Food Plot Road

[[Image:|350px]] Trail Name Food Plot Road Park Bays Mountain Park Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking Signs Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 15 Min0.25 Hours <br />0.0156 Days <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 3.5 Mi5.633 km <br /> / 2,086 Ft0.395 Mi <br />0.636 km <br /> Trail Type Segment Climb/Descent Elevation 308 Ft93.878 Meters <br /> / -197 Ft-60.046 Meters <br /> High Point 1,997 Ft665.667 Yards <br />608.686 Meters <br /> Parking 36° 30' 31.76" N, 82° 36' 34.36" W Trailhead 36° 30' 32.38" N, 82° 37' 5.70" W 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":36.5088209999999975252649164758622646331787109375,"lon":-82.609544999999997116901795379817485809326171875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. Short spur trail off Lakeside Trail along reservoir shore. Wanders back off where the park used to have grains growing, but now has a beaver lodge.

How to get there

The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot. Follow Lakeside Trail or Lake Road to the far side of the reservoir.

Route Description

Short 0.45 mile spur trail along the reservoir shore with connections to Lake Road, Lakeside Trail, and Fire Tower Trail

Miles	Food Plot Trail	Miles
0.0	Trailhead at Lake Road	0.4
0.2	Overlap with Lakeside Trail	0.2
0.3	Split off from Lakeside Trail	0.1
0.4	Food Plot by reservoir	0.0

Typical Conditions

Rarely used trail with mostly leaf covered old road path.

Regulations

NO BIKES!

Maps

The Food Plot Trail is shown as purple line, Hemlock Trail in red, and Lakeside Trail in yellow.

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