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  1. FossilsDirectory

    Fossil Identification Guide

    Browse fossil specimen pages by era, type, region, and field identification clues.

    696 specimens
  2. State GuidesDirectory

    State Law and Permit Guides

    Open the 50-state legal layer for foraging, fossil collecting, and metal detecting.

    50 states
  3. Near MeCity Hub

    Austin, Texas Field Guide Hub

    Metro-level entry point with nearby locations, seasonal windows, and state-law context.

    54 local pages
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    April Delaware Fossils

    In April in Delaware, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around shell beds, estuary gravels, and shark tooth beaches. This guide is written for Mid-Atlantic Coast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Delaware.

    April • Delaware
  5. CompareDirectory

    Look-Alike Compare Guides

    Comparison pages for species and finds that are commonly confused in the field.

    1,500 compare pages
  6. MushroomsDirectory

    Mushroom Species Guide

    Browse the full mushroom directory with edibility, look-alikes, habitat clues, and regional timing.

    1,403 species
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    April Alabama Fossils

    In April in Alabama, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around coastal plain shark teeth and mississippian marine limestone. This guide is written for Southeast Piedmont terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Alabama.

    April • Alabama
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    April Alaska Fossils

    In April in Alaska, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around pleistocene mammal remains and marine shell terraces. This guide is written for Alaska Boreal terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Alaska.

    April • Alaska
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    April Arizona Fossils

    In April in Arizona, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around petrified wood, triassic logs, and badlands bone fragments. This guide is written for Desert Southwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Arizona.

    April • Arizona
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    April Arkansas Fossils

    In April in Arkansas, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around mazon-like plant beds, marine invertebrates, and river gravels. This guide is written for Ozarks terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Arkansas.

    April • Arkansas
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    April California Fossils

    In April in California, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around monterey shale, marine shells, and desert petrified wood. This guide is written for California Coast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in California.

    April • California
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    April Colorado Fossils

    In April in Colorado, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around morrison dinosaur beds and eocene lake fossils. This guide is written for Central Rockies terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Colorado.

    April • Colorado
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    April Connecticut Fossils

    In April in Connecticut, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around glacial gravels, shell beds, and traprock cuts. This guide is written for New England terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Connecticut.

    April • Connecticut
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    April Florida Fossils

    In April in Florida, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around peace river fossils, phosphate beds, and shell marl. This guide is written for Florida Peninsula terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Florida.

    April • Florida
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    April Georgia Fossils

    In April in Georgia, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around coastal plain shark teeth and paleozoic stream gravels. This guide is written for Southeast Piedmont terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Georgia.

    April • Georgia
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    April Hawaii Fossils

    In April in Hawaii, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around raised reefs, lava tubes, and marine shell benches. This guide is written for California Coast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Hawaii.

    April • Hawaii
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    April Idaho Fossils

    In April in Idaho, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around miocene lake beds and river gravels. This guide is written for Northern Rockies terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Idaho.

    April • Idaho
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    April Illinois Fossils

    In April in Illinois, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around mazon creek concretions and silurian reefs. This guide is written for Upper Midwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Illinois.

    April • Illinois
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    April Indiana Fossils

    In April in Indiana, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around silurian fossils and falls of the ohio exposures. This guide is written for Upper Midwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Indiana.

    April • Indiana
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    April Iowa Fossils

    In April in Iowa, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around devonian coral, geodes, and glacial gravels. This guide is written for Upper Midwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Iowa.

    April • Iowa
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    April Kansas Fossils

    In April in Kansas, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around chalk beds, smoky hill fossils, and cretaceous marine forms. This guide is written for Great Plains terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Kansas.

    April • Kansas
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    April Kentucky Fossils

    In April in Kentucky, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around big bone lick, ordovician fossils, and cave-country gravels. This guide is written for Appalachians terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Kentucky.

    April • Kentucky
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    April Louisiana Fossils

    In April in Louisiana, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around pleistocene gravels, shell beds, and riverbank fossils. This guide is written for Mid-South Rivers terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Louisiana.

    April • Louisiana
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    April Maine Fossils

    In April in Maine, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around glacial gravels, shell middens, and slate cuts. This guide is written for New England terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Maine.

    April • Maine
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    April Maryland Fossils

    In April in Maryland, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around calvert cliffs, estuary gravels, and shell beds. This guide is written for Mid-Atlantic Coast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Maryland.

    April • Maryland
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    April Massachusetts Fossils

    In April in Massachusetts, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around glacial gravels, shell beds, and traprock cuts. This guide is written for New England terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Massachusetts.

    April • Massachusetts
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    April Michigan Fossils

    In April in Michigan, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around petoskey stones, devonian coral, and glacial gravels. This guide is written for Great Lakes terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Michigan.

    April • Michigan
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    April Minnesota Fossils

    In April in Minnesota, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around ordovician fossils, agates, and glacial gravels. This guide is written for Great Lakes terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Minnesota.

    April • Minnesota
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    April Mississippi Fossils

    In April in Mississippi, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around marine shell beds, shark teeth, and river gravels. This guide is written for Mid-South Rivers terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Mississippi.

    April • Mississippi
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    April Missouri Fossils

    In April in Missouri, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around mississippian marine fossils, geodes, and stream gravels. This guide is written for Ozarks terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Missouri.

    April • Missouri
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    April Montana Fossils

    In April in Montana, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around hell creek dinosaurs, marine ammonites, and mammal gravels. This guide is written for Northern Rockies terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Montana.

    April • Montana
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    April Nebraska Fossils

    In April in Nebraska, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around niobrara fossils, badlands, and chalk beds. This guide is written for Great Plains terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Nebraska.

    April • Nebraska
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    April Nevada Fossils

    In April in Nevada, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around ichthyosaurs, badlands vertebrates, and petrified wood. This guide is written for Desert Southwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Nevada.

    April • Nevada
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    April New Hampshire Fossils

    In April in New Hampshire, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around glacial gravels, marine clays, and slate cuts. This guide is written for New England terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in New Hampshire.

    April • New Hampshire
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    April New Jersey Fossils

    In April in New Jersey, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around cretaceous marl pits, shark teeth, and coastal shell beds. This guide is written for Northeast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in New Jersey.

    April • New Jersey
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    April New Mexico Fossils

    In April in New Mexico, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around petrified wood, eocene mammals, and badlands bone. This guide is written for Southwest Highlands terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in New Mexico.

    April • New Mexico
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    April New York Fossils

    In April in New York, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around devonian fossils, glacial gravels, and shell banks. This guide is written for Northeast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in New York.

    April • New York
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    April North Carolina Fossils

    In April in North Carolina, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around triassic basins, shark teeth, and mountain stream fossils. This guide is written for Appalachians terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in North Carolina.

    April • North Carolina
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    April North Dakota Fossils

    In April in North Dakota, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around hell creek fossils, ammonites, and river gravels. This guide is written for Prairie Lakes terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in North Dakota.

    April • North Dakota
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    April Ohio Fossils

    In April in Ohio, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around devonian marine fossils, flint ridge, and glacial gravels. This guide is written for Interior Northeast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Ohio.

    April • Ohio
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    April Oklahoma Fossils

    In April in Oklahoma, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around cretaceous marine fossils, red beds, and stream gravels. This guide is written for Southern Plains terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Oklahoma.

    April • Oklahoma
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    April Oregon Fossils

    In April in Oregon, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around marine shell beds, john day fossils, and river gravels. This guide is written for Pacific Northwest terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Oregon.

    April • Oregon
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    April Pennsylvania Fossils

    In April in Pennsylvania, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around devonian fossils, coal-age plants, and river gravels. This guide is written for Northeast terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Pennsylvania.

    April • Pennsylvania
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    April Rhode Island Fossils

    In April in Rhode Island, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around glacial gravels, shell beaches, and raised marine deposits. This guide is written for New England terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Rhode Island.

    April • Rhode Island
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    April South Carolina Fossils

    In April in South Carolina, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around shark teeth, marine shell beds, and phosphate gravels. This guide is written for Atlantic Barrier Islands terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in South Carolina.

    April • South Carolina
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    April South Dakota Fossils

    In April in South Dakota, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around hell creek fossils, ammonites, and oligocene mammals. This guide is written for Great Plains terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in South Dakota.

    April • South Dakota
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    April Tennessee Fossils

    In April in Tennessee, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around ordovician fossils, cretaceous gravels, and creek beds. This guide is written for Appalachians terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Tennessee.

    April • Tennessee
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    April Texas Fossils

    In April in Texas, fossil hunting conditions usually revolve around runoff, creek cuts, and newly exposed rock around dinosaur tracks, shark teeth, and petrified wood. This guide is written for Southern Plains terrain rather than generic nationwide timing, so it reflects the weather windows and access patterns that matter on the ground in Texas.

    April • Texas
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