Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park)

File:Placeholder.gif Trail Name Lake Road (Bays Mountain Park) Nearest City Kingsport State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 2.52.5 Hours <br />0.156 Days <br />150 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 4.44.4 mi <br />7.081 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 312312 Feet <br />95.098 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 21422,142 Feet <br />714 Yards <br />652.882 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":36.50761299999999920373738859780132770538330078125,"lon":-82.6126579999999961501089273951947689056396484375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Bays Mountain Park. Another restricted access road for nice group hikes through the reservoir valley.

How to get there

This trail provides access to several of the other interior trails of the park.

Route Description

From the parking lot, the trail begins on the access road a little uphill from the Lakeside Trail but continues on when Lakeside Trail crosses the water on to the peninsula.

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.

Regulations

Bikes Allowed.

Maps

Lake Road is shown as orange track, while Cherry Knobs is in green.

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(G) 36.506548,-82.631278 Crossroads with Back Hollow Road and River Mountain Road. Trail/road continues East-North-East from here but not mapped yet (G) 36.503448,-82.628530,BMP Cherry Knobs Trail (G) 36.500972,-82.630974,BMP Cherry Knobs Trail (G) 36.497900,-82.627713 Ledbetter Gap Crossroads with Bays Ridge Road and Front Hollow Road (G) 36.507088,-82.613540,BMP Pine Trail (G) 36.507613,-82.612658,BMP Bays Ridge Road (G) 36.50946,-82.62131 Junction of Lake Road and Chinquapin Trail (G) 36.50349,-82.61893, BMP Orchid Trail (D) 36.50513,-82.62953 Old quarry used for stone to create reservoir dam </googlemap> NOTE: The trail on the map above does not include the trail from the junction with River Mountain Road towards its termination point near the Lakeside Trail.

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