Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park, State park with lakes and dunes in Lane County, United States
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park is a 208-hectare Oregon state park in Lane County, 5 km south of Florence on Highway 101. It contains three natural lakes: Woahink Lake (141 ha), Lake Cleawox, and the small Lily Lake. The park lies within the dunes that run over 50 km along the coast, separated from the Pacific by a 3 km-wide dune belt with no paved path.
Oregon acquired the park land between 1930 and 1936. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the rustic buildings and many stone-edged paths between 1935 and 1940; the administrative building on Lake Cleawox's north shore began as a bathhouse and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally Camp Woahink, it was renamed for Jessie Honeyman on 12 July 1941.
The park carries the name of Jessie M. Honeyman (1852–1948) of Portland, who as president of the Oregon Roadside Council worked with Samuel Boardman, the first state parks superintendent, in the 1920s and 1930s. Boardman renamed the former Camp Woahink after her on 12 July 1941. Each May Florence holds a rhododendron festival, and pink rhododendrons line the shore of Lake Cleawox.
The park lies 5 km south of Florence on Highway 101, with Woahink Lake east of the road and Lake Cleawox west of it, linked to the campground by a footbridge over the highway. A 1.6 km trail with information panels on nature and the historic buildings runs through the park. From October 1 to April 30, off-road vehicles may leave the campground directly for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
The park's three lakes sit between the highway and a dune belt about 3 km wide that has no paved path to the ocean. Woahink Lake, the largest at 141 hectares, is linked to the campground by a footbridge over Highway 101. Lily Lake is covered in water lilies and ringed by rhododendrons.
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