Where to Find Jasper in Michigan
Michigan has 14 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 12 counties. 11 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible, and 2 are fee-dig sites.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every jasper spot we track in Michigan
Best spotWoodland Park Beach, Grand MaraisAlger County, MichiganPublic access · Yooperlite, Lake Superior Agate, Jasper +6- Best spotKeweenaw PointKeweenaw County, MichiganPublic access · Keweenaw Agate, Thomsonite, Datolite +2
- Best spotJasper Knob (Jasper Hill)Marquette County, MichiganPublic access · Jaspilite, Jasper, Hematite +1
- Best spotLake Superior Beach (Ontonagon)Ontonagon County, MichiganPublic access · Keweenaw Agate, Thomsonite, Chalcedony +1
Two Hearted River State Forest CampgroundLuce County, MichiganFee dig · Unakite, Epidote, Chert +16
Singing Bridge Public AccessArenac County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Gneiss +14- Hidden BeachLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Leland Blue, Petoskey Stone, Unakite +12
- Van's BeachLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Leland Blue, Petoskey Stone, Unakite +12
- Point Betsie LighthouseBenzie County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Chert, Chain Coral +10
- Crisp Point LighthouseLuce County, MichiganPublic access · Granite, Quartz, Chert +9
- Deerlick Creek ParkVan Buren County, MichiganPublic access · Fossil, Lightning Stone, Unakite +9
- McClain State ParkHoughton County, MichiganPermission required · Adularia, Chalcedony, Chert +8
- Little Girls Point County ParkGogebic County, MichiganPublic access · Basalt, Granite, Unakite +4
- Tawas Point State ParkIosco County, MichiganFee dig · Quartz, Granite, Gneiss +4
Standout jasper spots in Michigan
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Woodland Park Beach, Grand Marais
Alger County
Grand Marais is the most famous place in Michigan to hunt Yooperlites, sodalite-bearing syenite stones that glow bright orange under ultraviolet light.
Keweenaw Point
Keweenaw County
The exposed Lake Shore Traps along the wave-washed tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula carry agate-filled amygdules and datolite, with larger Keweenaw agates working loose from a narrow gravel band at the waterline.
Jasper Knob (Jasper Hill)
Marquette County
Jasper Knob in Ishpeming is a bald hilltop made entirely of jaspilite, a 1.87-billion-year-old banded iron formation of alternating red jasper and silvery specular hematite.
Lake Superior Beach (Ontonagon)
Ontonagon County
The Lake Superior shoreline around Ontonagon is among the most agate-rich in Michigan, with the stretch toward Copper Harbor noted for unusually heavy agate cover along with quartz, jasper, and occasional copper.
Best counties for jasper in Michigan
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.
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