River Mountain Road

File:Placeholder.gif Trail Name River Mountain Road Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 11 Hours <br />0.0625 Days <br />60 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 3.23.2 mi <br />5.15 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 480480 Feet <br />146.304 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 23912,391 Feet <br />797 Yards <br />728.777 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":36.50654800000000221871232497505843639373779296875,"lon":-82.6312779999999946767275105230510234832763671875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Another restricted access road for nice group hikes up to the ridge offering views of Holston Defense and access to the north ridge fire tower.

How to get there

The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot and must be accessed through other trails. Typical access trails could be Azalea Trail, Bays Mountain Road, or Lake Road.

Route Description

From the termination with Azalea Trail, the trail is fairly flat as it follows the north ridge. Once leaving the ridge passing the junction of Indian Pipes Trail, the trail takes a step climb down off of the ridge where it terminates at the crossroads with Lake Road and Back Hollow Road.

Typical Conditions

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. On the steep descent down the ridge, it is fairly rocky with large flat boulders to manuever around

Fees, Permits, etc.

See the primary Bays Mountain Park page for details

After the Hike

See the primary Bays Mountain Park page for details

Maps

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