HONEY RUN WATERFALL
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In late April of 2007, the
Knox County Park District, with financial assistance from the Community
Foundation of Knox County and Mount Vernon, acquired a 2+ acre property
that includes a stunning, 20 foot high waterfall. This new park,
named for the stream, Honey Run, that cascades over the waterfall,
is not yet open to the public.
Originally identified as a priority park area in the original Knox County Comprehensive Plan in 1975, the Honey Run Waterfall site contains a rare plant community (disjunct, boreal habitat) and unique views of the Blackhand sandstone, formed some 350 million years ago. Towering hemlocks, partridge berry, witch hazel and rue anemone grace this natural area. Future plans for the site include developing a visitor's parking area and trail to protect the unique resources on the site and to provide for vistors' safety. The park district plans to use the site as a keystone to protect other parcels worth of protection in the area, with the assistance of the Oglebay Norton Company. If you wish, you can view a longer YouTube video of the site and listen to the sounds of this spectacular waterfall, the only one of its kind in Knox County. For in-depth information and a professionally produced video of the site, visit the Mount Vernon News.
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