Editing Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)

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                     | City = Kingsport
                     | State = Tennessee
                     | Trail Use = {{Hike}}{{Dogs}}{{Biking}}
                     | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                     | Hike Time = 2.5
                     | Distance = 4.4 
                     | Elevation Gain = 312
                     | High Point = 2142
                     | Latitude = 36.507613
                     | Longitude = -82.612658
                     | Medical = Kingsport, TN
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36.507613,-82.612658,BMP Lake Road
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== Trail Overview ==
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Located in [[Bays Mountain Park]].  Another restricted access road for nice group hikes through the reservoir valley.

== How to get there ==
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This trail provides access to several of the other interior trails of the park. 

== Route Description==
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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.  Below table is clockwise starting at the dam.

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

== Misc. Information ==
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== Maps ==
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Lake Road is shown as orange track, while Cherry Knobs is in green.

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.503255" lon="-82.622509" type="terrain" zoom="14" width="700" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_lake_road-partial.kml
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Cherry_Knobs_Trail.kml


(G) 36.506548,-82.631278
Crossroads with [[BMP Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]] and [[BMP River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]].
Trail/road continues East-North-East from here but not mapped yet
(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 [[BMP Bays Ridge Road|Bays Ridge Road]] 
and [[BMP Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]]
(G) 36.507088,-82.613540,BMP Pine Trail
(G) 36.507613,-82.612658,BMP Bays Ridge Road
[[Image:BMP_LakeRd-BaysRidgeRd sign.JPG|50px]]
(G) 36.50946,-82.62131
Junction of [[BMP Lake Road|Lake Road]] and [[BMP Chinquapin Trail|Chinquapin Trail]] 
(G) 36.50349,-82.61893, BMP Orchid Trail
[[Image:BMP Orchid Trail sign.JPG|50px]]
(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.

== Photos ==
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[[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Kingsport]] [[Category:Bays Mountain Park]] [[Category:Medium]] [[Category:Hiking]]  [[Category:Biking]] [[Category:Dog Friendly]]