Where to Find Jasper in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 5 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 2 counties. The largest share sits in Providence County with 3 spots. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every jasper spot we track in Rhode Island
Best spotMt. Hope BayBristol County, Rhode IslandPublic access · Red Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian +3
Best spotPawtuxetProvidence County, Rhode IslandPublic access · Agate, Carnelian, Amethyst +1
Best spotBristolBristol County, Rhode IslandPublic access · Jasper
Cumberland HillProvidence County, Rhode IslandPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
ProvidenceProvidence County, Rhode IslandPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
Standout jasper spots in Rhode Island
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Bristol
Bristol County
The Bristol shoreline, including the public waterfront at Colt State Park and the town beaches, yields red and brown jasper pebbles along with occasional agate and quartz from the Narragansett Basin conglomerates.
Mt. Hope Bay
Bristol County
The beach gravels rimming Mt. Hope Bay hold Rhode Island's fullest spread of chalcedony, including red and green agate, carnelian, jasper, and thin plates of hematite eroded from the Narragansett Basin.
Pawtuxet
Providence County
The Narragansett Bay beach gravels at Pawtuxet Village turn up agate, carnelian, amethyst, and jasper pebbles, the same chalcedony suite that washes out of the region's volcanic and glacial deposits.
Best counties for jasper in Rhode Island
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.
