Scott County High Point Trip Report
Date: May 13, 2004
Author: Roy Wallen
Previous reports showed access from the northwest. I checked these and also from the east,
along the power line. However, I also discovered an access road
from the south and this turned out to be ideal for a nice walk to this highpoint.
From I-75 and route 62, proceed east to Finnel Road (previously called Finnel
Pike) and continue to the Bourbon County line. A little way further east on 62
is the Harrison County line, immediately followed by a small paved road to the
left, with a red gate. Park here, without blocking the gate, and walk up this road.
The road is only paved to the gate, then it is gravel, followed by dirt.
The road ascends slightly and winds its way toward the power lines shown on the topo.
Once you reach the power lines, passing though an area frequented by cows,
a small pond (also shown on the topo) will be below you to the right. Enter the
woods on a new logging road and follow it as it winds through the woods toward
the west, where you’ll see the fence line mentioned in Ken Oeser’s 2001 report
and which I think is the Scott County line. Continuing on the road a bit farther,
it splits with one part going downhill to the left and another part
going uphill to the right. Proceed uphill to the crown of this knoll and see
the benchmark on the left side of the road.
On the day I was there, I met two members of the Kentucky forestry service and a
bulldozer driver for the logging company who worked these woods. The Scott
County Forester (with a first name of Matt and whose last name I didn’t catch)
was there with a colleague surveying the work completed by the logging company
and overseeing the finishing of the woods road. It was to be graded and
"heavily seeded" (according to Matt). The plan is to keep the area open as a
woods road, for use by the local farmer and for continued access to the woods.
The three of us (two foresters and myself) searched for the benchmark and found
it under a thin layer of dirt, spotted by the woods-savvy Matt. We cleaned it
off and replaced two pieced of the cement post chipped by the bulldozer,
although they’re not likely to stay there. The road is not posted and the area
appears open for general access.