Welcome to the Knox County Park District GeoTrail
Honey Run Waterfall is located at 10855 Hazel Dell Road, Howard. The trail begins at the Park Kiosk, you may follow the trail to the Waterfall or take the stairs to enjoy the beauty of park. This is one of the most visited areas in Knox County. We hope you enjoy searching for our Park Cache as this is just one of the (7) Parks on our newly established GeoTrail. Honey Run Waterfall Park is a 21-acre park. It is named after Honey Run which is the stream that cascades over the 25' waterfall. Along the trail to the Kokosing River are spectacular views of blackhand sandstone cliffs and boulders. For an additional hint please view our photos. This site features a portable restroom in the larger parking area adjacent to the Waterfall. Even though our Parks are open 24 hours we highly suggest you do not night cache in any of them. Follow the guidelines below;
- Bring a pen! There are no writing utensil to record your name on the log sheet.
- Once you locate the cache, grab a trinket and leave one behind.
- Record your Geocahcing username on the log sheet inside the cache and place the cache exactly where you found it.
- Log your find on the www.geocaching.com "Explore Honey Run Waterfall" profile. PLEASE LOG WHERE YOU ARE FROM IN YOUR COMMENTS.
- To take the adventure one step further (OPTIONAL) Look for a QR code in the cache box, once SCANNED you will be directed to the Honey Run Park Geocache on the Knox County Park District website or you may follow the website link in the cache. Here you will find a lot of information about Honey Run Waterfall and what you might have seen on your visit.
- Read about Honey Run Waterfall on the website and locate the SCRAMBLED word within the text.
- Record your answer on the GeoTrail form which is downloadable from the page (see the link).
- This FORM will feature the other Park Caches by providing the GC Codes for you to locate on geocahing.com
- Repeat the steps involved for the next cache.
THIS CACHE IS A REPLACEMENT AND THE QR CODE IS NOT LISTED IN THE CACHE. WE ARE PROVIDING YOU THE LINK SO YOU CAN STILL COMPLETE OUR GEOTRAIL FORM TO OBTAIN THE TOKEN, PLEASE GO TO;
http://knoxcountyparks.org/explore-honey-run-waterfall-geocache/
Upon completion of all (7) of our GeoTrail caches and the form, you will receive a Knox County Park District Geotoken. To obtain your Geotoken complete the bottom of the form and mail to the address provided or stop by our office located on 117 E High Street, Suite 224, Mt Vernon. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. You might call 740-392-7275 before you stop to make sure someone is scheduled in the office. Our tokens are available to the first 100 to locate the cache. One token will only be given to the Geocacher listed with each find.
PLEASE READ: In addition to our trail we recently teamed up with Weaver's Farm and Furniture who is known for their AWESOME soft pretzels and on Wednesdays they are FREE! We are calling this venue a hospitality stop on our GeoTrail. A nice public restroom and lots of homemade goods and fresh bottled water are avilable for you. If you aren't caching on Wednesday and want to take advantage of the free pretzel, complete the geotrail form and email us a copy and visit their business with your printed completed form and Weaver's will reward you with a complimentary soft pretzel (they are the size of a dinner plate). Tell them "Katie" sent you! Thier hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Closed on Sunday. They are located at 29217 Mickley Road, Danville, which is 7.5 miles from this cache.
Have fun exploring our Parks and challenge yourself to complete our GeoTrail!