Upcoming Field Trips! (Details Below)
Please note: Club events including field trips, meetings, service activities, and our annual holiday party will be listed on the monthly Calendar page!
Top 11 things to know about our field trips:
- Field trips are only for paid members and their immediate family (member sign-up here)
- Members, reserve your spot by emailing field_trips@rimstonesrockclub.org
- You will get a confirmation email that you are on the list for that trip within 1-2 days
- Some trips are limited by terrain that requires high clearance vehicles and/or by the number of vehicles/people a site will accommodate
- It is possible to be put on a wait list if trips reach their capacity of sign-ups
- Everyone must read and sign a liability waiver
- If a trip must be canceled due to weather or other unforeseen complications, an email will notify those who have signed up
- If you find you have to cancel, notify the trip leader as soon as possible so the space can be filled
- Some trips may not fill up. If it’s a week or day before and you still want to go, just ask!!
- After you are confirmed, check your email for directions and other important information
- Have a great time filling up those buckets!
Field trip meeting locations vary from Payson to a spot nearer the picking location. Below is current information about upcoming Club field trips.
2026 FIELD TRIPS
DATE | LOCATION | MATERIAL |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 16 | Globe/Miami | Rhyolytes, Onyx, Selenite and others; Gila County Annual Show |
| Jan 23-24 | Wickenburg Area - Burro Creek; Purple Passion Mine; Dragon Mine | Jaspers/Agates, Opalite, Tourmaline, Quartz, Fluorescents |
| Feb 7 | Private Museum - Scottsdale | Fossils, Petrified Wood, Specimens and more |
| Feb 8 | Dobell Ranch - with Oklahoma Club | Rainbow Petrified Wood |
| Feb 13-14 | Tucson | Alfie Norville Museum, Show Venues, more... |
| Feb 14 | Dobell Ranch - With the Daisy Mtn Club | Rainbow Petrified Wood |
| Feb 18 | San Carlos | Peridot |
| Feb 25 | Camp Verde | Glauberites, Onyx and Fossils |
| Mar 7 | S.E Roosevelt Lake | Banded Travertine |
| Mar 18 | Sycamore Creek | Jaspers, Agates and Crystals |
| Mar 27-28 | Kingman | Fire Agate Claim, Meteorites |
| Apr 11 | Stone World | Onyx Fabricator |
| Apr 25 | Triassic Park (Snowflake) | A world-class paleo site |
| Apr 29 | Agate Mtn (Payson) | Agates |
| May 9 | Forest Lakes | Sandstone/Fossils |
| May 14 | Christopher Mtn/Colcord Rd | Zebra Chert/Fossils |
| Jun 6 | Parks AZ | Obsidian |
| Jul 11 | Young Rd | Zebra Chert, Fossils, Calcite, Agates |
| Aug 19 | Roberts Mesa | Agates, Fossils |
| Sep 13 | Rim/Strawberry | Fossils |
| Sep 26 | Pinedale/Heber | Petrified Wood, Fossils |
| Oct 10 | Dobell (Holbrook) | Petrified Wood |
| Oct 24 | Stone World in Ash Fork | AZ Banded Onyx |
| Nov 7 | Bloody Basin | Agate Claims |
| Nov 21 | Chilito Mine (Hayden) | Chrysocolla |
| Dec | Rowley Mine | Chrysocolla, Barite, Wulfenite |
| Dec | Cave Creek | Jasper, Onyx |
OTHER POSSIBLE 2026 OPTIONS | ||
| TBA | Paleontologist - Doug W | field trip |
| TBA | Laurence T | field trip |
| TBA | Jakes Corner | Agates, jaspers, quartz |
| TBA | El Oso Mine, Punkin Center, AZ | Scheelite |
| TBA | St. Johns Blue Hills Landfill | Dino Teeth, Calcite, Petrified Wood |
| TBA | Laveen / Gerald Wash N of Miami | |
| TBA | Lake Mary Rd | Root Beer Calcite |
| TBA | Black Canyon Rd | Jaspers, Historical Sites, Petroglyphs |
| Multiple Trips | Holbrook, Joseph City | Petrified Wood, Jasper |
| TBA | Payson Area | Former Gold/Silver Mines |
| TBA | Geode Hill | |
| TBA | Delta, UT (pending weather) | Fossils and Minerals |
| TBA | Cave Creek | |
| TBA | Florence Copper | |
| TBA | Morenci Mine | |
| TBA | Farmington, NM | Black and Black-Brown Petrified wood |
Please be thinking of places you would like to visit and share them with the Club.
IMPORTANT: Please email us at field_trips@rimstonesrockclub.org if you want to join one of the trips.
On the Hunt
Photos on this page thanks to Rimstones Rock Club members