Honey Festival · September 12–13, 2032 · Summersville, West Virginia
Summersville — the county seat of Nicholas County in the heart of West Virginia's New River Gorge country, where the Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Summersville Lake reservoir create a spectacular landscape of sandstone cliffs, mixed hardwood forests, and whitewater canyons that produce some of West Virginia's most distinctive wildflower honeys: black locust honey from the dense Robinia pseudoacacia stands that colonize the disturbed ridges and hollow edges of Nicholas County's coal and timber landscape, producing a delicate, exceptionally sweet spring varietal that West Virginia beekeepers prize above all others, tulip poplar honey from the cove hardwood forests of the Gauley River watershed where the rich bottomland soils support towering tulip tree communities that produce an amber, full-flavored summer honey, mountain wildflower honey from the native plant communities of the Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Cranberry Wilderness where the botanical transition between the Allegheny Plateau and the New River Gorge country creates extraordinary honey terroir, sourwood honey from the Appalachian oak ridges above the Gauley River canyon where sourwood trees reach the western edge of their range in central West Virginia, and white clover honey from the agricultural fields and pastureland of Nicholas County's valley communities. This September festival at Summersville Dam Park celebrates Nicholas County's extraordinary mountain honey heritage through beekeepers from West Virginia's New River Gorge region, offering competitive honey shows featuring the state's signature black locust and mountain wildflower varietals, guided tastings, and guided walks to the Summersville Dam overlook with views across Summersville Lake.
Type: Honey Festival
Date: September 12–13, 2032
Location: Summersville Dam Park, Summersville Dam Rd, Summersville, West Virginia
Official website: Summersville Gauley River Honey & New River Country Heritage Festival 2032
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