Cross Ridges Trail

File:Placeholder.gif Trail Name Cross Ridges Trail Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 0.750.75 Hours <br />0.0469 Days <br />45 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 0.70.7 mi <br />1.127 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 164164 Feet <br />49.987 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 18401,840 Feet <br />613.333 Yards <br />560.832 Meters <br /> Nearest Medical Kingsport, TN Trip Reports Click Here Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"270px","height":"180px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":8,"layers":[],"controls":["zoom"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":36.4959592000000014877514331601560115814208984375,"lon":-82.6315972999999956982719595544040203094482421875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. Trail between Front Hollow Road and Back Hollow Road. Lots of spring wildflowers on northern side in the shaded hollow.

How to get there

The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot. Cross the dam and take either Follow Lake Road to Front Hollow Road until reaching trail sign or Lake Road to Feagins Gap and onto Back Hollow Road unti old homestead is seen.

Route Description

A 0.7 mile connecting trail between the "Hollow" roads.

Miles	Cross Ridges Trail	Miles	Elevation (ft)
0.0	Trailhead at Front Hollow Road	0.7	1730
0.2	Junction with Cherry Knobs Trail	0.5	1840
0.65	Creek crossing with no bridge	0.05
0.7	Junction at Back Hollow Road and 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

Much lesser used trail. The passage through the storm damage from Winter 2009 had been made, but many blowdowns to step over/under. Another pass by the chain saw gang would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, a narrow dirt path on the north side and a former road on the south end.

Regulations

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

Misc. Information

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

Maps

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

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(G) 36.49777,-82.64269 Junction with Back Hollow Road and Pretty Ridge Trail (G) 36.49683,-82.63629 Junction with Cherry Knobs Trail (J) 36.49770,-82.64250 Stream crossing - no bridge (G) 36.49511,-82.63438 Trailhead at Front Hollow Road </googlemap>

The following elevation profile travels from Back Hollow Road to Front Hollow Road.

Photos

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  Trail ends just past "Bill Simpson" barn

Wildflower Gallery - mid-April 2011

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  Dwarf Violet Iris more info

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  Fire Pink more info

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  Yellow Leafcup more info

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  Star Chickweed more info

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  Wild Geranium more info

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  Sweet White Violet more info