Where to Find Petoskey Stone in Michigan
Michigan has 39 mapped collecting spots that report petoskey stone, spread across 20 counties. The largest share sits in Leelanau County with 7 spots. 30 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible, and 5 are fee-dig sites.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every petoskey stone spot we track in Michigan
Best spotRockport Recreation AreaAlpena County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Fossilized Coral, Brachiopod +10- Best spotCharles Mears State Park BeachOceana County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Agate, Fossil
- Best spotDrummond Island (Pudding Stone)Chippewa County, MichiganPublic access · Pudding Stone, Jasper Conglomerate, Petoskey Stone
- Best spotPetoskey Beaches (Little Traverse Bay)Emmet County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone
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
- North BeachLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Unakite, Stromatoporoid +11
- Point Betsie LighthouseBenzie County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Chert, Chain Coral +10
- Deerlick Creek ParkVan Buren County, MichiganPublic access · Fossil, Lightning Stone, Unakite +9
- Rocky Gap ParkBerrien County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Unakite, Quartz +9
- Pilgrim Haven Natural AreaVan Buren County, MichiganPublic access · Lightning Stone, Quartz, Unakite +7
Frankfort Public Beach And PlaygroundBenzie County, MichiganCheck locally · Granite, Chert, Quartz +5- Harrisville State ParkAlcona County, MichiganFee dig · Granite, Chert, Quartz +5
- Lake Huron Roadside ParkSanilac County, MichiganPublic access · Puddingstone, Gowganda Tillite, Stinkstone +5
- Wilcox-Palmer-Shaw PreserveAntrim County, MichiganPublic access · Chert, Quartz, Granite +5
- Negwegon State ParkAlcona County, MichiganFee dig · Puddingstone, Petoskey Stone, Granite +4
- Sturgeon Point LighthouseAlcona County, MichiganFee dig · Granite, Chert, Fossil +4
- Tawas Point State ParkIosco County, MichiganFee dig · Quartz, Granite, Gneiss +4
- Antrim Creek Natural AreaAntrim County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Horn Coral +3
- Elk Rapids Day ParkAntrim County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Elk Blue +3
- Elk Rapids SandbarAntrim County, MichiganCheck locally · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Elk Blue +3
- Empire BeachLeelanau County, MichiganCheck locally · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Unakite +3
- Onomonee Road BeachLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Charlevoix Stone, Stromatolite, Stromatoporoid +3
- Bayfront Park (West)Emmet County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Horn Coral +2
- Magnus ParkEmmet County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Brachiopod +2
- Arcadia Beach Natural AreaManistee County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Coral +1
- Christmas Cove BeachLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Stromatoporoid +1
- Fisherman's Island State ParkCharlevoix County, MichiganFee dig · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Lake Superior Agate +1
- Lakeside ParkSaint Clair County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Unakite, Puddingstone +1
- Maple Bay Natural Area ParkingGrand Traverse County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Slag +1
- Old FacefullManistee County, MichiganPublic access · Quartz, Unakite, Petoskey Stone +1
- Peterson ParkLeelanau County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Chert, Unakite +1
- Summit ParkMason County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone, Agate +1
- Beach (Petoskey area 2)Charlevoix County, MichiganPermission required · Petoskey Stone, Fossil
- Burt Lake BeachCheboygan County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Fossil
- Grace Road BeachBenzie County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone
- Lake Michigan Public AccessCharlevoix County, MichiganPublic access · Petoskey Stone, Charlevoix Stone
- Torch Lake BeachHoughton County, MichiganPublic access · Fossil, Petoskey Stone
Standout petoskey stone spots in Michigan
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Rockport Recreation Area
Alpena County
Rockport State Recreation Area opens a 300-acre former limestone quarry whose floor is scattered with Devonian fossils about 400 million years old, including Petoskey stones, Favosites honeycomb coral, brachiopods, and crinoids.
Drummond Island (Pudding Stone)
Chippewa County
Drummond Island is one of the best places in Michigan to find pudding stone, a striking metaconglomerate of red jasper pebbles set in white quartzite that glaciers carried south from Ontario.
Petoskey Beaches (Little Traverse Bay)
Emmet County
Little Traverse Bay in Emmet County is the most reliable place in Michigan to find Petoskey stones, the state stone, which are fossilized Hexagonaria colonial coral that show their honeycomb pattern best when wet.
Charles Mears State Park Beach
Oceana County
Charles Mears State Park puts almost 2,000 feet of Lake Michigan beach within easy reach in Pentwater, where wave-sorted gravel turns up Petoskey stones and other glacially transported Great Lakes specimens.
Best counties for petoskey stone in Michigan
Ranked by the number of mapped petoskey stone spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Leelanau County7 spots
- Antrim County4 spots
- Alcona County3 spots
- Benzie County3 spots
- Charlevoix County3 spots
- Emmet County3 spots
- Manistee County2 spots
- Van Buren County2 spots
- Alpena County1 spot
- Arenac County1 spot
- Berrien County1 spot
- Cheboygan County1 spot
- Chippewa County1 spot
- Grand Traverse County1 spot
- Houghton County1 spot
- Iosco County1 spot
- Mason County1 spot
- Oceana County1 spot
- Saint Clair County1 spot
- Sanilac County1 spot
Before you go
Read the petoskey stone identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Petoskey Stone in the encyclopedia.
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