Editing Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)

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 | Park = Bays Mountain Park
 | City = Kingsport
 | State = Tennessee
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 | Difficulty Rating = Medium
 | Hike Time = 2.5 Hours
 | Round Trip Distance = 4.4 Mi
 | Trail Distance = 4.4 Mi
 | Trail Type = Loop
 | Elevation Gain = 662 Ft
 | Elevation Loss = -766 Ft
 | High Point = 2,190 Ft
 | Parking coords = 36.508821,-82.609545
 | Trailhead coords = 36.506455,-82.631279
 | Medical = Kingsport, TN
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 | Date reviewed = 10/29/2105
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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 reservoir ending at the dam and main parking lot, thus can be traveled in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Fairly level, except between Feagins and Ledbetter Gaps when it ascends 200 ft. Serving as a main artery to access the interior trails it has trail connections to [[Trail connects to::Bays Ridge Road]], [[Trail connects to::Pine Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Lakeside Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Front Hollow Road]], [[Trail connects to::Cherry Knobs Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Bays Ridge Road]], [[Trail connects to::River Mountain Road]], [[Trail connects to::Back Hollow Road]], [[Trail connects to::Chinquapin Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Sweet Gum Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Fire Tower Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Hemlock Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Towhee Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Big Oak Trail]], [[Trail connects to::Azalea]], and [[Trail connects to::Chestnut Trail]]

Below table is clockwise starting at the dam.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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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 [[Pine Trail|Pine Trail]] 
|4.3
|
|- 
|0.3
|Floating bridge for Lakeside Trail
|4.1
| 
|-
|0.5
|Junction with [[Orchid Trail|Orchid Trail]] at Ecology Pond
|3.9
|1847
|- 
|1.1
|Ledbetter Gap - Junction with [[Bays Ridge Road|Bays Ridge Road]] and [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]]
|3.3
|1920 
|-
|1.4
|Junction with [[Cherry Knobs Trail|Cherry Knobs Trail]] heading west
|3.0
|2100
|- 
|1.7
|Junction with [[Cherry Knobs Trail|Cherry Knobs Trail]] heading east
|2.7
|2134 
|-
|1.9
|Rock quarry
|2.5
| 
|-
|2.1
|Feagins Gap - Junction with [[River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]] and [[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]]
|2.3
|1920 
|-
|2.7
|Junction with [[Sweet Gum Trail|Sweet Gum Trail]] and [[Chinquapin Trail|Chinquapin Trail]]
|1.7
|
|- 
|3.0
|Junction with [[Fire Tower Trail|Fire Tower Trail]] and [[Hemlock Trail|Hemlock Trail]]
|1.4
|1894 
|-
|3.3
|Junction with [[Towhee Trail|Towhee Trail]]
|1.1
| 
|-
|3.6
|Junction with [[Big Oak Trail|Big Oak Trail]]
|0.8
|
|-
|3.7
|Junction with [[Fern Trail|Fern Trail]]
|0.7
|
|- 
|3.8
|Junction with [[Azalea Trail|Azalea Trail]]
|0.6
|1860
|- 
|4.0
|Picnic shelters
|0.4
|
|- 
|4.3
|Gate at [[Bays Mountain Road|Bays Mountain Road]]
|0.1
| 
|-
|4.4
|At Entrance Road across from dam
|0.0
|1835 
|}

== 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.

<display_map center="36.503255,-82.622509" type="terrain" zoom="14" width="auto" height="550" gkml="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Lake_Road.kml,
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Cherry_Knobs_Trail.kml">

36.506548,-82.631278~Crossroads~[[Back Hollow Road|Back Hollow Road]] and [[River Mountain Road|River Mountain Road]]~MarkerT.png
36.503448,-82.628530~[[Cherry Knobs Trail]]~ ~MarkerT.png
36.500972,-82.630974~[[Cherry Knobs Trail]]~ ~MarkerT.png
36.497900,-82.627713~Ledbetter Gap~[[Image:BMP_Ledbetter_Gap_sign.JPG|150px]]<br>Crossroads with [[Bays Ridge Road|Bays Ridge Road]] and [[Front Hollow Road|Front Hollow Road]]~MarkerT.png
36.507088,-82.613540~[[Pine Trail]]~ ~MarkerT.png
36.507613,-82.612658~[[Bays Ridge Road]]~[[Image:BMP_LakeRd-BaysRidgeRd sign.JPG|50px]]~MarkerT.png
36.50946,-82.62131~Junction with [[Chinquapin Trail|Chinquapin Trail]]~ ~MarkerT.png
36.50349,-82.61893~[[Orchid Trail|Orchid Trail]]~[[Image:BMP Orchid Trail sign.JPG|50px]]~MarkerT.png
36.50513,-82.62953~Old quarry used for stone to create reservoir dam~ ~MarkerD.png
</display_map>
'''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]]