — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Severn Formation Locality C (hampton Mall Shopping Center)

Fossil collection site in the Severn, Prince George's County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens — serpentine rockhounding site near Owings Mills, MD

SerpentineMD

Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area protects rare serpentine barrens with chromite and unique prairie ecology near Baltimore.

Fee variesOwings Mills

Sullivan Cove — amber rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

AmberMD

Sullivan Cove

Sullivan Cove is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Amber. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

U. S. Highway 40 Roadcut, Just West Of Conococheague Creek At Wilson — fossil rockhounding site near The Chambersburg, MD

FossilMD

U. S. Highway 40 Roadcut, Just West Of Conococheague Creek At Wilson

Fossil collection site in the Chambersburg, Maryland. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesThe Chambersburg

Uncw Loc. Z-893 - Drumcliff [drumcliff Mbr, Choptank Fm] — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Uncw Loc. Z-893 - Drumcliff [drumcliff Mbr, Choptank Fm]

Fossil collection site in the Choptank, St Marys County, Maryland. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Union Bridge — pink marble rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

Pink MarbleMD

Union Bridge

Union Bridge is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Pink Marble, Green Marble. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland

Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Unit 2, Rose Hill Formation, North Mountain Section, Maryland

Fossil collection site in the Rose Hill, Washington County County, Maryland. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, Mckenzie-pinto Section — fossil rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

FossilMD

Unit 7, Upper Tonoloway Limestone, Mckenzie-pinto Section

Fossil collection site in the Tonoloway Limstone, Allegany County County, Maryland. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.

Fee variesMaryland

White Marsh — amethyst rockhounding site near Maryland, MD

AmethystMD

White Marsh

White Marsh is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMaryland