Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)

File:Placeholder.gif Trail Name Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park) Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 2.52.5 Hours <br />0.156 Days <br />150 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 4.44.4 mi <br />7.081 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 312312 Feet <br />95.098 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 21422,142 Feet <br />714 Yards <br />652.882 Meters <br /> 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":36.50761299999999920373738859780132770538330078125,"lon":-82.6126579999999961501089273951947689056396484375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. Another restricted access road for nice group hikes through the reservoir valley.

How to get there

This trail provides access to several of the other interior trails of the park.

Route Description

Lake Road makes a complete loop around the reservior ending at the dam and main parking lot, thus can be traveled in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Fairly levels, except between Feagins and Ledbetter Gaps when it ascends 200 ft. Below table is clockwise starting at the dam.

Miles	Lake Road	Miles	Elevation (ft)
0.0	Far end of dam from parking lot	4.4	1835
0.1	Junction with Pine Trail	4.3
0.3	Floating bridge for Lakeside Trail	4.1
0.5	Junction with Orchid Trail at Ecology Pond	3.9	1847
1.1	Ledbetter Gap - Junction with Bays Ridge Road and Front Hollow Road	3.3	1920
1.4	Junction with Cherry Knobs Trail heading west	3.0	2100
1.7	Junction with Cherry Knobs Trail heading east	2.7	2134
1.9	Rock quarry	2.5
2.1	Feagins Gap - Junction with River Mountain Road and Back Hollow Road	2.3	1920
2.7	Junction with Sweet Gum Trail and Chinquapin Trail	1.7
3.0	Junction with Firetower Trail and Hemlock Trail	1.4	1894
3.3	Junction with Towhee Trail	1.1
3.6	Junction with Big Oak Trail	0.8
3.7	Junction with Fern Trail	0.7
3.8	Junction with Azalea Trail	0.6	1860
4.0	Picnic shelters	0.4
4.3	Gate at Bays Mountain Road	0.1
4.4	At Entrance Road across from dam	0.0	1835

Typical Conditions

Being another one of the restricted access roads it tends to be fairly flat and wide. In wetter months the tracks can be rutted and muddy.

Regulations

Bikes Allowed.

Maps

Lake Road is shown as orange track, while Cherry Knobs is in green.

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(G) 36.506548,-82.631278 Crossroads with Back Hollow Road and River Mountain Road. (G) 36.503448,-82.628530,BMP Cherry Knobs Trail (G) 36.500972,-82.630974,BMP Cherry Knobs Trail (G) 36.497900,-82.627713 Ledbetter Gap Crossroads with Bays Ridge Road and Front Hollow Road (G) 36.507088,-82.613540,BMP Pine Trail (G) 36.507613,-82.612658,BMP Bays Ridge Road (G) 36.50946,-82.62131 Junction of Lake Road and Chinquapin Trail (G) 36.50349,-82.61893, BMP Orchid Trail (D) 36.50513,-82.62953 Old quarry used for stone to create reservoir dam </googlemap> NOTE: The trail on the map above does not include the trail from the junction with River Mountain Road towards its termination point near the Lakeside Trail.

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