H is for Honeyville

 

We have our very own H on the mountains above town.

Some may remember seeing the faint outline of an H on the mountains above Honeyville, up from Blue Rock.  Others are not aware that it exists at all, although somewhat less visible each year.  No one I have talked to seems to know for certain when it appeared.  Even to the longest of residents it has always just been there.

Being a trench, it can fill with snow and be visible for a short time as the snow melts.

See the light, snowy H?

Here is what I have been able to learn.

1. It likely appeared in the early 1930s (possibly a little earlier).
2. It was probably created by the local Scouts.
3. It was never finished.  It never got past being a trench that quickly filled in with growth.  The rumored plan was that they were going to fill the trench with rocks and paint them.  As filling the trench with rock was not particularly convenient, the project was abandoned.

You can hike to it and still see the trench.  It lies approximately 250 yards NNE of Blue Rock with a gain of about 300 feet.

Google Earth

The H sits on BLM land… just saying – if anyone felt like getting a permit to finish the project.