Arkansas · Pike · Ready
Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field
Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field is a Ready rockhounding record in Pike, Arkansas. The recorded activity or material is diamonds, amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, quartz and related field minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is Arkansas State Parks. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
What is Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field?
Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field is a Ready rockhounding record in Pike, Arkansas. The recorded activity or material is diamonds, amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, quartz and related field minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is Arkansas State Parks.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists diamonds, amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, quartz and related field minerals. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field?
Ready. Current Arkansas State Parks program explicitly opens the designated 37.5-acre search field to fee-paying recreational searching and permits visitors to keep finds subject to current field rules. The exception is geofenced to the search field and does not bleed to the rest of the park.
Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Where is this record located?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 209 State Park Rd, Murfreesboro, AR 71958
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Arkansas State Parks.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-20. Evidence and management context: Arkansas State Parks. Current named collecting program passes authority, footprint, access, closure, rights and source gates; exact specimen coordinates remain suppressed. Program or rule context: STATE_PARK_FEE_SEARCH_PROGRAM.
Program or rule context: STATE_PARK_FEE_SEARCH_PROGRAM
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Crater of Diamonds State Park — Diamond Search Field. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
What should I verify before going?
- Current land ownership and the exact parcel or managed activity footprint.
- Posted closures, seasonal restrictions, opening hours, fees and permit requirements.
- Mining claims, mineral rights, private-property boundaries and road or trail access.
- Whether the material and collecting method you intend to use are actually allowed.
- Current safety conditions, including weather, fire, water, tides, unstable workings, traffic and other site-specific hazards.
When was this information last checked?
The recorded review date is August 20, 2026. Treat that date as the evidence snapshot used for this classification. Conditions can change after review, so field decisions should use the newest posted rules and manager information.
Is a map pin the same as collecting permission?
No. A map pin answers a navigation or geographic-context question. The status and evidence answer the permission question. Exact coordinates, public destination addresses and approximate county or regional context are deliberately kept separate so geographic precision is not confused with legal authority.