Accessibility guidelines and restrictions change. Typical stones here are agate, carnelian, jasper, and petrified wood, but the best part of these locations are the Marine Fossils. Quartzville Creek Recreation Area. A public subreddit for the discussion of rock hunting, rock collecting, crystals and mineralogy, geology, lapidary arts and rocks in general. As with most states, each county in Oregon will have records of who owns each piece of property. Other popular rockhounding sites in Lake County include DeGarmo Canyon, the Warner Mountains, and (the very hospitable-sounding) Arsenic Canyon. Follow posted signage and always get permission from the landowner to collect. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; They also said the best places to start are in the gravel beds close to the water, but access to these comes and goes depending on the season and the year. The majority of these locations are my interpretation of Robert Bestes A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States. You can rockhound on most BLM land, provided it's not a wilderness area and that you obey their rockhounding laws. Copyright 2022 Rockhound Resource | Birch on Trellis Framework by Mediavine, Nehalem River gravels, all the way to ocean, Bob Straub State Park, Ocean beach gravels, Willamette River, gravel bars and tributaries, All beach gravels btwn Yachats and Florence, All area beach gravels N of Winchester Bay, All area beach gravels S of Winchester Bay, Ocean beach gravels, length of Coos County, 6.7 mi. It is located in southern Oregon.