Omaha: Banded Agate & Moss Agate Rockhounding in Douglas County, Nebraska

Plan your visit

Generally open to casual rockhounding

County

Douglas County

State

Nebraska

Nearest road

Two Rivers Recreation Road

Postcode

68073

Coordinates

41.22544, -96.35859

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.

Access note: The best free ground is public gravel bars and road-cut gravel; the Missouri River is the one legally navigable river in Nebraska, so its public bank and bars below the high-water line are open surface-collecting ground. Get permission for commercial gravel pits (private) and private land, and note that county and city parks may restrict collecting.

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 Omaha

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Best months: March to November. Typical highs run 87°F in midsummer and 33°F in midwinter, with winter lows near 15°F.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, VALLEY NWS station (7 mi away).

Geology at Omaha

This spot sits on Dakota Group, mapped as sandstone and shale that formed roughly 145 to 100 million years ago. Tough silica like agate, jasper, and chert typically weathers out of beds like these and collects as float in drainages and on deflation surfaces.

Mapped unit

Dakota Group

Age

145–100 Ma (Early Cretaceous)

Rock types

sandstone and shale

Elevation

1,140 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.

• Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands
• Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska
• Nebraska Game and Parks rules
• Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules