Cherry Knobs

Trail Name Cherry Knobs Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Difficult Hiking Time 11 Hours <br />0.0625 Days <br />60 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 1.61.6 mi <br />2.575 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 292292 Feet <br />89.002 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 21402,140 Feet <br />713.333 Yards <br />652.272 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":36.50585553300128793807743932120501995086669921875,"lon":-82.6183170903618560032555251382291316986083984375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. There are no cherry trees along this trail, but a steep path up and along the Cherry Knobs - which can be noted on topo maps. High view of the reservoir.

How to get there

The trail is not directly accessible from the main parking lot. Most folks will cross the dam and follow Lakeside Trail over the floating bridge unti a Cherry Knobs trail sign is seen.

Route Description

Steep trail up and along the Cherry Knobs. Trekking poles might be useful to transfer weight off legs.

Miles	Cherry Knobs Trail	Miles
0.0	Trailhead at Lakeside Trail	1.6
0.05	Spur trail to abandoned cemetery. One of three reported within Bays Mountain Park.	1.55
0.7	Junction with Lake Road. Both travel together for 0.3 miles.	0.9
1.0	Junction with Lake Road. To SW, light blue vinyl blazes.	0.6
1.6	Trailhead at Cross Ridges Trail	0.0

Typical Conditions

Between Lakeside Trail and Lake Road, the dirt and leaf-covered path head up the Cherry Knobs. The piece shared with Lake Road is wide gravel road popular with mountain biking. Between Lake Road and Cross Ridges Trail, the path is much less used thus less maintained, so many small trees and briars grow along the path. The light blue vinyl blazes fortunately guide you.

Regulations

NO BIKES!

Misc. Information

Pink azaleas can be found in the park, which would be the flowering tree similar to a cherry.

Maps

The track for Cherry Knobs Trail is shown in green. Lakeside Trail in yellow. Lake Road in orange. Cross Ridges Trail in red.

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(G) 36.50584,-82.61830 Junction with Lakeside Trail (G) 36.50544,-82.61897 Spur trail to cemetery (N) 36.50483,-82.61858 Half dozen headstones around a small clearing (G) 36.50342,-82.62847 Junction with Lake Road (G) 36.500972,-82.630974 Junction with Lake Road (G) 36.49683,-82.63629 Junction with Cross Ridges Trail </googlemap>

The following elevation profile travels from Lakeside Trail to Cross Ridges Trail.

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