Kansas · Douglas · Ready
Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining
Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining is a Ready rockhounding record in Douglas, Kansas. The recorded activity or material is operator-provided gemstones and fossils. The recorded manager or operating context is Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday. 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 Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining?
Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining is a Ready rockhounding record in Douglas, Kansas. The recorded activity or material is operator-provided gemstones and fossils. The recorded manager or operating context is Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists operator-provided gemstones and fossils. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining?
Ready. Current KOA recreation page explicitly lists Gem Mining at the KOA Kaw Valley Mining Company. Campground is open all year; permission is confined to purchased/operator-provided mining material inside the attraction footprint.
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 Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 1473 Highway 40, Lawrence, KS 66044
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-30. Evidence and management context: Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday. Current named Kansas managed collecting attraction passes authority/access/retention gates within its exact operator-controlled footprint. Program or rule context: MANAGED_GEM_AND_FOSSIL_MINING.
Program or rule context: MANAGED_GEM_AND_FOSSIL_MINING
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday — Kaw Valley Gem Mining. 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 30, 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.