Washington Fossil Sites

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
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 faunasLarge 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fossil Creek Wahkiakum WA in S10t6wr10N,s11t6wr10n near a log dam Oligocene fossils WA0095
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
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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