Walker Valley Geode Site

Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. Geode locality.

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Map. Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. Larger map

Where: Mount Vernon, Skagit County, WA. No street address stated. Directions
When: 02/28.
Getting there: From I-5 Exit 227 at College Way: 3.6 miles to Highway 9 south, 2.3 miles to Big Lake Store, 1.4 miles to Walker Valley Road, 2.2 miles to Peter Burns Road, 1.4 miles to the gate, then .3 or .4 mile to Walker Valley Quarry.
Fees: No permit or fee for hand collection.
Access: Park off the side of the road so as not to block traffic and walk around the gate; the collecting area is less than 250 feet from the gate. Display a valid Discover Pass for each vehicle or you may be ticketed as the quarry is on state property.
Walk-in or reserve: Walk in around the gate; a Discover Pass is required for each vehicle.
Website: mineralcouncil.wordpress.com
Managed by: Washington State Mineral Council, mineral lease holder on Washington DNR State Trust land.

DNR-land rockhounding site held under a valid Washington State Mineral Council mineral lease and still accessible for collecting its geodes.

1960sSpectacular mineral specimens were discovered in an outcrop of hydrothermally altered volcanic rock in the Cascade foothills in western Skagit County. dnr.wa.gov

George E. Mustoe, Geologist, Western Washington University; author of The Minerals of Walker Valley, Skagit County, Washington.