#8 Gravel Near Me

Buying #8 gravel locally

Small crushed stone approximately 3/8 to 1/2 inch in size. Good for walkways and as a top dressing for driveways. #8 gravel bridges the gap between coarse aggregates and fine pea gravel, offering a balance of comfort and stability. Yards also call it #8 Stone or 3/8"-1/2" Crushed Stone. GoodGravel lists 133 suppliers that stock #8 gravel across 40 states. 42 of them deliver and 31 are pits or quarries that sell straight from the stockpile.

Expect #8 gravel to run $22 to $40 per ton at the yard, or $28 to $50 per cubic yard. A 10 ton load is $220 to $400 before delivery. Often available alongside #57 at quarries. Ask about combo loads if you need both sizes. Pits sit at the low end of that range and landscape yards at the high end, since the yard bought it from a pit and trucked it in.

#8 Gravel works well for walkways, patio surfaces, between pavers, and driveway top dressing. Skip it for heavy-load driveways and steep grades. The upside: smaller size is more comfortable to walk on and compacts better than larger stone. The catch: can migrate without edging.

#8 gravel consists of angular crushed stone pieces from 3/8" to 1/2" in diameter. Like other crushed stone, color varies by source quarry — gray, blue-gray, tan, and brown are most common. One cubic yard of #8 gravel weighs about 1.4 tons. A 3 inch layer over 500 square feet takes 4.6 cubic yards, which is close to 6.5 tons. Add 10 percent for settling and the odd low spot.

Press the location button at the top of the page and the list sorts by distance from you. Call the closest yard and ask for #8 gravel by name and by size. Ask if it is washed or still has fines in it, because that changes how it drains and how it packs. If the nearest yard is out, the next one is usually within 20 miles when you are near a city.

Under 2 tons, pickup with your own truck or a trailer is the cheaper route. A half ton pickup takes about a third of a yard per trip. Above 5 tons, delivery starts to pay for itself because the fee spreads over more stone. Either way, get the total price for your exact tonnage from two yards and compare those totals, not the price per ton.

Read more about the material on the #8 gravel guide.