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US East, Virginia
Montross VA
Westmoreland State Park Fossil Beach
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: ray plates, ecphora fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Miocene Calvert Formation cliffs on the Virginia side of the Potomac, same shark-tooth beds as Calvert Cliffs
State park openly hosts fossil hunting on Fossil Beach; whale and shark material documented in many named trip reports
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cliff fall risk near the baseSteep trail down, summer jellyfish and heat
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