Lakeside Trail




Trail Name	Lakeside Trail
Nearest City	Kingsport
State	Tennessee
Trail Marking	{{{Marking}}}
Trail Use/Features
Difficulty Rating	Easy
Hiking Time	1.51.5 Hours <br />0.0938 Days <br />90 Min <br />
Distance, round-trip	2.42.4 mi <br />3.862 km <br />
Climb/Descent Elevation	~250"~" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number.
High Point	21602,160 Feet <br />720 Yards <br />658.368 Meters <br />
Nearest Medical	Kingsport, TN
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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

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./ (Firetower 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.

Fees, Permits, etc.

$3 fee to enter the park.
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.

Misc. Information

Maps

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Photos

Lakeside Trail - former avery area.jpg