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50-state metal detecting intelligence

Virginia National Parks Metal Detecting

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

Virginia 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.

23 verified records in this scope.

Universal map & navigation coverage0 independently verified coordinate pins · 23 records with safe map navigation
Appomattox Court House National Historical ParkVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Assateague Island National SeashoreVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Blue Ridge ParkwayVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Booker T. Washington National MonumentVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Cape Henry MemorialVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical ParkVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Colonial National Historical ParkVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Cumberland Gap National Historical ParkVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Fort Monroe National MonumentVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military ParkVirginiaNamed public place map search
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George Washington Birthplace National MonumentVirginiaNamed public place map search
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Showing 12 quick navigation targets above. All 23 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 Grade A · 100/100

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Assateague Island National Seashore

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Blue Ridge Parkway

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Booker T. Washington National Monument

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Cape Henry Memorial

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Colonial National Historical Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Fort Monroe National Monument

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

George Washington Memorial Parkway

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Great Falls Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Historic Jamestowne

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Manassas National Battlefield Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Petersburg National Battlefield

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Prince William Forest Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Richmond National Battlefield Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Shenandoah National Park

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search
Prohibited Grade A · 100/100

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

National Park Service

36 CFR §2.1 prohibits possessing or using metal detectors and related detecting devices in National Park Service park areas. The same section also prohibits digging, disturbing, removing or damaging protected natural, cultural and archaeological…

DecisionProhibitedTrip readyNoPlanChoose Legal AlternativeEvidenceCurrentScopeControlling Rule Scope StoredPrecisionExpress detector-use prohibition or equivalent no-detecting rule
Permit: No recreational detector/search pathway under 36 CFR 2.1 Verified: 2026-08-29
Open verified record Google MapOpenStreetMapApple MapsNamed public place map search