Lakeside Trail

Trail Name Lakeside Trail Park Bays Mountain Park Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking Signs Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 1.5 Hours0.0938 Days <br />90 Min <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 2.35 Mi3.782 km <br /> / 2.35 Mi3.782 km <br /> Trail Type Loop Climb/Descent Elevation 775 Ft236.22 Meters <br /> / -775 Ft-236.22 Meters <br /> High Point 1,974 Ft658 Yards <br />601.675 Meters <br /> Parking 36° 30' 31.76" N, 82° 36' 34.36" W Trailhead 36° 30' 32.02" N, 82° 36' 41.04" 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 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

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

This trail has connections to Bays Ridge Road, Lake Road, Cherry Knobs Trail, Sweet Gum Trail, Food Plot Road, Hemlock Trail, Holly Trail, Towhee Trail, Fern Trail, and Dolan Branch Trail.

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

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!
Dogs are not allowed around the animal habitats, thus may have to skirt using Lake Road.

After the Hike

The animal habitats are a hit with kids of all ages.

Maps

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Photos

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  Trailhead at reservoir dam

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  Trail thru hemlock grove

• Lakeside Trail - former avery area.jpg

  View across reservoir

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  Crossing the dam

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  Floating bridge