Mountain biking trails for rock hunting on foot or by bike ?
Every state has mountain biking trails. Not all are in mountains. Many trails follow lake and river shores where collecting can be optimal.
1) Georgia alone has 420 mountain biking trails totaling several 1000 miles in length.
2) Access to land is getting more difficult yet large amounts of land are being opened to MB trails.
3) Trails cause land disturbance and erosion but the mountain biking community some how gets away with constructing trails.
4) Trails can be used for hiking and/or bicycling. Perhaps many are open to rock collecting.
No knowledge of permissions but may be worth looking into.
Using a detailed topo mountain bike trail mapping systems to find agate and pet wood on a private ranch along the Rio Grande in south Texas.
The trick is to collect on land above 330 feet elevation.
This satellite map has a 340 foot topo line and this is where the richest agate and wood deposits are located in this vast area.
If you open this MTB Project link you can do a virtual tour along the Rio Grande in BiG Bend National Park(no collecting allowed here).
Click red box at upper left corner of map.
In Laredo on the Mexican side along the Rio [email protected]#$%.
Laredo is dangerous but full of agate.
I think it would safe across the border at Laredo, as long as you had a company of US Marines along with Apache attack helicopters and several armoured vehicles establishing a perimeter around your collecting area.
You are so correct Henry.
It could happen that naive or young mountain biker guys go there thinking it is safe because it is listed as a venue with no warnings whatsoever.
The Rio is difficult to collect because of a shortage of public access' and understandably so.