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{{Infobox Trail
                    | Image Name = Lakeside_Trail_-_Bays_Mountain_Dam.jpg
                    | Trail No. = *
                    | City = Kingsport
                    | State = Tennessee
                    | Trail Use = {{Hike}}{{Dogs}}
                    | Season = *
                    | Difficulty Rating = *
                    | Hike Time = *
                    | Distance = *
                    | Elevation Gain = *
                    | High Point = *
                    | Latitude = 36.50803
                    | Longitude = -82.61255
                    | Medical = *, TN
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<googlemap lat="36.50803" lon="-82.61255"  zoom="12" width="270" type="terrain" height="180" selector="no" controls="small">
36.50803,-82.61255,Lakeside Trail
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| Image Name = Rhododendron Gardens - rhodo field view.JPG
| City = Roan Mountain
| State = Tennessee
| Marking = *
| Trail Use = {{Hike}}{{Dogs}}
| Season = *
| Difficulty Rating = Easy
| Hike Time = 2 Hours
| Distance = 3 Mi
| Elevation Gain = 500 Feet
| Elevation Loss =
| High Point =
| Latitude = 36.096966
| Longitude = -82.138939
| Medical = Elizabethton
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| KML = Yes
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| Detail route description = Yes
| Photos = Yes
| Winter photos =
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| Update infobox = Yes
| Infobox data update = Yes
| Trail pins = Yes
| Other =
| Comment =
| Date reviewed = 11/21/2015
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== Trail Overview ==
== Trail Overview ==
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Views and extensive natural Rhododendron Gardens (late for blossoms), views, spruce fir forest
Very popular hiking loop trail around the reservoir.  It connects with many other park trails, thus a common starting point. Officially takes 90 minutes on maintained path with moderate climbs and drops. A few benches are scattered along the trail. Points of interest include floating bridge, beaver activity (dams, lodges, and down/gnawed trees), lillypad pond, and the wolves and other animal habitats. Note red dirt from maroon shale in places.


== How to get there ==
== How to get there ==
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From Elizabethton, TN
 
#Turn on to US 19E and US 321 for about 6 miles through spectacular gorge of Doe River to Hampton, TN to intersection where US 19E and US 321 diverge.
#Continue straight on US 19E about 13 miles to Roan Mountain, TN at TN 143.
#Turn right in Roan Mountain, Tenn. on TN 143 and drive 14 miles to Carvers Gap at the North Carolina State Line.
#Turn right onto USFS road and drive 2 miles to parking lot at Rhododendron Gardens (fee) and Trailhead.
#Park in paved parking lot or further along gravel road at gardens.


== Route Description==
== Route Description==
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Hikers continue along crest of mountain on trail and/or down through gardens on paved walkways. Trails are handicapped accessible. There are several trails through the rhododendron gardens. A linear trail extends from the paved parking lot south along the crest of the mountain through other parking lots and beyond to Roan High Bluff, where there is an overlook. Also, a series of short loop hikes extends down on the North Carolina side from a USFS booth at the first unpaved parking area. Information is available at the booth. The booth is visible from the linear trail. Some of these trails are paved and handicapped accessible and there is a wooden boardwalk overlook as well. Picnic tables are available near the parking area.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Miles
!Lakeside Trail
!Miles
|-
|0.0
|Dam, end nearest Nature Center
|2.4
|-
|0.1
|Dam, far end
|2.3
|-
|0.2
|Pine Trail junction
|2.2
|-
|0.4
|Floating Bridge
|2.0
|-
|0.5
|Cherry Knobs Trail junction
|1.9
|-
|1.1
|Beaver Pond Bridge/ Sweet Gum Trail junction
|1.3
|-
|1.6
|Hemlock Tr./ (Firetower Trail) junction
|0.8
|-
|1.7
|Holly Trail/ Towhee Trail junction
|0.7
|-
|1.8
|Holly Trail junction
|0.6
|-
|2.1
|Fern Trail junction
|0.3
|-
|2.3
|Water Fowl Aviary/ Laurel Trail junction
|0.1
|-
|2.4
|Nature Center
|0.0
|}


== Typical Conditions ==
== Typical Conditions ==
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==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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USFS Website:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nfsnc/null/recarea/?recid=48626&actid=64
 
The season of operation is from Memorial Day Weekend through the end of September; otherwise entrance gate is locked closed.
$3 day use fee per car.


== After the Hike ==
== After the Hike ==
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== Maps ==
== Maps ==
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<display_map type="terrain" width="auto" height="600" gkml="https://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Rhododendron_Gardens_Trail_Loop_1.kml,
<googlemap lat="36.50803" lon="-82.61255" zoom="12" width="270" type="terrain" height="180" selector="no" controls="small">
https://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Rhododendron_Gardens_Trail_Loop_2.kml">
36.50803,-82.61255,Lakeside Trailhead at Dam
 
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36.1020200000, -82.1347730000~Rhododendron Gardens Visitor Center~ ~MarkerG.png
36.1017901296, -82.1353044306~Parking~ ~MarkerA.png
36.1001972746, -82.1344684326~Rhododendron Gardens Overlook~ ~MarkerG.png
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== Photos ==
== Photos ==
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Image:Lakeside_Trailhead_from_Dam.jpg‎
Image:Lakeside_trail_-_evergreen_grove.jpg‎
Image:Lakeside_Trail_-_former_avery_area.jpg‎
Image:Lakeside_Trail_-_Bays_Mountain_Dam.jpg‎


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[[Category:Tennessee]][[Category:Easy]][[Category:No Trail KML]]
[[Category:Bays Mountain Park]]
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