{"id":186,"date":"2019-07-01T19:04:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T02:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtbakerrockgem.043c1b9.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2021-04-25T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T18:36:03","slug":"walker-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=186","title":{"rendered":"Walker Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WalkerValley2018-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Field trip to Walker Valley quarry\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WalkerValley2018-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WalkerValley2018-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WalkerValley2018-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>rockhounding at Walker Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> See Walker Val Site Map file below for a sketch&nbsp;map of collecting site<\/li><li> See Walker Val Examples file below to view minerals&nbsp;available <\/li><li>Walker Val Meet Map 2018 is a map used for the 2018 Mineral Council trip <\/li><li>Area map of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.wa.gov\/geo\/walkervalley.pdf?j33p5o8ncdi\" target=\"_blank\">ORV park<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Site-Map.pdf\">Walker Val Site Map<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Site-Map.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Examples.pdf\">Walker Val Examples<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Examples.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Meet-Map-2018.pdf\">Walker Val Meet Map 2018<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Walker-Val-Meet-Map-2018.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small seam of blue agate can be found by following the faint herd path to the right of the black bag in the photo below. The photo was taken by the gate near the entrance to the geode quarry. Walk uphill until you see the ledge in the next photo. There is not a lot of agate so only take what you can use in your collection. GPS coordinates for the ledge: N 48.3728, W -122.1631<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WalkerVal_blueAgate-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMGP6288-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ledge of blue agate\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMGP6288-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMGP6288-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMGP6288-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>ledge with blue agate at Walker Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See Walker Val Site Map file below for a sketch&nbsp;map of collecting site See Walker Val Examples file below to view minerals&nbsp;available Walker Val Meet Map 2018 is a map used for the 2018 Mineral Council trip Area map of the&nbsp;ORV park A small seam of blue agate can be found by following the faint &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walker Valley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}