Editing Fire Tower Trail

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{{Infobox Trail
 | Image Name = BMP_Firetower_Trail_tower.jpg
 | Trail Number = 
 | Park = Bays Mountain Park
 | City = Kingsport
 | State = Tennessee
 | Marking = Signs
 | Trail Use = {{Hike}} {{Dogs}} 
 | Difficulty Rating = Medium
 | Hike Time = 30 Min
 | Round Trip Distance = 4.2 Mi
 | Trail Distance = 0.7 Mi
 | Trail Type = Segment
 | Elevation Gain = 
 | Elevation Loss = 
 | High Point = 
 | Parking coords = 36.508821,-82.609545
 | Trailhead coords = 
 | Medical = Kingsport, TN
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== Trail Overview ==
Located in [[Bays Mountain Park]].  Second most popular trail (after [[Lakeside Trail|Lakeside Trail]]) up to the Garden Mountain/Kingsport firetower for view across Holston Defense, west end of Kingsport, and into Virginia.

== How to get there ==
Take [[Lakeside Trail|Lakeside Trail]] clockwise around the reservoir to the [[Hemlock Trail|Hemlock Trail]] or [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]] counterclockwise.  The lower trailhead in on Lake Road.

Alternatively, the upper trailhead at the firetower is reached on [[River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]] from either the antennas or Fegins Gap.

== Route Description==
The trail heads up Holston River Mountain side of the park to reach the firetower.  Although no blazes, the path is well worn, thus apparent.

This trail has connections to [[Trail connects to::River Mountain Road]], [[Trail connects to::Chinquapin Trail]], and [[Trail connects to::Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]]

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Miles Up
!Firetower Trail
!Miles Down
!Elevation (ft)
|- 
|0.0
|Trailhead at [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]]
|0.7
|1894
|-
|0.1
|Junction with [[Chinquapin Trail|Chinquapin Trail]]
|0.6
|
|-  
|0.7
|Trailhead at [[River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]] at firetower
|0.0
|2382
|}

For those starting from the BMP parking lot, it is roughly 2 miles taking 60 minutes to reach firetower. Return trip down is faster.

== Typical Conditions ==
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Well worn dirt trail with few blowdowns.  Please do not cut through the switchbacks.

== Regulations ==
NO BIKES!

== Misc. Information ==
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The 60' firetower was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1937.


== Maps ==
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The Firetower Trail is shown in red.  For reference, [[River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]] is shown in magenta, [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]] in orange, and [[Lakeside Trail|Lakeside Trail]] in yellow.

<display_map center="36.51545,-82.62378" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="auto" height="550" gkml="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_river_mountain_road.kml,
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_lakeside_trail.kml">

36.51202, -82.61669~Junction with [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]]~ ~MarkerG.png
36.51545, -82.6238~Garden Mountain/Kingsport Lookout Tower~[[Image:BMP_Firetower_Trail_tower.jpg|150px|Fire tower]]~MarkerE.png
</display_map>

== Photos ==
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Image:BMP_Firetower_Trail_tower.jpg|Fire tower
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[[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Bays Mountain Park]] [[Category:Medium]] [[Category:No Trail KML]]
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