Where to Find Agate in Indiana
Indiana has 3 mapped collecting spots that report agate, spread across 2 counties. The largest share sits in Allen County with 2 spots. 3 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every agate spot we track in Indiana
Best spotWashington Park BeachLaPorte County, IndianaPublic access · Agate, Beach Glass, Leland Blue +2
Best spotMaumee RiverAllen County, IndianaPublic access · Agate, Jasper, Fossilized Coral +1
Fort WayneAllen County, IndianaPublic access · Agate, Jasper
Standout agate spots in Indiana
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Maumee River
Allen County
The Maumee River corridor at Fort Wayne carries Pleistocene glacial float across northeastern Indiana, mixing agate, jasper, and chert erratics with Devonian fossil coral and petrified wood transported from the north.
Washington Park Beach
LaPorte County
Michigan City's Washington Park Beach opens Indiana's short Lake Michigan shoreline to beachcombing, where wave-sorted gravels yield Lake Superior agates, "Leland blue" slag glass, beach glass, and reworked Devonian coral and crinoid fossils.
Best counties for agate in Indiana
Ranked by the number of mapped agate spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the agate identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Agate in the encyclopedia.
