| Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park | |
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 Cleawox Lake from dunes in the park | |
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| Type | Public, state |
| Location | Lane County,Oregon |
| Nearest city | Florence |
| Coordinates | 43°55′44″N124°06′25″W / 43.92889°N 124.10694°W /43.92889; -124.10694[1] |
| Operated by | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park Historic District | |
| Built | 1936 to 1941 |
| Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000473 |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1984[2] |
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park, also known simply asHoneyman State Park, is inLane County of the U.S. state ofOregon. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south ofFlorence alongHighway 101, the coastal highway. The 27,212-acre (11,012 ha)Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area adjoins the park to the west. Many amenities are available, including over 200 campsites,[3]all-terrain vehicle access,swimming, fishing andsandboarding.[4]
Originally named Camp Woahink, the park was built by theCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and was later renamed in honor Jessie M. Honeyman (1852–1948) ofPortland. As president of the Oregon Roadside Council, Honeyman worked with Samuel Boardman, Oregon's first Superintendent of State Parks in the 1920s and 1930s, to preserve Oregon coastal lands.
Several of the structures built by the CCC, including the camp store, three picnic shelters, and the administrative building, comprise theJessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park Historic District.[4] The campground was added in the 1950s. TheLake Woahink Seaplane Base is onWoahink Lake, southeast of the park, andCamp Cleawox, aGirl Scout camp, is acrossCleawox Lake and northwest of the park.
Honeyman State Park has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (KöppenCsb).
| Climate data for Honeyman State Park (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 75 (24) | 78 (26) | 86 (30) | 90 (32) | 88 (31) | 92 (33) | 93 (34) | 95 (35) | 92 (33) | 69 (21) | 65 (18) | 95 (35) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.8 (14.9) | 62.3 (16.8) | 66.0 (18.9) | 71.5 (21.9) | 75.7 (24.3) | 75.5 (24.2) | 76.7 (24.8) | 78.2 (25.7) | 82.2 (27.9) | 74.1 (23.4) | 62.6 (17.0) | 58.1 (14.5) | 86.7 (30.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 48.7 (9.3) | 50.8 (10.4) | 53.0 (11.7) | 56.6 (13.7) | 60.1 (15.6) | 63.7 (17.6) | 67.0 (19.4) | 67.1 (19.5) | 66.2 (19.0) | 59.9 (15.5) | 52.4 (11.3) | 48.0 (8.9) | 57.8 (14.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 43.7 (6.5) | 44.6 (7.0) | 46.1 (7.8) | 49.2 (9.6) | 52.7 (11.5) | 56.2 (13.4) | 58.9 (14.9) | 59.1 (15.1) | 57.9 (14.4) | 52.8 (11.6) | 47.0 (8.3) | 43.0 (6.1) | 50.9 (10.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 38.7 (3.7) | 38.4 (3.6) | 39.1 (3.9) | 41.8 (5.4) | 45.2 (7.3) | 48.7 (9.3) | 50.8 (10.4) | 51.1 (10.6) | 49.6 (9.8) | 45.7 (7.6) | 41.6 (5.3) | 37.9 (3.3) | 44.1 (6.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 28.6 (−1.9) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 32.7 (0.4) | 36.9 (2.7) | 41.1 (5.1) | 44.1 (6.7) | 44.6 (7.0) | 42.1 (5.6) | 35.6 (2.0) | 30.7 (−0.7) | 28.1 (−2.2) | 24.3 (−4.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 14 (−10) | 13 (−11) | 19 (−7) | 29 (−2) | 31 (−1) | 27 (−3) | 33 (1) | 39 (4) | 30 (−1) | 24 (−4) | 20 (−7) | 9 (−13) | 9 (−13) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 10.85 (276) | 7.97 (202) | 8.18 (208) | 5.81 (148) | 3.09 (78) | 2.47 (63) | 0.56 (14) | 0.76 (19) | 2.01 (51) | 5.25 (133) | 9.98 (253) | 11.19 (284) | 68.12 (1,730) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.7 (1.8) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 18.2 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 11.1 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 146.1 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Source 1: NOAA[5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: WRCC (snowfall)[7] | |||||||||||||
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