Editing Lakeside Trail

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{{Infobox Trail
 | Image Name = Lakeside_Trail_-_Bays_Mountain_Dam.jpg
 | Trail Number = 
 | Park = Bays Mountain Park
 | City = Kingsport
 | State = Tennessee
 | Marking = Signs
 | Trail Use = {{Hike}} {{Dogs}} 
 | Difficulty Rating = Easy
 | Hike Time = 1.5 Hours
 | Round Trip Distance = 2.35 Mi
 | Trail Distance = 2.35 Mi
 | Trail Type = Loop
 | Elevation Gain = 775 Ft
 | Elevation Loss = -775 Ft
 | High Point = 1,974 Ft
 | Parking coords = 36.508821,-82.609545
 | Trailhead coords = 36.508894,-82.611401
 | Medical = Kingsport, TN
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== Trail Overview ==
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Located at [[Bays Mountain Park]]. 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 ==
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From parking lot, either cross the dam to hike in a clockwise direction or start at back of animal habitat by the aviary area.

== Route Description==
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This trail has connections to [[Trail connects to::Bays Ridge Road]], [[Trail connects to::Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]], [[Trail connects to::Cherry Knobs Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Sweet Gum Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Food Plot Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Hemlock Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Holly Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Towhee Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Fern Trail]], and [[Trail connects to::Dolan Branch Trail]].

{| 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./ (Fire Tower 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 ==
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The park does an excellent job keeping this most popular trail open.  The path is heavily used, but sometime covered with mulch.

== Regulations ==
NO BIKES!
<br>Dogs are not allowed around the animal habitats, thus may have to skirt using Lake Road.

== After the Hike ==
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The animal habitats are a hit with kids of all ages.

== Misc. Information ==
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== Maps ==
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<display_map center="36.50903,-82.61255" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="auto" height="350" gkml="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_lakeside_trail.kml">

36.508894,-82.611436~Beginning of dam bridge~ ~MarkerG.png
36.50508,-82.61732~Floating bridge~[[Image:BMP Lakeside Trail floating bridge.JPG|150px]]~MarkerL.png
36.50578,-82.61832~Junction with [[Cherry Knobs|Cherry Knobs]]~ ~MarkerT.png
36.50596,-82.62100~Fixed bridge~ ~MarkerL.png
36.50874,-82.62153~Fixed bridge~ ~MarkerL.png
36.51039,-82.61639~Fixed bridge~ ~MarkerL.png
36.51131,-82.61443~Fixed bridge~ ~MarkerL.png
36.51267,-82.60963~No bridge at spring - pass around on uphill side~ ~MarkerJ.png
36.51215,-82.60779~New trail bridge~ ~MarkerL.png
</display_map>

== Photos ==
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Image:Lakeside_Trailhead_from_Dam.jpg‎|Trailhead at reservoir dam
Image:Lakeside_trail_-_evergreen_grove.jpg‎|Trail thru hemlock grove 
Image:Lakeside_Trail_-_former_avery_area.jpg‎|View across reservoir 
Image:Lakeside_Trail_-_Bays_Mountain_Dam.jpg‎|Crossing the dam
Image:BMP Lakeside Trail floating bridge.JPG|Floating bridge
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[[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Kingsport]] [[Category:Bays Mountain Park]] [[Category:Easy]]  [[Category:Dog Friendly]]
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