It is chiefly composed of bunter sandstone and muschelkalk and has been designated a protected area.

On the crest of the Huy lies the Benedictine abbey of Huysburg, which is on the Romanesque Road, and Daneil's Cave.

In 1897 a cement works built close to Schwanebeck that used a limestone quarry in the Huy was also connected to the railway line.

From 1957 to 1961 there was discussion about reopening the potash mines, but the idea was eventually dropped.

The Huy lies in the angle formed by the B 244 federal road heading westwards from Helmstedt to Wernigerode and the B 79 that runs southwards from Wolfenbüttel to Halberstadt).