Dodge County: Tektite Rockhounding in Dodge County, Georgia

Plan your visit

Permission required before collecting

County

Dodge County

State

Georgia

Nearest road

Sentell Oxley Road

Coordinates

32.30700, -83.24396

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

Land & collecting status

Permission required before collecting

Requires landowner or agency permission before any collecting. Do not enter without explicit authorization.

Access note: Tektites are found by surface searching recently tilled crop fields, ideally after a light rain washes the soil clean. Nearly all such fields are private farmland, so this is a permission-required hunt: contact the landowner before entering any field. The Meteorite Association of Georgia maintains records of localities and can advise on access. Never enter planted or posted fields without consent.

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 Dodge County

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Best months: August to June. Typical highs run 91°F in midsummer and 59°F in midwinter, with winter lows near 38°F.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, EASTMAN 1 W station (8 mi away).

Geology at Dodge County

This spot sits on ground mapped as sandstone and claystone that formed roughly 23 to 3 million years ago. Sedimentary rock like this erodes unevenly, so the most productive collecting is typically along fresh cuts, badland slopes, and active drainages.

Age

23–3 Ma (Neogene)

Rock types

sandstone and claystone

Elevation

380 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