Hiking in Honey Creek Loop – Tips and Information

Recently I planned to hike in Honey creek loop. The area isn’t really unknown to the many hikers who are familiar with American deep areas. Going there was really exciting and enjoyable. The road to the Honey Creek Loop is also really beautiful.
After following the Big South Fork, a short distance, the trail curves up Honey Creek canyon. Almost immediately, the trail provides dramatic sights and sensations, as it picks its way over, under, and around huge moss-covered boulders.Obviously out of scale with the terrain, among a tangle of trees and undergrowth all crowded into the base of the narrow Honey Creek canyon.

Starting of the Beauty of Honey Creek Loop

You will feel as if you have entered another world as the wildness. quietness and solitude of the canyon simultaneously impress you. The trail follows Honey Creek upstream, with each turn around or under a large boulder carefully marked with a red painted arrow on the rock faces or trees, or on a posted sign.
In spring this creek has heavy runoff flows, and since the trail follows the stream bed, your feet are almost certain to get wet.

Indian Rockhouse Loop

At 2.5 miles the trail forks at a sign, showing a shortcut trail to the left while the Indian Rockhouse Loop goes to the right. You must take this loop since it passes through some of the most spectacular sections of the Honey Creek Trail.
The Rockhouse Loop heads up the streambed, with a helpful sign stating simply, "follow the creek," and red arrows show on rocks again farther upstream. Soon, on the left off the trail, you will see a large Indianrock house in the cliff face, with a wooden ladder leading to its mouth.

This rock house has a bit of a sacred feeling, and you may feel like an intruder. Who knows what took place three years ago?

Continuing the Trail

The trail then goes past another rock cavern, crosses the creek, and turns left, away from the streambed at a sign marking the main trail. It then climbs briefly to a ridgetop, doubles back, and crosses over and down another ravine. It then passes along the floor of another big rock house and continues along the ridge.
“Also, in case if you do not see any sign, don’t be afraid, there are a lot of way for trailing unmark trails. ” – According to this website about hiking.
A false trail goes to the left at 3.1 miles, but you should continue along the ridge. The trail then drops down in 0.3 miles to Boulder House Falls, which is a small cascade that falls under and through two huge boulders. The trail crosses over the stream by a log bridge and then goes into a crack between the boulders and continues upstream from the falls.

Shortcut to Treetop Rock

After the falls the trail crosses the creek and goes up a hill to the base of another rock face, where a sign reads, "treetop rock-100 feet." This is actually a shortcut to Treetop Rock, which you will reach anyway if you stay on the main trail.
The trail drops at this point down to the stream. At the crossing, there is a small waterfall off the trail a few feet through the brush to the right. Water trickles down a rock face 20 to 30 feet high in a little amphitheater, creating an air-conditioned effect in the protected area and giving a nice respite from the heat of the trail.
After crossing this stream, the trail climbs up a hill a little, comes back to the stream, and follows it upstream before it crosses again. It then climbs again to Treetop Rock, a rock clearing in which the floor is a wide expanse of the flat boulder, at 3.9 miles. Arrows painted on the rock floor direct you into the woods again.

Last Few Words

Farther along, the trail forks again, but the main trail follows the right fork. (The trail actually divides here and returns to the same point.) Follow the signs. The trail continues to a small footbridge. Shortly after the footbridge, at 4.3 miles, a sign directs you left to a 100-foot spur trail to Honey Creek Falls.
After scrambling over more creek bed rocks, you will find these falls, which come down onto a sheltered pool of still water, are quite picturesque. After this, the trail passes through the mixed forest in a final, rather noneventful, climb for 1.2 miles back to the parking area.