This nationally known rock hounding area is famous for its very dark colored garnets found in a flow banded rhyolitic volcanic rock.
The Garnet Hill rock hound recreation area in White Pine County is located about 4 miles Northwest of Central Ely in the Eagan mountain range. The major access road to this area joins US Highway 50 about 6.4 miles west of the traffic signal at US 395 and US 50 junction in Ely.