Places of interest
If you live in the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky region, you are fortunate! This area has many places of geologic interest, including many stream beds, outcrops, and roadcuts where you can find fossils that represent our ancient geologic history.
The next time you're in Oxford, Ohio, consider taking trips to nearby Hueston Woods and Peffer Park—where you can collect and study fossils for education or just for fun.
Hueston Woods
Hueston Woods State Park is located off of highway 732 and Brown Road, a few miles north of Oxford. This state park offers superb locations for fossil hunting. For more information about fossil collecting at Hueston woods, click here.
Peffer Park
Once a pastureland and farm, this 80-acre plot was purchased as two parcels in 1955 and 1966 by Miami University. Later, Fred C. Yager generously donated money to Miami University in order to develop a park on this land south of campus along Highway 27. Yager stipulated that the park was to be developed in memory of his nephew, G. Maurice Peffer. William Amos and Dorothy R. Amos contributed funds for the park's development as well. A small portion of the land is a recreational park. The balance is maintained as a natural area to promote outdoor recreation, education, and research in the natural sciences. Common activities include hiking, snow skiing, mountain biking, birding, and a unique program conducted by Miami University 's Outdoor Pursuit Center.
Take an online tour of Peffer Park.
View the Peffer Park Geology Field Trip Guide.
Ohio geology maps
Geology is everywhere! Links to Ohio geology maps show other areas where you can find interesting geological features.
