Is there gold in New York?

Club 49 maps documented gold occurrences, old workings, claims and land status across New York, drawn from USGS and BLM public records. It is free to use.

Do I need permission to dig in New York?

A marker is a public record, never permission. Check land ownership, active claims and local rules before you dig anywhere.

Prospecting in New York

What is on the map, and where the stories are

On the map for New York

Layer	What it shows
Documented gold	USGS mineral records, old workings and placer ground
Claims & land status	BLM mining claims and who manages the surface
Water	Live USGS gauges and the months each creek runs lowest
Fossil ground	Published localities, colour-coded by whether you may collect
Legends	11 mapped for New York

The legends of New York

Lily Dale, the town of mediums — A real, 145-year-old town of practising spiritualist mediums
Devil’s Hole, the cursed gorge — A real Seneca-legend gorge and a documented 1763 ambush
The Cardiff Giant — TRUE: a documented 1869 hoax, one of the greatest in American history
The Loomis Gang loot — Documented outlaw history; the buried loot is the lore
Rogers Rock and the great slide — Frontier legend on a real, named cliff
Camp Hero and the Montauk Project — A real abandoned radar base wrapped in pop-culture conspiracy folklore
Captain Kidd’s treasure, Gardiners Island — TRUE FIND: the island cache was real and recovered in 1699
Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman — A literary legend rooted in a real, walkable village
The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel — TRUE: a real 1844 tunnel, sealed 1861, rediscovered 1980
The abandoned City Hall station — TRUE: a real abandoned 1904 station, still intact underground
The Old Croton Aqueduct — TRUE: a real 1842 aqueduct, now a walkable state-park trail

Before you dig

A marker is a public record, not permission. Check ownership, active claims and the local rules first — the map shows all three.

Open the map