New York · Erie · Ready
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve is a Ready rockhounding record in Erie, New York. The recorded activity or material is Middle Devonian marine fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, corals and cephalopods. The recorded manager or operating context is Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve. 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 Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve?
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve is a Ready rockhounding record in Erie, New York. The recorded activity or material is Middle Devonian marine fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, corals and cephalopods. The recorded manager or operating context is Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists Middle Devonian marine fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, corals and cephalopods. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve?
Ready. Current 2026 schedule and FAQ confirm public fossil collecting, provided basic tools, and that visitors may keep what they find without a stated collection limit. On Aug 23, 2026 the site falls inside the published Wednesday-Sunday summer season; weather and daily operational closures still require refresh.
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 Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 4050 North Street, Blasdell, NY 14219
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-23. Evidence and management context: Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve. Current named New York collecting program passes authority, footprint, access, calendar, rights and source gates; specimen coordinates remain suppressed. Program or rule context: PENN_DIXIE_2026_PUBLIC_FOSSIL_COLLECTING_KEEP_FINDS.
Program or rule context: PENN_DIXIE_2026_PUBLIC_FOSSIL_COLLECTING_KEEP_FINDS
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve. 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 23, 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.