Where to Find Petrified Wood in the United States

163 mapped petrified wood spots across 12 U.S. states. Petrified wood replaces ancient buried logs with silica, agate, or opal. The American West is famous for it: parts of Oregon, Washington, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona produce gem-grade material on legal public ground (outside Petrified Forest National Park).

Top states for petrified wood

States ranked by number of petrified wood spots in our database. States in bold link to a focused petrified wood-in-state list.

Every petrified wood spot we track

Sorted by state and county. Coordinates open in Google Maps.

Spot	County	Minerals	Coordinates	Access
Brookwood Strip MinesRocky Branch Road	Tuscaloosa County	Hematite Quartz Siderite Agate Petrified Wood	33.2615, -87.3875	Check locally
Tuscaloosa Rockhounding Area (Petrified Wood)AL 216	Tuscaloosa County	Quartz Petrified Wood	33.2267, -87.4265	Check locally
Crescent City BeachesNorth Pebble Beach Drive	Del Norte County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Moonstone Petrified Wood	41.7650, -124.2309	Public
Jacolitos CanyonJacalitos Creek Road	Fresno County	Jasper Petrified Wood Fossilized Coral	36.0962, -120.3204	Public
Castle Butte FoothillsDenise Avenue	Kern County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Jasper Petrified Wood	35.0493, -117.8247	Public
El Paso MountainsEP170	Kern County	Agate Opal Jasper Gold Petrified Wood	35.4376, -117.8159	Public
Nipomo AreaSouth Dana Foothill Road	San Luis Obispo County	Moss Agate Jasper Petrified Wood Stibnite	35.0351, -120.4530	Public
Agate Area (Klamath River)Yellow Dog Trail	Siskiyou County	Agate Bloodstone Jasper Petrified Wood	42.0009, -122.4018	Public
Jenny CreekCopco Road	Siskiyou County	Agate Carnelian Petrified Wood Fossils	41.9769, -122.3978	Public
Trinity RiverBrowns Mountain Road	Trinity County	Chalcedony Gold Jasper Jade Petrified Wood	40.6938, -122.8635	Public
Polk County QuarriesAlcoma Grove Road	Polk County	Fossils Gypsum Petrified Wood Uranium Vivianite	27.9116, -81.5067	Public
Chattahoochee County	Chattahoochee County	Chert Quartz Petrified Wood Pyrite Selenite	32.3121, -84.8134	Public
Round Oak	Jones County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	33.1058, -83.6325	Public
Bull CreekWellborn Drive	Muscogee County	Petrified Wood	32.4825, -84.9103	Public
Ada CountySouth Pleasant Valley Road	Ada County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	43.3845, -116.2326	Public
Malm GulchMalm Gulch Trail	Custer County	Agate Petrified Wood	44.3383, -114.2226	Public
Salmon RiverSalmon River Trail #96	Idaho County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	45.4632, -115.7870	Public
LeesburgNational Forest Development Road 242	Lemhi County	Gold Petrified Wood	45.2216, -114.1166	Public
Homedale (area)Texas Basin Road	Owyhee County	Agate Petrified Wood	43.2587, -117.0090	Public
McBride Creek	Owyhee County	Petrified Wood	43.2754, -116.9772	Public
CascadeOne Eleven Way	Valley County	Agate Petrified Wood	44.4714, -115.9928	Public
Maumee RiverNiagara Drive	Allen County	Agate Jasper Fossilized Coral Petrified Wood	41.0819, -85.1127	Public
Orient AreaHenry A Wallace Road	Adair County	Agate Quartz Petrified Wood	41.2473, -94.3538	Public
DubuqueRiverside Road	Dubuque County	Lake Superior Agate Moss Agate Oolitic Agates Moonstone Jasper Petrified Wood Fossils	42.5762, -90.6824	Public
Emmetsburg360th Street	Palo Alto County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	43.1302, -94.7027	Public
GraettingerRobins Avenue	Palo Alto County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	43.2367, -94.7414	Public
Medicine LodgePixley Road	Barber County	Petrified Wood	37.1432, -98.5213	Public
Medicine Lodge RiverBethel Road	Barber County	Agate Jasper Agatized Wood Chert Chalcedony Petrified Wood	37.0491, -98.4800	Public
Concordia	Cloud County	Agate Moss Agate Banded Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	39.5784, -97.5687	Public
McLouthWest Lake Street	Jefferson County	Lake Superior Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	39.1942, -95.2084	Public
Chikaskia River	Kingman County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	37.4378, -98.0528	Public
AdaNemaha Road	Ottawa County	Petrified Wood	39.1600, -97.8993	Public
Sharon SpringsKS 27	Wallace County	Agate Petrified Wood	38.9367, -101.7499	Public
Verdigris River	Wilson County	Agate Jasper Chalcedony Petrified Wood	37.6571, -95.7763	Public
RowlettsCharlie Dowling Road	Hart County	Onyx Petrified Wood	37.2579, -85.8976	Public
Louisville (quarry area)Chickasaw Park Road	Jefferson County	Fossilized Quarry Petrified Wood	38.2405, -85.8348	Public
PollockBig Creek Dam Road	Grant Parish	Agate Petrified Wood	31.5296, -92.3991	Public
Ouachita RiverRiver Road	Ouachita Parish	Agate Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	32.3028, -92.1028	Public
LeesvilleWerner Road	Vernon Parish	Petrified Wood	31.1840, -93.2789	Public
Prince George’s CountyMartin Road	Prince George's County	Petrified Wood	38.6913, -76.7972	Public
WessonCecil Reeves Road	Copiah County	Banded Agate Chalcedony Petrified Wood	31.7157, -90.3235	Public
GulfportRobinson Road	Harrison County	Jasper Petrified Wood	30.4732, -89.1614	Public
Holly Springs National Forest	Marshall County	Petrified Wood	34.7080, -89.3300	Public
Twentymile CreekCounty Road 7450	Prentiss County	Fossils Petrified Wood	34.5854, -88.6307	Public
Marble Hill E General AreaCounty Road 402	Bollinger County	Agate Petrified Wood	37.2821, -89.9233	Public
Cape Girardeau CountyClark Street	Cape Girardeau County	Agate Petrified Wood	37.3888, -89.6517	Public
GreenfieldEast Dade 114	Dade County	Agate Chert Petrified Wood	37.4162, -93.8310	Public
Daviess County215th Street	Daviess County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	39.9653, -93.9975	Public
GallatinPepper Avenue	Daviess County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Fossils	39.9193, -93.9405	Public
Gentry County	Gentry County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	40.2077, -94.3754	Public
Grundy County	Grundy County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	40.1196, -93.5296	Public
Livingston County	Livingston County	Lake Superior Agate Jasper Fossils Petrified Wood	39.7545, -93.5739	Public
Pryor MountainsBad Pass Road	Big Horn County	Fossiles Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	45.2386, -108.2675	Public
Mount BlackmoreBlackmore Trail	Gallatin County	Agate Chalcedony Hyalite Opal Petrified Wood	45.4447, -111.0035	Public
Jefferson RiverPrimrose Lane	Madison County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	45.6902, -112.2745	Public
CarbellaRock Creek Road South	Park County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood Quartz	45.2175, -110.9273	Public
MinerTom Miner Creek Road	Park County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	45.1918, -110.9271	Public
TerryBroadview Bench Road	Prairie County	Petrified Wood Chalcedony Jasper	46.7727, -105.2599	Public
Platte RiverHuron Drive	Buffalo County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	40.6611, -99.0708	Public
Crawford (jasper area)Annin Street	Dawes County	Fairburn Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	42.6831, -103.4114	Public
FairburyLittle Blue River Trail	Jefferson County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	40.1320, -97.1844	Public
Steel CityRomeo Road	Jefferson County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	40.0404, -97.0348	Public
BayardUS 26	Morrill County	Agate Petrified Wood	41.7324, -103.3187	Public
Fullerton	Nance County	Agate Petrified Wood	41.3529, -97.9514	Public
Little Nemaha River	Nemaha County	Agate Moss Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	40.4043, -95.8280	Public
AshlandWillow Point Drive	Saunders County	Agate Petrified Wood	41.0542, -96.3258	Public
Pine RidgeElder Drive	Sheridan County	Quartz Concretions Agate Petrified Wood Fossils	42.9939, -102.5627	Public
WhiteclayElder Drive	Sheridan County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	42.9938, -102.5628	Public
Lahontan ReservoirKaren Road	Churchill County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	39.4476, -119.0493	Public
Goose CreekGoose Creek Road	Elko County	Petrified Wood	41.9481, -114.0744	Public
Veterans Memorial HighwayVeterans Memorial Highway	Esmeralda County	Agate Petrified Wood Chalcedony	38.0251, -117.7848	Public
Golconda (petrified area)Eden Valley Road	Humboldt County	Chalcedony Petrified Wood	40.9787, -117.4834	Public
Virgin Valley	Humboldt County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Flint Jasper Opal Silicified Lignite Opalized Wood +1 more	41.8302, -119.0002	Public
Walker Lake	Mineral County	Agate Chalcedony Fossils Petrified Wood Turquoise	38.7849, -118.7425	Public
San Antonio Mountains	Nye County	Jade Petrified Wood Wonderstone	38.2519, -117.1974	Public
Black Rock Desert	Pershing County	Opalized Wood Petrified Wood Agate Fire Opal Geodes Gypsum Obsidian Tourmaline +4 more	40.8859, -119.0567	Public
SayrevilleBordentown Avenue	Middlesex County	Marcasite Pyrite Petrified Wood	40.4387, -74.3298	Public
Manasquan	Monmouth County	Quartz Fossils Petrified Wood	40.1127, -74.0318	Public
Warren TownshipRed Hill Road	Somerset County	Banded Agate Moss Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Quartz Amethyst Citrine +1 more	40.6298, -74.5312	Public
Zuni MountainsCounty Road 149	Cibola County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	35.1422, -108.3258	Public
NW San Juan County	San Juan County	Chert Garnet Jasper Quartzite Petrified Wood	36.7617, -108.6553	Public
Las Vegas	San Miguel County	Petrified Wood	35.6577, -105.2327	Public
Mount ChalchihuitlGravel Pit Road	Santa Fe County	Agate Chalcedony Petrified Wood Turquoise	35.4701, -106.1126	Public
Jornada ValleyUpham Road	Sierra County	Agate Chalcedony Elixirite Jasper Petrified Wood	33.1363, -107.0245	Public
Union County	Union County	Petrified Wood Rose Agate	36.9940, -103.0078	Public
UnakaBeaver Dam Loop	Cherokee County	Staurolite Agate Epidote Pink Feldspar Gold Placer Petrified Wood Smoky Quartz	35.1839, -84.1541	Public
Halifax CountyNC 481	Halifax County	Petrified Wood	36.2199, -77.5764	Public
Troy	Montgomery County	Petrified Wood	35.3681, -79.8395	Public
Chapel HillBolin Creek Trail	Orange County	Moss Agate Petrified Wood	35.9248, -79.0453	Public
EllberleNC 73	Richmond County	Petrified Wood	35.0963, -79.7697	Public
Sheyenne River29th Street Northeast	Eddy County	Quartz Petrified Wood Fossils	47.8318, -98.9353	Public
El RenoJones Road Northeast	Canadian County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	35.5574, -97.9452	Check locally
Seiling & TalogaUS 183	Dewey County	Agate Jadeite Jasper Petrified Wood	36.0925, -98.9526	Check locally
Beckham CountyCR E1400	Greer County	Alabaster Selenite Petrified Wood	34.9894, -99.4146	Check locally
Willamette RiverSoutheast Goodnight Avenue	Benton County	Agate Jasper Bloodstone Petrified Wood	44.5348, -123.2471	Check locally
N Umpqua RiverSmith Springs Lane	Douglas County	Agate Chalcedony Carnelian Jasper Petrified Wood Silicified Wood	43.2977, -122.9391	Check locally
S Umpqua RiverAmber Lane	Douglas County	Agate Chalcedony Carnelian Jasper Petrified Wood Silicified Wood	43.1649, -123.3945	Check locally
John Day RiverJohn Day Highway	Grant County	Fossils Petrified Wood	44.4968, -119.5954	Check locally
Warm Springs Reservoir	Harney County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Black Agate	43.6216, -118.2435	Check locally
Streams around Oregon CavesCaves Highway	Josephine County	Agate Chalcedony Gold Jasper Petrified Wood Rhodonite	42.1077, -123.4085	Check locally
Warner CanyonWinnemucca-to-the-Sea Highway	Lake County	Petrified Wood Quartz	42.2387, -120.3101	Check locally
Beach Area FlorenceOregon Coast Highway	Lane County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood Moonstone Grossularite Garnet	44.2672, -124.1086	Check locally
BroganJohn Day Highway	Malheur County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Jasper Petrified Wood	44.2320, -117.5106	Check locally
Ironside and Malheur Reservoir	Malheur County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Jasper Petrified Wood	44.3624, -117.6981	Check locally
MosierCarroll Road	Wasco County	Petrified Wood Silicified Pine Cones	45.6781, -121.3854	Check locally
South BethlehemKohlersburg Road	Armstrong County	Jasper Petrified Wood	40.9988, -79.3444	Public
ChurchtownPennsylvania Turnpike	Berks County	Petrified Wood	40.1700, -75.9133	Public
Bucks CountyBogey Circle	Bucks County	Petrified Wood	40.2701, -75.1172	Public
Maple GlenGraeme Way	Bucks County	Petrified Wood	40.2316, -75.0994	Public
NewtownSwamp Road	Bucks County	Jasper Petrified Wood	40.2406, -74.9708	Public
PhiladelphiaBoy Scout Bridge	Delaware County	Agate Petrified Wood Chalcedony Chert Jasper Quartz	40.0130, -75.3895	Public
BainbridgeBainbridge Road	Lancaster County	Petrified Wood	40.1081, -76.6694	Public
GreensburgHorse Trail	Westmoreland County	Petrified Wood	40.3247, -79.4761	Public
York HavenBowers Bridge Road	York County	Petrified Wood	40.0996, -76.7473	Public
Bellyache CreekWest Billy Farrow Highway	Darlington County	Petrified Wood	34.3375, -79.9841	Public
Fairfield County	Fairfield County	Petrified Wood	34.3995, -80.9094	Public
Darlington	Florence County	Petrified Wood	34.3054, -79.6589	Public
Florence CountyJeffords Road	Florence County	Petrified Wood	34.0178, -79.7131	Public
Blenheim	Marlboro County	Petrified Wood	34.4421, -79.6618	Public
Mound City	Campbell County	Petrified Wood Opal	45.7206, -100.2372	Public
Little Eagle	Corson County	Petrified Wood Opal	45.6774, -100.7826	Public
Area surfaces all around SmithvilleTX 71	Bastrop County	Agate Petrified Wood	30.0160, -97.1478	Public
Creek beds & hill slopes between Caldwell & Somerville	Burleson County	Petrified Wood Agatized Wood	30.3629, -96.6913	Public
New BraunfelsGruene Place Drive	Comal County	Petrified Wood	29.7286, -98.1088	Public
Rabb's Creek	Fayette County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	30.0666, -96.8791	Public
Peach CreekCounty Road 353	Gonzales County	Agate Petrified Wood	29.5041, -97.3143	Public
Quitman Mountains (South)	Hudspeth County	Agate Amethyst Carnelian Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	31.1005, -105.5080	Public
MoultonCounty Road 532G	Lavaca County	Agate Petrified Wood	29.5580, -97.1321	Public
N of CrossFM 39 South	Madison County	Petrified Wood	30.8983, -96.1067	Public
General Area	Reeves County	Agate Petrified Wood	31.3526, -103.7592	Public
Btwn Groveton & Trinity	Trinity County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	31.0331, -95.2220	Public
Castle DaleCedar Hollow Trail	Emery County	Agate Agatized Dinosaur Bone Petrified Wood	39.2274, -110.8866	Public
San Rafael Swell	Emery County	Agatized Wood Amethyst Carnotite Petrified Wood Agate Chalcedony Chert Petrified Dinosaur Bones +1 more	38.9221, -110.5309	Public
Circle Cliffs	Garfield County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood Silicified Wood	37.9962, -111.1291	Public
SE Grand County	Grand County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Silicified Dinosaur Bone Petrified Wood	38.6512, -109.5572	Public
Thompson SpringsCR 146	Grand County	Agate Agatized Clams Anhydrite Carnotite Gypsum Jasper Jasperized Dinosaur Bones Petrified Wood	38.8657, -109.7045	Public
Thompson SpringsCR 164	Grand County	Agate Agatized Clams Jasper Petrified Wood Corvusite Selenium Uraninite Autunite	38.8370, -109.5310	Public
Cedar CityCedar Canyon Road	Iron County	Agate Moss Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	37.6512, -112.9749	Public
OrdervilleUpper Sand Wash	Kane County	Septarian Nodules Agate Anhydrite Geodes Gypsum Petrified Wood	37.2392, -112.6508	Public
Sweet Water CanyonBitter Creek Road	Uintah County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	39.8397, -109.4128	Public
HanksvilleFairview Ranch Road	Wayne County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	38.3615, -110.7113	Public
HanksvilleOld Highway Road	Wayne County	Agate Jasper Petrified Wood	38.3738, -110.7812	Public
MoselyOtterdale Road	Chesterfield County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	37.4236, -77.7276	Public
SkinquarterLedo Road	Chesterfield County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	37.4096, -77.7743	Public
QuanticoSouth Elrod Avenue	Stafford County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	38.4852, -77.3139	Public
Rattlesnake Mt.	Benton County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	46.3957, -119.6131	Public
Columbia RiverBeverly Railroad Bridge	Kittitas County	Opalized Wood Petrified Wood	46.8349, -119.9497	Public
Petrified Forest State ParkRecreation Drive	Kittitas County	Opalized Wood Petrified Wood	46.9602, -119.9884	Public
Klickitat RiverState Route 142	Klickitat County	Petrified Wood	45.7532, -121.2085	Public
LyleHenderson Road	Klickitat County	Petrified Wood	45.6954, -121.2423	Public
CentraliaEast Carson Street	Lewis County	Agate Carnelian Chalcedony Geodes Jasper Petrified Wood	46.7461, -122.9415	Public
DotyDoty Street	Lewis County	Agate Carnelian Chalcedony Geodes Jasper Petrified Wood	46.6425, -123.2800	Public
Lucas CreekSenn Road	Lewis County	Agate Carnelian Chalcedony Geodes Jasper Petrified Wood	46.6389, -122.7723	Public
McCoy Farm near AdnaCeres Hill Road	Lewis County	Carnelian Petrified Wood	46.6171, -123.1414	Public
Pe EllJones Road	Lewis County	Agate Carnelian Chalcedony Geodes Jasper Petrified Wood	46.5737, -123.3035	Public
Cairn Hope Peak	Yakima County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	46.5661, -119.9769	Public
Mabton	Yakima County	Petrified Wood Opalized Wood	46.1631, -119.9807	Public
Berry Hills Country ClubMeans Ridge	Kanawha County	Petrified Wood	38.3147, -81.6946	Public
Buffalo	Johnson County	Agate Chalcedony Gastroliths Jasper Petrified Wood Quartz	44.4527, -106.5548	Public
KemmererEmigrant Trail	Lincoln County	Turritella Agate Chalcedony Chert Jasper Quartz Petrified Wood Silicified Wood	41.8114, -110.4780	Public
Steamboat Mountain	Sweetwater County	Agate Chalcedony Jasper Petrified Wood	41.9624, -108.9657	Public
Sweetwater CountyWY 374	Sweetwater County	Agate Chalcedony Chert Jasper Petrified Wood Silicified Wood Quartz Turritella Agate	41.5388, -109.4846	Public
Blacks Fork Creek	Uinta County	Silicified Algae Turritella Agate Chalcedony Jasper Quartz Petrified Wood	41.5683, -110.1414	Public

Petrified Wood rockhounding FAQ

Where is the best place to find petrified wood in the U.S.?+

Washington, Oregon, Utah have the highest concentrations of petrified wood in this list. Each state's quality and access varies — open the linked state pages for a detailed view.

How many petrified wood rockhounding spots does RockHoundR track?+

163 mapped spots across 12 states. The app keeps these on a map alongside your private finds.

Can I legally collect petrified wood on public land?+

Casual hand collecting of common rocks and minerals like petrified wood is allowed on most BLM and U.S. Forest Service land, with daily and annual limits set by the local field office. National parks, most state parks, and tribal land are off-limits. Always check with the managing agency before a trip.

How do I identify petrified wood in the field?+

Field identification of petrified wood comes down to color, hardness, fracture, and luster. The RockHoundR app links to geology details for each spot to help narrow down what you might be picking up.

Hunt petrified wood on the map

Open RockHoundR to see these spots on a real map with public land overlays and trip-planning details.