I went to Doc's on my way out of town because I saw they had coffee. I was immediately greeted by Blaise who made me a delicious latte, and also offered to show me around the shop. Though it wasn't why I was there, I...More

There are a lot of great things about this place: convenient location right alongside 321; buckets of dirt seeded with a nice variety of stones; an indoor sluice so you can "mine" out of the cold and rain if the weather turns bad. But the...More

I take a group of kids every year to this place and have a wonderful time every time. The stones that you get to mine are real and from the local area and the personal identification of the material you find is superb. The museum...More

I had an excellent time at Doc's Rocks in Blowing Rock. I can't tell you how many times I have driven right past it thinking it was a stupid tourist trap, but it isn't at all. The staff is amazing and knowledgable, extremely nice and...More

Wonderful place to and great place for all ages to gem. Staff was great and very informative about all the rocks and the surrounding area from where the rocks are brought in from. For the price you can't beat this!

This place was amazing. I was on a ski vacation with my girlfriend and daughter. It was raining so we called it quits and needed something to do on a rainy day. I drove us to the gem mine and was greeted by friendly hellos...More

Blaise was extremely helpful with showing me the location of all things dinosaur and I got to over hear her knowledge of all the minerals a couple found in their bucket. Very impressed with her customer interaction skills. Will be visiting again to learn more!