Where to Find Jasper in North Dakota
North Dakota has 10 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 8 counties. The largest share sits in McKenzie County with 3 spots. 9 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every jasper spot we track in North Dakota
Best spotRichardtonStark County, North DakotaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Agatized Wood +2
Best spotSouris RiverMcHenry County, North DakotaPublic access · Quartz, Agate, Chalcedony +2
Best spotBismarckBurleigh County, North DakotaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Silicified Wood +1
Best spotLittle Missouri RiverMcKenzie County, North DakotaPublic access · Montana Moss Agate, Jasper, Agatized Wood
Best spotMcKenzie CountyMcKenzie County, North DakotaPublic access · Montana Moss Agate, Jasper, Silicified Wood
Hettinger CountyHettinger County, North DakotaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Silicified Wood +2
Cannonball RiverSioux County, North DakotaPermission required · Agate, Chalcedony, Silicified Wood +1- TappenKidder County, North DakotaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
- Missouri River at 119th Road NorthwestWilliams County, North DakotaPublic access · Jasper, Montana Moss Agate, Petrified Wood
- Missouri River South ShoreMcKenzie County, North DakotaPublic access · Jasper, Montana Moss Agate, Petrified Wood
Standout jasper spots in North Dakota
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Bismarck
Burleigh County
Bismarck fronts the Missouri River, the one North Dakota waterway the courts have held navigable, meaning the state owns the bed below the ordinary high water mark.
Souris River
McHenry County
The Souris, or Mouse, River loops through the drift prairie of north-central North Dakota, and its glacial gravels carry quartz, agate, chalcedony, and jasper eroded from Canadian bedrock and dropped by the ice sheets.
Little Missouri River
McKenzie County
The Little Missouri River drains the heart of the North Dakota badlands, and its gravel bars concentrate Montana moss agate, agatized wood, and jasper eroded from the Sentinel Butte and Bullion Creek formations and carried down from Montana.
McKenzie County
McKenzie County
McKenzie County holds the largest share of the Little Missouri National Grassland, the one broadly reliable place in North Dakota to collect on public land.
Richardton
Stark County
Richardton sits in the gravels of Stark County at the eastern edge of the Little Missouri badlands collecting country, where the Bullion Creek and Sentinel Butte formations shed agate, chalcedony, agatized wood, jasper, and blades of selenite.
Best counties for jasper in North Dakota
Ranked by the number of mapped jasper spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- McKenzie County3 spots
- Burleigh County1 spot
- Hettinger County1 spot
- Kidder County1 spot
- McHenry County1 spot
- Sioux County1 spot
- Stark County1 spot
- Williams County1 spot
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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