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Pennsylvania National Parks Metal Detecting

Official-source rules, permission pathways, map context and practical next steps—kept separate from the rockhounding atlas.

Pennsylvania National Parks Metal Detecting

These records apply only to verified locations whose written rule and site-specific recreation footprint have been verified. A map pin is a public visitor/reference point, never a permission boundary.

17 verified records in this scope.

Universal map & navigation coverage0 independently verified coordinate pins · 17 records with safe map navigation
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National MonumentPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Eisenhower National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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First State National Historical ParkPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Flight 93 National MemorialPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Fort Necessity National BattlefieldPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Friendship Hill National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Gettysburg National Military ParkPennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Gloria Dei Church National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic SitePennsylvaniaNamed public place map search
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Showing 12 quick navigation targets above. All 17 records in this scope include their own map-provider links below.

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Map meaning: verified coordinate pins identify independently grounded public visitor/access reference points. Query-only records can be resolved on demand as temporary provider search matches; sensitive records use a deliberately broader agency/locality query. Temporary search matches are not stored as verified coordinates. No map mode is a property boundary, detecting zone, archaeological target, or permission boundary.

Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Eisenhower National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

First State National Historical Park

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Flight 93 National Memorial

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Gettysburg National Military Park

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Independence National Historical Park

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Steamtown National Historic Site

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited — federal protected-resource rule Grade A · 100/100

Valley Forge National Historical Park

National Park Service

Direct NPS-managed park property remains subject to federal resource-protection rules that prohibit possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, disturbing or searching for protected cultural/archeological resources; detector use is not treated as recreational permission.

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No — recreational detector/recovery permission is not inferred Verified: 2026-08-30
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search