Get into Rockhounding!

Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: Free for members, $5 individual/$10 family non-members

Get into rockhounding this summer!

In this show-and-tell program we will share the best resources to use to find amazing rocks, safety tips, rules and regulations, the clubs to join for group rockhounding – and how to identify our local rocks!

You can travel far or rockhound in your own backyard – amazing rocks are everywhere! In Western Montana you can find quartz crystals, fluorite, garnet, jasper, agate, evidence of Glacial Lake Missoula, nice examples of gneiss, calcite, and much more! Our friendly geologists and rock club members will share places they love and how these rocks fit into the fascinating geologic history of Montana.

If the weather is nice (gneiss?) we will meet in the Nature Adventure Garden at the east end of the Montana Natural History Center building, otherwise we will meet indoors.

You may also like the following events from Montana Natural History Center:

• This Sunday, 29th June, 09:00 am, Volunteering at Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden in Missoula
• Next month, 15th July, 09:00 am, Birding at the Fort Garden and River in Missoula
• Next month, 17th July, 06:00 pm, Scavengers Photography Club in Missoula

Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Missoula.