Purse State Park MD: Potomac shark-tooth beach

ROCKHOUNDING OPEN / LEGAL CONFIRMED

Where: East · North America · approx. 38.43, -77.26 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Paleocene Aquia Formation cliffs on the tidal Potomac shed 60-million-year-old shark teeth onto a narrow gravel beach

What turns up: Paleocene shark teeth (Otodus, Striatolamia), ray plates, Turritella casts, occasional reptile fragments

Access: Open / legal.

Part of Nanjemoy WMA: personal collecting of small quantities of loose surface material allowed, no digging or hammering into the cliffs

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.