Bottle Digging in West

103 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.

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Animas Forks CO (restricted) · dump · Restricted
Aspen 1880s · dump · Permission required
Aspen CO: Roaring Fork silver camp · dump · Permission required
Astoria OR: Columbia-mouth port · foreshore · Gray area
Austin NV · dump · Permission required
Baker City OR · dump · Permission required
Bannack MT - AVOID · dump · Prohibited / view only
Belmont NV: silver ghost town · dump · Restricted
Big Island: Hamakua plantation-era dumps · dump · Permission required
Bottle Beach WA: Ocosta townsite (look only) · mudflat · Prohibited / view only
Bozeman · dump · Permission required
Breckenridge · dump · Permission required
Buffalo WY · dump · Permission required
Butte MT uptown privies · dump · Permission required
Butte MT: richest hill on earth · dump · Restricted
Carson City · dump · Permission required
Central City / Black Hawk · dump · Permission required
Central City CO: Gregory Gulch gold · dump · Restricted
Cheyenne · dump · Permission required
Comet MT: High Ore mining camp · dump · Permission required
Coolidge MT: Elkhorn Mine rail ghost · dump · Restricted
Corinne UT: gentile rail town · dump · Permission required
Coupeville · mudflat · Permission required
Creede · dump · Permission required
Cripple Creek · dump · Permission required
Cripple Creek CO: late gold district · dump · Restricted
Custer SD · dump · Permission required
Deadwood SD: Black Hills gold town · dump · Restricted
Delamar NV: Widowmaker gold camp · dump · Gray area
Denver privies · dump · Permission required
Durango · dump · Permission required
Elkhorn MT: silver ghost town · dump · Restricted
Eureka NV · dump · Permission required
Eureka UT (Tintic) · dump · Permission required
Fairplay · dump · Permission required
Frisco UT: Horn Silver kiln camp · dump · Permission required
Garnet MT (restricted) · dump · Restricted
Genoa: oldest Nevada · dump · Permission required
Georgetown CO · dump · Permission required
Gilmore ID: Lemhi Valley lead-silver ghost · dump · Permission required
Goldfield NV: greatest camp dumps · dump · Permission required
Granite MT ghost (caution) · dump · Permission required
Hamilton NV: White Pine boom ghost · dump · Restricted
Helena MT: Last Chance Gulch · dump · Permission required
Hot Springs SD · dump · Permission required
Idaho City: Boise Basin camps · dump · Permission required
Idaho Springs · dump · Permission required
Ilwaco/Columbia mouth · mudflat · Permission required
Jacksonville OR: southern-Oregon gold town · dump · Permission required
Jerome AZ: hillside copper town · dump · Restricted
Juneau AK: Treadwell / Sandy Beach · foreshore · Gray area
Kauai: Glass Beach, Port Allen · foreshore · Gray area
La Conner · mudflat · Permission required
Lead SD · dump · Permission required
Leadville CO: Cloud City silver lots · dump · Permission required
Lewiston ID · river · Permission required
Lewiston ID: head of Snake navigation · river · Gray area
Miner's Delight WY: South Pass gold ghost · dump · Restricted
Missoula · dump · Permission required
Monte Cristo WA: Cascade mining ghost · dump · Restricted
Nome: gold-rush public beach · foreshore · Open / legal
Oahu: Ke Iki Beach sea glass · foreshore · Open / legal
Ogden UT · dump · Permission required
Olympia WA: Puget Sound capital · foreshore · Permission required
Oregon City OR: Willamette Falls town · river · Permission required
Ouray · dump · Permission required
Ouray CO: box-canyon silver town · dump · Restricted
Oysterville · mudflat · Permission required
Park City UT · dump · Permission required
Park City UT: Wasatch silver camp · dump · Restricted
Philipsburg MT · dump · Permission required
Pioche NV · dump · Permission required
Pioche NV: rough silver camp · dump · Restricted
Port Gamble · mudflat · Permission required
Port Townsend WA: 1893 frozen boomtown · dump · Permission required
Port Townsend WA: North Beach glass stretch · foreshore · Gray area
Port Townsend WA: Victorian seaport · foreshore · Gray area
Rawlins WY · dump · Permission required
Rhyolite NV: Bullfrog boom ruin · dump · Restricted
Salida · dump · Permission required
Salt Lake City privies · dump · Permission required
Seattle: Alki Beach glass drift · foreshore · Open / legal
Seattle: Pioneer Square/regrade · dump · Permission required
Shaniko OR: wool-capital rail terminus · dump · Permission required
Sheridan WY · dump · Permission required
Silver City ID · dump · Permission required
Silverton · dump · Permission required
Sitka AK: Russian America capital · foreshore · Restricted
Skagway/Dyea flats (look only) · mudflat · Prohibited / view only
Snohomish · river · Permission required
South Pass City WY (restricted) · dump · Restricted
Spokane · dump · Permission required
St. Elmo CO: preserved ghost town · dump · Restricted
Tacoma privies · dump · Permission required
Telluride · dump · Permission required
The Dalles OR: Columbia Gorge port · river · Gray area
The Dalles OR: portage riverfront · river · Gray area
Victor CO · dump · Permission required
Virginia City MT & Alder Gulch · dump · Restricted
Walla Walla · dump · Permission required
Walla Walla WA: inland trade town · river · Permission required
Wallace ID · dump · Permission required
Wrangell AK: three-flag fur port · foreshore · Gray area