Washington State Fossil Sites and Collecting Localities (fossilspot.com)

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
-	Adams	WA	area exposures	Pliocene		fish,reptile,mammal bones	WA0001
-	Clallam	WA	55 km W of Port Angeles on N side of Olympic Peninsula in exposures from Twin Rivers to Neah Bay in Concretions in clay	Oligocene		Turricula, Aforia, Galodea, Nautiloidea, Acmaea, pelecypods, Pecten, Miopleiona	WA0012
Agate Beach	Clallam	WA		Oligocene?		?	WA0002
Clallam Bay	Clallam	WA	Teredo Wood along seafront 8 to 30 km W			?	WA0003
Clallam Bay	Clallam	WA	on Right side of bay neat navigation light			marine vertebrates and invertebrates - Pecten	WA0004
Neah Bay	Clallam	WA		Oligocene?		?	WA0005
Neah Bay	Clallam	WA	in Limestone concretions	Eocene	Twin River	Crabs - Branchioplax	WA0006
Port Angeles	Clallam	WA	at Agate Beach Fossils. Fee in 1970s			fossils	WA0007
Sequim Bay	Clallam	WA	on N side of Olympia Peninsula	Pleistocene		vertebrates	WA0008
Slip Point(Clallam Bay)	Clallam	WA		Miocene	Clallam	Cetacean bones	WA0009
Twin Post Office	Clallam	WA	2.5 km W in bluff	Oligocene		Turricula, Aforia, Galodea, Nautiloidea, Acmaea, pelecypods, Pecten, Miopleiona	WA0010
West Twin Rivers	Clallam	WA	vertebrate fragments in concretions in sea cliffs to W.	Oligocene		vertebrates	WA0011
Wiley	Clark	WA	5 km S on Antanum Ridge			Petrified Wood	WA0013
Castle Rock	Cowlitz	WA	30 km NE			Petrified drift wood	WA0014
Castle Rock	Cowlitz	WA	5 km W on Arkansas Creek	Eocene		Pecten	WA0015
Cowlitz River	Cowlitz	WA	in mudstones at 'Big Bend'			mollusks-Polinices, Turritella, Murex, Siphonalia, Galeodea, Ficopsis;cephalopods-Aturia	WA0016
Inman[?]	Cowlitz	WA	2 km N of old Polson Logging Co. Store on Coal Creek	Eocene Upper		typical faunas	WA0017	Can't identify a town of Inman in Cowlitz County. Coal creek runs North from near Longview (46.1778N,123.0307W) for about 20km to 46.2800N,123.0857W. The only town shown by USGS is Coal Creek	46.1778N,123.0307W, 46.2800N,123.0857W approximate
Palisades	Douglas	WA	6 km SW			Petrified Wood	WA0018
Curlew	Ferry	WA	In hills above Kettle River N or White Creek 6 km N on WA4A.	Triassic		fossils.	WA0019
Republic	Ferry	WA		Eocene	Klondike Mountain	plant fossils	WA0020
Republic	Ferry	WA	at Stonerose center (Small fee. 3 specimen limit)	Eocene-Oligocene		plant fossils	WA0021
-	Franklin	WA	area exposures	Pliocene		fish, reptile, mammal bones	WA0028
Lake Kahlotus	Franklin	WA	North of Lake.	Pleistocene	Ringold	Delight Fauna--Large mammal, fish, amphibian, and reptile fauna.	WA0022
Pasco	Franklin	WA	in Columbia river bluffs upstream	Pliocene		fish,reptile,mammal bones	WA0023
Pasco	Franklin	WA	on Columbia River bluffs upstream.	Pliocene-Pleistocene	Ringold	Ringold-Delight faunas Large mammal, fish, amphibian, and reptile fauna.	WA0024
Ringold Flat	Franklin	WA		Pliocene (Blancan)	Ringold	mammals:Ursus	WA0025
White Bluffs	Franklin	WA			Ringold	Mammal Fossils	WA0026
White Bluffs	Franklin	WA	At White Bluffs general field	Pliocene (Blancan)	Ringold	mammals:Ursus	WA0027
Blue Lake	Grant	WA	In lava flow near Coulee City	Miocene		Mold of a Rhinoceras	WA0029
Mattawa	Grant	WA				Petrified Wood	WA0030
Mazama	Grant	WA	about half way between Mazama and Winthrop			Fossil Ferns	WA0031
Saddle Mountains	Grant	WA		Miocene		Petrified walnut	WA0032
Smyrna	Grant?	WA	Along Saddle Mountain 15 km SE to 15 km SW			Petrified Wood	WA0033
Aberdeen	Grays Harbor	WA	on E side of town on S side of 'Think-of-me Hill'	Miocene Upper		typical faunas	WA0034
Aberdeen	Grays Harbor	WA	on bluff on Wishkah River in bluff on Grand Forks Road	Miocene		pelecypods,gastropods	WA0035
Cape Elizabeth	Grays Harbor	WA		Miocene Upper		typical faunas	WA0036
Hoquiam	Grays Harbor	WA	2 km ?N on road to Copalis in road cut on W	Miocene Upper		pelecypods,gastropods	WA0037
Hoquiam	Grays Harbor	WA	in bluff in back of Lincoln School	Miocene Upper		Scutella (poorly preserved)	WA0038
Lankner Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	along creek	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0039	Lankner is at 46d54.73mN, 123d19.26mW. Lankner Creek might be the small, nameless creek to its West	46d54.73mN, 123d19.26mW. approximate
Lankner[?] Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	in several bluffs 5 km to 8 km upstream from RR crossing	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0040	Lankner is at 46d54.73mN, 123d19.26mW. Lankner Creek might be the small, nameless creek to its West	46d54.73mN, 123d19.26mW. approximate
Montesano	Grays Harbor	WA	2 km W in bluff on Chehalis Logging Co road	Miocene Lower		good fossils	WA0041
Montesano	Grays Harbor	WA	on E branch of Clemens in exposures along logging road in nw1/4 s28t17nr7w	Miocene Lower		pelecypods,gastropods	WA0042		s28t17nr7w
Oakville	Grays Harbor	WA	16 km W in area streambeds and road cuts			silicified clams and pelecypods.	WA0043
Otter P.O.[?]	Grays Harbor	WA	11 km N in Wynoochee River banks	Miocene Upper		invertebrates	WA0044	Otter doesn't have a ZIP code and doesn't show up on USGS Maps. The mouth of the Wynoochee River is at 46.9618N, 123.6091W	46.9618N, 123.6091W conjecture
Point Grenville	Grays Harbor	WA	1.5 km N in area exposures	Miocene Upper		fossils	WA0045
Porter	Grays Harbor	WA	Cliffs and cuts on WA12 in sandstone/mudstone	Oligocene		gastropods, crabs, invertebrates	WA0046
Porter	Grays Harbor	WA	in cuts and cliffs in sandstone-mudstone beds along WA12	Oligocene		crabs,mollusks	WA0047
Silvia Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	in conglomerate along creek s32t18nr7w	Miocene Upper		pelecypods, gastropods	WA0048		s32t18nr7w
South Elma	Grays Harbor	WA	6.5 km W in Chehalis River bank at Milepost 37	Miocene Upper		Typical fossils	WA0049
South Elma	Grays Harbor	WA	7 km W in RR cut at culvert 38E	Miocene Upper		Typical fossils	WA0050
Whidbey Island in Puget Sound	Island	WA	on W side	Pleistocene		vertebrate remains	WA0051
Oak Bay	Jefferson	WA	N half in cliff	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0052
Columbia City-Seattle	King	WA	6 blocks W of city hall	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0053
Georgetown-South Seattle	King	WA	in RR cut S of Seattle Brewing Co	Oligocene		fossils	WA0054
Issaquah	King	WA	Tiger Mountain Claim-Bob Jackson			small pieces of amber	WA0055
Lake Sammamish	King	WA	2 km W	Oligocene		fossils	WA0056
Seattle	King	WA	300 meters S of Alki Point in shales	Oligocene		pelecypods, gastropods	WA0057
Restoration Point	Kitsap	WA	on N side	Oligocene		typical fossils	WA0058
Ellensburg	Kittitas	WA	NW on Middle fork of Teanaway River in sandstone cliffs			oak and ash fossils	WA0059
Ellensburg	Kittitas	WA	in large area half way between Ellensburg and Naches			Petrified Wood	WA0060
Vantage	Kittitas	WA				Plants Celtis	WA0061
Vantage	Kittitas	WA	At Gingko Petrified Forest State Park			Petrified Gingko, Redwood, Maple, Douglas Fir, Oak logs			http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0803.htm
Bickleton	Klickitat	WA	Regional exposures 10 km W and to N			Petrified Wood	WA0062
-	Lewis	WA		Miocene	Wilkes	Mammalian coprolites	WA0070
Gries Ranch	Lewis	WA	type locality of Gries Ranch beds	Oligocene	Gries Ranch	marine fossils	WA0063
Lincoln Creek Station	Lewis	WA	at bridge over Lincoln Creek	Oligocene		fossils	WA0064
Lincoln Creek Station	Lewis	WA	in RR cut 1 km W	Oligocene		fossils	WA0065
Pe Ell Station	Lewis	WA	NW at Chehalis River bridge NE of power station	Tertiary		fossils	WA0066
Vader	Lewis	WA	In sandy shales 2 km E in sandy shales along Cowlitz River	Eocene Upper		fossils	WA0067
Vader	Lewis	WA	at ledge above junction of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks s32t11nr3w	Eocene Upper		fossils	WA0068		s32t11nr3w
Vader	Lewis	WA	in banks of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks	Tertiary		fossils in sandstones and shales.	WA0069
Twisp	Okanogan	WA	N of road junction about 6 km E			Ammonites	WA0071
Gray's River	Pacific	WA	4 km up Hull Creek	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0072
Gray's River	Pacific	WA	4.8km below(?) junction with Blaney Creek in dark tuffaceous shale	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0073
Green Creek	Pacific	WA	in exposures 1 km up from Willapa River	Oligocene		fossils	WA0074
Knappton	Pacific	WA	in bluff on N bank of Columbia River behind Knappton Lumber Co mill	Oligocene		fossils	WA0075
Leban Station	Pacific	WA	at Northern Pacific RR bridge	Oligocene		invertebrates	WA0076
Naselle	Pacific	WA	4 km E in bank of Naselle River	Oligocene		fossils.	WA0077
Nemah P.O.	Pacific	WA	6.5 km E at bridge over Nemah River in shales interbedded with basalt			fossils	WA0078
Raymond	Pacific	WA	along Willapa River E and W of Leban			Silicified clam fossils	WA0079
Willipa Hills	Pacific	WA	in road cuts on old logging roads and other area exposures in shales,siltstones and concretions	Oligocene	Lincoln Creek	plants, crustacea, petrified wood	WA0080
-	Pend Oreille	WA	In Middle Cambrian limestone	Cambrian	Metaline Limestone	Trilobites-Bathyuriscus, Elrathia, Elrathina, Kootenia, Ogygopsis, Olenoides, Pagetia, Poliella, Ptychoparella, Albertella?	WA0081
Metaline Falls	Pend Oreille	WA				distorted trilobites in Limestone.	WA0082
Metaline Falls	Pend Oreille	WA	in quarries of Lehigh Portland Cement Co 1 km SE.	Cambrian		trilobites and brachiopods.	WA0083
Sucia Island	San Juan	WA		Cretaceous	Cedar District	Cephalopods Desmophyllites	WA0084
Clear Lake	Skagit	WA	9 km W of Eastern Washington University at USAF Recreation Area	Cambrian Middle		trilobites	WA0085
Cathcart Station	Snohomish	WA	1 km N in RR cut	Oligocene		fossils	WA0086
Clear Lake Military Recreation Area	Spokane	WA		Cambrian Middle		Trilobites-Amecephalus, Glossopleura, Zacanthoides	WA0087
Opportunity	Spokane	WA	to S	Miocene	Latah	Fossil plants	WA0088
Spokane	Spokane	WA	area road cuts	Miocene	Latah	Fossil plants	WA0089
Addy	Stevens	WA	nearby in type section of Addy Quartzite	Cambrian Lower	Addy Quartzite	Nevadia, Olenellus	WA0090
Rice	Stevens	WA	4 km E of McKern Road on King Road.	Ordovician		graptolites - Phyllograptus, Didymograptus	WA0091
Helsing Junction	Thurston	WA	2 km E	Eocene	Chuckanut	fossils	WA0092
Tono	Thurston	WA	16 km NE of Centralia. Area deposits to E			Petrified Wood	WA0093
Elochoman River	Wahkiakum	WA	in W bank of River s35t10Nr5w and 100 meters S in nodules	Miocene Lower		Arca	WA0094		s35t10Nr5w
Fossil Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	in S10t6wr10N,s11t6wr10n near a log dam	Oligocene		fossils	WA0095		S10t6wr10N,s11t6wr10n
Lewis-Cowlitz	Wahkiakum	WA	in Lower Cowlitz River-Willapa Hills region. Cowlitz Fm (Olequa creek member).	Eocene	Cowlitz	Well known megafaunas mollusks	WA0096
McDonald Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	3 km above Middle fork of Wilson Creek	Oligocene		fossils.	WA0097
Skamokawa River	Wahkiakum	WA	3 km up Middle fork from junction with main river	Oligocene		fossils	WA0098
Wilson Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	in bluff on branch in s36t10nr6w	Oligocene		typical faunas	WA0099		s36t10nr6w
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	11 km S on WA11 in sandstone,mudstone,shale	Eocene	Chuckanut	good plant fossils -- palm,horsetail,deciduous trees,sequoia.	WA0100
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	12.5lm S of Bellingham on WA11	Eocene		plants-palms, horsetails, leaves, Sequoia needles, petrified wood	WA0101
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	Along Chuckanut Drive S of Bellingham about 1-3 km N of Oyster Bar Restaurant in road cuts	Eocene	Chuckanut?	palms, ferns, leaves	WA0102
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	Burrard,Kitsilano to N and contemporaneous Chuckanut Formation to S.	Cretaceous-Eocene	Burrard\|Chuckanut	Cretaceous and Eocene plants. Chuckanut floras include palms, Metasequoia, Glyptostrobus, Willow, Planatus, and many ferns,horsetails	WA0103	Planatus is a species name,not a genus?
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	in banks of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks	Tertiary		fossils in sandstones and shales.	WA0104
Maple Falls	Whatcom	WA	Burrard, Kitsilano to N and contemporaneous Chuckanut Formation to S.	Cretaceous-Eocene	Burrard\|Chuckanut	Cretaceous and Eocene plants	WA0105
Maple Falls	Whatcom	WA	Silurian- Lower Devonian corals in Doaks[?] Quarry N of border in BC	Silurian-Devonian		bryozoa, brachiopods	WA0106	This possibly should to be listed as British Columbia, but Maple Falls is some distance from the border?
Nooksack River	Whatcom	WA	On Middle Fork,Excellent Fossil Plants from	Eocene	Chuckanut	?	WA0107
Racehorse Creek	Whatcom	WA	Excellent Fossil Plants from	Eocene	Chuckanut	?	WA0108
Belmont	Whitman	WA	In old quarry			Petrified wood	WA0109
Sunnyside	Yakima	WA				Petrified Wood	WA0110
Sunnyside	Yakima	WA	20 km N at Anderson Ranch			Petrified Wood	WA0111
Yakima	Yakima	WA	Along Yakima Ridge 10 km to 60 km E of town			Petrified wood	WA0112
Murks Bay[?]	[?]	WA	On beach accessible via Forest Service trails			mollusks, vertebrate bones, cephalopods-Aturia	WA0113	Can't identify a Murks Bay in Washington
Warwick[?]	[?]	WA	10 km W			Petrified wood	WA0114	Can't identify a town of Warwick,Washington

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