Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park

The Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park, often referred to only as Honeyman State Park is a 208 acre state park in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The park has a large campground, but is also a day trip.

Plant

The state park is located in the middle of the Oregon coast, 5 km south of Florence on Highway 101 The state park has the second largest campground of Oregon. The forested park in the dunes, over 50 km along the Pacific coast of Oregon extend. From the Pacific Ocean, the park is separated by a 3 km- wide belt of dunes, through the leads no paved road. Within the park there are three natural lakes. The east of Highway 101 located Woahink Lake is connected to a pedestrian bridge over the highway to the campground. With 141 acres of water, it is the largest of the three lakes in the park area. On the west bank is a group campground. The west of the highway located Cleawox Lake has a very different nature, as the dunes on the west side come right down to the lake, while its eastern shore is surrounded by rhododendron. West of the Lake starts Cleawox the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The third lake is the little Lily Lake, which is covered with water lilies and surrounded by rhododendron bushes.

Flora and Fauna

The park is covered by dense coastal forest with Douglas fir and Sitka spruce. On the ground, grow blueberries, Shallon bill berries and raspberries splendor. In the Spring, the numerous pink rhododendron bushes. In the wetlands along the numerous branches of the lake rare plants such as Skunk Cabbage and wax myrtle grow. The Woahink Lake is surrounded by forest and autumn a resting place for Canada geese. In the wetlands of lakes beavers, muskrats, and numerous bird species. Occasionally, otters live in the park.

History

The parking area was acquired through purchases from the State of Oregon 1930-1936. The rustic building in the park and many of the bordered with stone paths were built between 1935-1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The administration building on the north shore of Lake Cleawox was originally built as a bath house and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The park was named after Jessie Honeyman from Portland (* 1852, † 1948). As president of the Oregon Roadside Council to Honeyman began in the 1920s and 1930s, along with Samuel Boardman, the first superintendent of the Oregon State Parks, for the protection of the landscape along the highways and the coasts of Oregon, a. Boardman honored the use Honey Mans, where he at July 12, 1941 named the original Camp State Park Woahink called after her. The state park was as a destination after the Second World War very popular. He was then equipped with a modern campsite with electricity and water connections and showers. In the late 1950s, the LIFE Magazine declared him one of the ten most beautiful State Parks of the United States.

Activities

The use of the park is chargeable. Next to the campsite there are picnic areas, playgrounds and toilets, plus a kiosk. Two of the three lakes are used for water sports:

• The Lake Cleawox is used primarily as a lake, but you can go on it too kayak or canoe. Since the dunes to reach directly to the lake, it has a sandy beach.
• The Woahink Lake has a boat ramp and can be navigated with canoes, kayaks or other boats. The deep sea is also used by scuba divers.

In both lakes you can go to Rainbow or Halsabschneiderforellen fishing, in Woahink on perch. The park is crossed numerous walking paths along a 1.6 km long road There are information boards to nature and the historic buildings. From 1 October to 30 April each year you allowed to drive directly from the campsite with off-road vehicles in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. In the dunes, you can also hike or on sand dunes to slide down the board.

Mid-May every year in Florence from Rhododendron Festival.