Cartersville: Geode Digging in Bartow County, Georgia

Plan your visit

Generally open to casual rockhounding

County

Bartow County

State

Georgia

Nearest road

Vulcan Quarry Road

Postcode

30184

Coordinates

34.20924, -84.70887

Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.

Land & collecting status

Generally open to casual rockhounding

Most public-tagged spots sit on BLM, U.S. Forest Service, or other federal land where reasonable hand collecting of common rocks and minerals is allowed. Confirm posted rules and active mining claims before you dig.

Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.

Best time to visit Cartersville

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Conditions here are workable year-round, with typical highs from 50°F in winter to 87°F in summer.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, ALLATOONA DAM 2 station (3 mi away), adjusted for elevation.

Geology at Cartersville

This spot sits on Granitic Gneiss / Gneissic Granite (augen or porphyritic), mapped as gneiss and granite that formed roughly 4600 to 250 million years ago. Plutonic rock like this weathers slowly into grus and boulders, and the most productive collecting is typically in weathered zones and drainages.

Mapped unit

Granitic Gneiss / Gneissic Granite (augen or porphyritic)

Age

4600–250 Ma (Precambrian to Paleozoic)

Rock types

gneiss and granite

Elevation

1,170 ft

Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.

Sources & verification

Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.

• Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Geologic Survey
• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
• Georgia State Parks rules
• Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules