Flint Ridge State Memorial

Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve is a Native American flint quarry located in Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Brownsville at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is located on the site.

Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A typical boulder at the site
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Nearest city	Brownsville, Ohio
Coordinates	39.990322°N 82.260004°W / 39.990322; -82.260004
Area	250 acres (100 ha)
NRHP reference No.	70000505[1]
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1970

Flint is a variety of quartz and the flint on the ridge is within the Vanport Limestone Member of the Allegheny Formation of Pennsylvanian age.^[2][3]

Flint Ridge was an important source of flint and Native Americans extracted the flint from hundreds of quarries along the ridge.^[4] This "Ohio Flint" was traded across the eastern United States and has been found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and south around the Gulf of Mexico.^[5]