New Hampshire · Carroll · Ready
Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site
Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site is a Ready rockhounding record in Carroll, New Hampshire. The recorded activity or material is smoky quartz, feldspar, topaz and Conway-granite cavity minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is USDA Forest Service / White Mountain National Forest. 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 Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site?
Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site is a Ready rockhounding record in Carroll, New Hampshire. The recorded activity or material is smoky quartz, feldspar, topaz and Conway-granite cavity minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is USDA Forest Service / White Mountain National Forest.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists smoky quartz, feldspar, topaz and Conway-granite cavity minerals. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site?
Ready. USFS publishes this as a designated mineral collecting site with route and collecting guidance. Ready status is limited to the designated site and normal low-impact rules.
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 Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site, Conway, NH
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is USDA Forest Service / White Mountain National Forest.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-30. Evidence and management context: USDA Forest Service / White Mountain National Forest. Current named New Hampshire collecting program passes authority/access/retention gates. Program or rule context: USFS_DESIGNATED_MINERAL_COLLECTING_SITE.
Program or rule context: USFS_DESIGNATED_MINERAL_COLLECTING_SITE
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Moat Mountain Mineral Collecting Site. 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.