Where to Find Petrified Wood in Missouri
Missouri has 8 mapped collecting spots that report petrified wood, spread across 7 counties. The largest share sits in Daviess County County with 2 spots. 8 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Map of 8 petrified wood collecting spots in Missouri
Standout petrified wood spots in Missouri
Hand-picked from the full list below, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Daviess County
Daviess County County
Daviess County lies in the glaciated plains of northern Missouri, where Pleistocene ice sheets carried Lake Superior agates south from the Great Lakes basin and dropped them in glacial drift and stream gravels. Collectors work the area's creeks and the Grand River gravels for banded fortification agate, jasper, petrified wood, and fossils. The agates are tumble-rounded and frost-pitted, distinct from the local sedimentary chert.
Gallatin
Daviess County County
Gallatin sits on the Grand River in glaciated Daviess County, and the river gravels here are a documented source of petrified wood, agate, jasper, and chalcedony reworked from glacial drift. It gives collectors a defined river-access point within the broader northwestern Missouri agate country. Petrified wood is the standout find, with pieces showing clear cell structure.
Gentry County
Gentry County County
Gentry County in far northwestern Missouri lies squarely in glacial-drift country, where ice-rafted Lake Superior agates, jasper, and petrified wood are scattered through till and reworked into the area's stream gravels. It is one of the recognized northwest Missouri counties for agate hunting, alongside Daviess, Grundy, and Livingston. The agates carry the classic red-and-white fortification banding of the Lake Superior type.
Grundy County
Grundy County County
Grundy County rounds out the cluster of glaciated northern Missouri counties that yield ice-transported Lake Superior agates, with mindat documenting Lake Superior agate from the county. Its creeks and the Thompson and Weldon river gravels rework glacial drift, freeing agate, jasper, and petrified wood. The material is the same banded, tumble-rounded agate prized by Midwest collectors.
Best counties for petrified wood in Missouri
Ranked by the number of mapped petrified wood spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Daviess County2 spots
- Bollinger County1 spot
- Cape Girardeau County1 spot
- Dade County1 spot
- Gentry County1 spot
- Grundy County1 spot
- Livingston County1 spot
Every petrified wood spot we track in Missouri
Sorted by county. Coordinates open in Google Maps.
| Spot | County | Minerals | Coordinates | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Hill E General AreaCounty Road 402 | Bollinger County | 37.2821, -89.9233 | Public | |
| Cape Girardeau CountyClark Street | Cape Girardeau County | 37.3888, -89.6517 | Public | |
| GreenfieldEast Dade 114 | Dade County | 37.4162, -93.8310 | Public | |
| Daviess County215th Street | Daviess County | 39.9653, -93.9975 | Public | |
| GallatinPepper Avenue | Daviess County | 39.9193, -93.9405 | Public | |
| Gentry County | Gentry County | 40.2077, -94.3754 | Public | |
| Grundy County | Grundy County | 40.1196, -93.5296 | Public | |
| Livingston County | Livingston County | 39.7545, -93.5739 | Public |
Before you go
Read the petrified wood identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Petrified Wood in the encyclopedia.
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