Montross VA: Westmoreland State Park Fossil Beach

ROCKHOUNDING OPEN / LEGAL CONFIRMED

Where: US East · North America · approx. 38.16, -76.86 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Miocene Calvert Formation cliffs on the Virginia side of the Potomac, same shark-tooth beds as Calvert Cliffs

What turns up: Miocene shark teeth, ray plates, whale bone bits, ecphora fragments

Access: Open / legal.

Virginia state park: surface collecting on the beach is allowed, climbing or digging the Horsehead Cliffs is strictly prohibited

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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.