Rockhounding in Kittitas County, Washington
8 mapped rockhounding spots in Kittitas County. Most commonly produces agate, opalized wood, petrified wood, blue agate.
Every rockhounding spot in Kittitas County
Best spotColumbia RiverKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Opalized Wood, Petrified Wood- Best spotLibertyKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Gold
- Best spotRed Top Mt. and Teanaway RidgeKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Blue Agate Geode
LibertyKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony Nodule- Middle Fork Teanaway RiverKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony Geode
- Petrified Forest State ParkKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Opalized Wood, Petrified Wood
- Cle ElumKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Blue Agate
- EllensburgKittitas County, WashingtonPublic access · Geode
Kittitas County rockhounding photos
Representative spot and material photos from this county, shown where verified public image records are available.
Minerals reported in Kittitas County
Standouts in Kittitas County
Hand-picked spots in Kittitas County, chosen for unusual mineralogy or documented public access. Each card opens the full coordinates and access notes.
Top pickRed Top Mt. and Teanaway Ridge
Public accessKittitas County
Red Top Mountain sits on the Eocene Teanaway Basalt, the rock unit Washington geologists identify as the source of the area's chalcedony, agate, and quartz-lined geodes.
Blue Agate Geode
Top pickLiberty
Public accessKittitas County
The Liberty and Swauk district produced some of the finest crystalline and wire gold specimens in the United States, formed in epithermal quartz veins above town and recovered as coarse nuggets in Swauk and Williams creeks.
Gold
Top pickColumbia River
Public accessKittitas County
The Saddle Mountains expose a petrified forest preserved between Wanapum Basalt flows roughly 14 to 15 million years old, and the area is one of the few places where collectors can legally gather Washington's state gem on public land.
Opalized Wood, Petrified Wood
Neighboring counties in Washington
Adjacent rockhounding counties, ranked by how close their centroids sit to Kittitas County. A natural extension if Kittitas County is already on your trip plan.
- Yakima County~41 mi3 spotsTop: Opalized Wood, Petrified Wood, Gold
- King County~55 mi4 spotsTop: Amber, Amethyst, Calcite
- Douglas County~61 mi4 spotsTop: Common Opal, Gold, Jadeite
- Franklin County~77 mi1 spotTop: Agate
- Snohomish County~83 mi6 spotsTop: Gold, Arsenic, Arsenopyrite
- Klickitat County~95 mi3 spotsTop: Petrified Wood, Agate, Carnelian
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