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Westmoreland SP VA: Fossil Beach at Horsehead Cliffs

ROCKHOUNDING OPEN / LEGAL CONFIRMED

Where: Southeast · North America · approx. 38.17, -76.86 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Miocene Chesapeake Group cliffs on the tidal Potomac drop shark teeth and whale bone onto the state park beach

What turns up: Miocene shark teeth, ray plates, scallop and oyster shells, whale and dolphin bone fragments

Access: Open / legal.

State park with per-vehicle parking fee; surface collecting of loose beach material allowed, no digging or climbing the cliffs, report articulated marine mammal finds to staff

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