Cross Ridges Trail

Trail Name Cross Ridges Trail Park Bays Mountain Park Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking Signs Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 45 Min0.75 Hours <br />0.0469 Days <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 4.6 Mi7.403 km <br /> / 0.67 Mi1.078 km <br /> Trail Type Segment Climb/Descent Elevation 364 Ft110.947 Meters <br /> / -320 Ft-97.536 Meters <br /> High Point 2,009 Ft669.667 Yards <br />612.343 Meters <br /> Parking 36° 30' 31.76" N, 82° 36' 34.36" W Trailhead 36° 29' 51.96" N, 82° 38' 33.73" W Nearest Medical Kingsport, TN Trip Reports Click Here Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"270px","height":"180px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":8,"layers":[],"controls":["zoom"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":36.5088209999999975252649164758622646331787109375,"lon":-82.609544999999997116901795379817485809326171875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. Trail between Front Hollow Road and Back Hollow Road. Lots of spring wildflowers on northern side in the shaded hollow.

How to get there

The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot. Cross the dam and take either Follow Lake Road to Front Hollow Road until reaching trail sign or Lake Road to Feagins Gap and onto Back Hollow Road until old homestead is seen.

Route Description

A 0.7 mile connecting trail between the "Hollow" roads.

This trail has connections to Back Hollow Road, Pretty Ridge Trail, Cherry Knobs Road, and Front Hollow Road.

Miles	Cross Ridges Trail	Miles	Elevation (ft)
0.0	Trailhead at Front Hollow Road	0.7	1730
0.2	Junction with Cherry Knobs Trail	0.5	1840
0.65	Creek crossing with no bridge	0.05
0.7	Junction at Back Hollow Road and Pretty Ridge Trail at former "Bill Simpson" homestead	0.0	1672

Back Hollow Road continues towards Feagins Gap from right and behind the abandoned cabin. Pretty Ridge Trail has an unlabeled post, but heads uphill from left of the cabin. A fallen pine tree was partially covering this junction.

Typical Conditions

Much lesser used trail. The passage through the storm damage from Winter 2009 had been made, but many blowdowns to step over/under. Another pass by the chain saw gang would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, a narrow dirt path on the north side and a former road on the south end.

Regulations

NO BIKES! And too much trouble with all of the blowdowns anyway.

Misc. Information

Many spring wildflowers seen in April. Check out the gallery below.

Maps

The track for Cross Ridges Trail is in red, while Cherry Knobs Trail is shown in green.

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The following elevation profile travels from Back Hollow Road to Front Hollow Road.

Photos

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  Trail ends just past "Bill Simpson" barn

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  Bill Simpson Cabin

Wildflower Gallery - mid-April 2011

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  Dwarf Violet Iris more info

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  Fire Pink more info

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  Yellow Leafcup more info

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  Star Chickweed more info

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  Wild Geranium more info

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  Sweet White Violet more info