Where to Find Jasper in Kentucky
Kentucky has 5 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 4 counties. The largest share sits in Lyon County with 2 spots. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every jasper spot we track in Kentucky
Best spotGraves CountyGraves County, KentuckyPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +3
Best spotKentucky Agate District (Jackson County)Jackson County, KentuckyPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
Best spotMount VernonRockcastle County, KentuckyPublic access · Chert, Jasper, Geode +1
Best spotEddyvilleLyon County, KentuckyPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
Kentucky LakeLyon County, KentuckyPublic access · Geode, Jasper, Quartz
Standout jasper spots in Kentucky
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Graves County
Graves County
Graves County, in the far-western Jackson Purchase, is the state's best-known source of gravel-pit agate, jasper and silicified wood.
Kentucky Agate District (Jackson County)
Jackson County
Jackson County is a core producer of Kentucky agate, the banded red, black and gray quartz named the official state rock in 2000.
Eddyville
Lyon County
Lyon County, set between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake on the lower Cumberland River, is known for agate, chalcedony and jasper that collect in gravels and along the reservoir shorelines.
Mount Vernon
Rockcastle County
Rockcastle County lies inside both the Kentucky Agate District and the Daniel Boone National Forest, a rare pairing of collectible geology and legal public access.
Best counties for jasper in Kentucky
Ranked by the number of mapped jasper spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the jasper identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Jasper in the encyclopedia.
