Where to Find Geodes in Tennessee
Tennessee has 8 mapped collecting spots that report geodes, spread across 6 counties. 6 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every geode spot we track in Tennessee
Best spotBen Lomond MountainWarren County, TennesseePermission required · Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite +3
Best spotWoodburyCannon County, TennesseePermission required · Geode
Cannon CountyCannon County, TennesseePublic access · Calcite, Fluorite, Geode +4
BoatlandFentress County, TennesseePublic access · Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite +3
Carpenter Hollow and Buffalo CoveFentress County, TennesseePublic access · Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite +3
LivingstonOverton County, TennesseePublic access · Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite +3
LawrenceburgLawrence County, TennesseePublic access · Chert, Chalcedony, Geode
RussellvilleHamblen County, TennesseePublic access · Geode
Standout geode spots in Tennessee
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Woodbury
Cannon County
Cannon County is one of Middle Tennessee's defining geode counties, and the ground around Woodbury has produced large quartz geodes, including a roughly 20-inch specimen reported near the McMinnville road.
Ben Lomond Mountain
Warren County
Ben Lomond Mountain lies in the Middle Tennessee geode belt along the Highland Rim, where quartz geodes are lined with calcite, celestite, dolomite, marcasite, and pyrite.
Best counties for geodes in Tennessee
Ranked by the number of mapped geode spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Cannon County2 spots
- Fentress County2 spots
- Hamblen County1 spot
- Lawrence County1 spot
- Overton County1 spot
- Warren County1 spot
Before you go
Read the geodes identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Geode in the encyclopedia.
