Editing Cross Ridges Trail

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 | Image Name = BMP Bill Simpson cabin.JPG
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 | Park = Bays Mountain Park
 | City = Kingsport
 | State = Tennessee
 | Marking = Signs
 | Trail Use = {{Hike}} {{Dogs}} 
 | Difficulty Rating = Medium
 | Hike Time = 45 Min
 | Round Trip Distance = 4.6 Mi
 | Trail Distance = 0.67 Mi
 | Trail Type = Segment
 | Elevation Gain = 364 Ft
 | Elevation Loss = -320 Ft
 | High Point = 2,009 Ft
 | Parking coords = 36.508821,-82.609545
 | Trailhead coords = 36.497767,-82.642703
 | Medical = Kingsport, TN
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 | Date reviewed = 10/24/2015
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== Trail Overview ==
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Located in [[Bays Mountain Park]]. Trail between [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]] and [[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]]. Lots of spring wildflowers on northern side in the shaded hollow.

== How to get there ==
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The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot.  Cross the dam and take either Follow [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]] to [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]] until reaching trail sign or [[Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)|Lake Road]] to Feagins Gap and onto [[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]] until old homestead is seen.

== Route Description==
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A 0.7 mile connecting trail between the "Hollow" roads.

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

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Miles
!Cross Ridges Trail
!Miles
!Elevation (ft)
|-
|0.0
|Trailhead at [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]]
|0.7
|1730
|-
|0.2
|Junction with [[Cherry Knobs Trail|Cherry Knobs Trail]]
|0.5
|1840
|-
|0.65
|Creek crossing with no bridge
|0.05
|
|-
|0.7
|Junction at [[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]] and [[Pretty Ridge Trail|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 ==
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Much lesser used trail.  As of 2015, trail is cleaned up and most blowdowns removed.  The two remaining are easy to step over.

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

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

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

<display_map center="36.49777,-82.64269" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="auto" height="550" gkml="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Cross_Ridges_Trail.kml,
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Front_Hollow_Road.kml,
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Back_Hollow_Road.kml,
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Cherry_Knobs_Trail.kml">

36.49777,-82.64269~Junction with [[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]]~and [[Pretty Ridge Trail|Pretty Ridge Trail]]~MarkerT.png
36.49683,-82.63629~Junction with [[Cherry Knobs Trail|Cherry Knobs Trail]]~[[Image:BMP CK-CR sign.JPG|50px]]~MarkerT.png
36.49770,-82.64250~Stream crossing - no bridge~[[Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail stream crossing.JPG|150px]]~MarkerJ.png
36.49511,-82.63438~Trailhead at [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]]~[[Image:BMP CR FHR sign.JPG|50px]]~MarkerT.png
</display_map>


:::The following elevation profile travels from Back Hollow Road to Front Hollow Road.
[[Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail profile.JPG]]

== Photos ==
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Image:BMP Bill Simpson barn.JPG|Trail ends just past "Bill Simpson" barn
Image:BMP Bill Simpson cabin.JPG|Bill Simpson Cabin
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</gallery>


Wildflower Gallery - mid-April 2011
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Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail Dwarf Violet Iris.JPG|Dwarf Violet Iris [http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Iris%20verna   more info]
Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail Fire Pink.JPG|Fire Pink [http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Silene%20virginica  more info]
Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail Yellow Leafcup.JPG|Yellow Leafcup [http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Smallanthus%20uvedalius more info]
Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail star chickweed.JPG|Star Chickweed [http://patriot.net/~eweidaw/wildflower.htm more info]
Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail wild geranium.JPG|Wild Geranium [http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/wild_geranium.htm more info]
Image:BMP Cross Ridges Trail Sweet White Violet.JPG|Sweet White Violet [http://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Viola%20blanda more info]
</gallery>


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