Upcoming Field Trips!
Please note: Club events including field trips, meetings, service activities, and our annual holiday party will be listed on the monthly Calendar page!
Meeting locations vary from Payson to a spot nearer the picking location. Below is current information about this month’s proposed Club field trips plus a tantalizing preview of locations in the works for 2023 and 2024!
IN THE WORKS FOR 2023/2024
DATE | LOCATION | MATERIAL |
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| 8/12/2023 | FR 29a/Roberts Mesa Rd | Fossils, Agates, Lava Tube |
| 8/17/2023 | Young Road | Fossils, Chert, Calcite |
| 9/2/2023 - RSVP | Heber Area | Petrified Wood |
| October/November | Heber | Petrified Wood, Jasper |
| October/November | Young Road | Black Jade, Fossils, Agates |
| October/November | Shoofly | Banded Agate |
| October/November | Tucson Area | Tucson Lapidary Club sites |
| November | Red Cloud Mine (Yuma) | Wulfenite |
| TBA | Airport Rd, Payson | Cherts |
| TBA | St. Johns | Calcite, Petrified Wood |
| Multiple Trips Planned | Heber | Petrified Wood, Jasper |
| TBA | Mt. Ord/Sycamore Creek | River Rocks, Jaspers |
| TBA | Christopher Mtn | Zebra Chert, Fossils |
| Multiple Trips Planned | Dobell/Holbrook | Petrified Wood |
| TBA | Hewitt Station (Superior) | Candy Cane Marble |
| TBA | Snowflake AZ | Sandstone |
| TBA | Doll Baby | Kyanite |
| TBA | Agate Mtn | Agates, Amethyst |
| TBA | Rye | Calcite, Hematite |
| TBA | San Carlos Reservation | Peridot |
| TBA | Oatman AZ | Fire Agate, Onyx |
Please be thinking of places you would like to visit and share them with the Club.
Please email us at field_trips@rimstonesrockclub.org or call (928) 595-2059 if you want to join one of the trips.
Enjoying Lunch on a Field Trip
Field Trip Spotlight
Forest Road 29a/Roberts Mesa Rd AZ
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- Banded Agate
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- Trace Fossils
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- Lava Tube
Weather and roads permitting, the Club will venture to Forest Road 29a – just West of the Tonto Creek Hatchery Road and near Roberts Mesa. This site is a Club favorite and offers layered agates (small, big and super-sized) and a variety of fossils. The road into this site has deteriorated considerably over the last few years, so we will need to carpool in higher-clearance machines for the half-mile trip to the picking sites. Those with higher clearance can follow the Trip Leader along the “short” cut to Tonto Village – for more fossils, more agates and lava tubes as big as a car. Meeting location is the Tonto Creek Hatchery Rd.
Photos on this page thanks to Rimstones Rock Club members