Field Trips

The Geology Department at the College of William & Mary provides students with a wide variety of opportunities to gain experience doing field work and research through departmental field trips, class field trips, and the Regional Field Geology class -- a 300 level summer course offered each year to different areas in the United States.

Click Below to see photos from some of the most recent trips.

Departmental Field Trips:

Spring, 2008 Departmental Field Trip - Senior Research Adventures in the Piedmont & Blue Ridge
Fall, 2007 Departmental Field Trip -- The Heart of Virginia: it's geology and landscape
Spring, 2007 Departmental Field Trip -- Jamestown and the Lower James River
Fall, 2006 Departmental Field Trip -- Potomac River and northern Virginia Piedmont
Spring, 2006 Departmental Field Trip -- Caving in the Valley & Ridge, western Virginia
Fall, 2005 Departmental Field Trip -- Valley & Ridge, Highland County Virginia/eastern West Virginia
Spring, 2005 Departmental Field Trip -- Blue Ridge Mountains & Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Fall, 2004 Departmental Field Trip -- Wachapreague, Eastern Shore of Virginia
Spring, 2004 Departmental Field Trip -- Blue Ridge Mountains, central Virginia

Geology 310 - Regional Field Geology Trips:

Spring, 2006 Regional Field Geology -- Hawaii
Summer, 2005 Regional Field Geology -- Big Bend National Park, Texas
Summer, 2004 Regional Field Geology -- Colorado Plateau

Class Field Trips:

Fall 2005, Class Field Trips