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I will use the
charts below to track my completed Bays Mountain
trails. Thanks to the TEHCC and Collins
Chew for the wonderful information below.
This is a great resource to plan your own Bays
Mountain hike. Use the
map with
the chart below to calculate your trip and
mileages.
A.
Dolan Branch Trail
|
Miles |
Dolan Branch
Trail (Loop) |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Entry Road |
0.3 |
|
0.3 |
Return to Entry
Road |
0.0 |
B.
Lakeside Trail (present map 2.3 miles)
|
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 |
C.
Cliffside Trail
|
Miles |
Cliffside Trail
|
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Astronomical
Observatory |
0.5 |
|
0.1 |
Overlook |
0.4 |
|
0.2 |
Cliffside Loop
junction |
0.3 |
|
0.4 |
Cliffside Loop
junction |
0.1 |
|
0.5 |
Observation
Tower/Bays Mountain Road |
0.0 |
D.
Pine Trail
|
Miles |
Pine Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lake Road junction |
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
Bays Ridge Road
junction |
0.0 |
E.
Bays Ridge Trail
|
Miles |
Bays Ridge Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Bays Ridge Road
junction |
2.6 |
|
0.4 |
Large Rocks |
2.2 |
|
0.8 |
Jones Trail
junction |
1.8 |
|
2.1 |
Leave/reach ridge
crest |
0.5 |
|
2.6 |
Front Hollow Road
junction |
0.0 |
F.
Orchid Trail
|
Miles |
Orchid Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lake Road junction |
0.4 |
|
0.4 |
Bays Ridge Road
junction |
0.0 |
G.
Cherry Knobs Trail
|
Miles |
Cherry Knobs
Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
1.6 |
|
0.7 |
Lake Road junction |
0.9 |
|
1.0 |
Lake Road junction |
0.6 |
|
1.6 |
Cross Ridges Trail
junction |
0.0 |
Cherry Knobs Trail
is on Lake Road for 0.3 miles.
H.
Cross Ridges Trail
|
Miles |
Cross Ridges
Trail (upper) |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Front Hollow Road |
0.7 |
|
0.2 |
Cherry Knobs Trail
junction |
0.5 |
|
0.7 |
Back Hollow
Road/Pretty Ridge Trail/Barns |
0.0 |
I.
Sweet Gum Trail (present map 105 ft.)
|
Feet |
Sweet Gum Trail |
Feet |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
150 |
|
150 |
Lake Road junction |
0.0 |
J.
Indian Pipes Trail
|
Miles |
Indian Pipes
Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
River Mountain Road |
2.0 |
|
0.5 |
End of Crest Road
and HAAP fence |
1.5 |
|
1.7 |
End of Dirt Road |
0.3 |
|
2.0 |
Pretty Ridge/Kiner
HollowTrail Jct. |
0.0 |
K.
Kiner Hollow Trail
|
Miles |
Kiner
HollowTrail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Indian Pipes/Pretty
Ridge Trails junction |
1.6 |
|
0.4 |
Ruins in Kiner
Hollow/Cross creek |
1.2 |
|
0.6 |
Cross Creek |
1.0 |
|
1.2 |
Laurel Run Trail
Jct.; Cross Creek |
0.4 |
|
1.3 |
Old House |
0.3 |
|
1.5 |
Road along Ridge,
SW end |
0.1 |
|
1.6 |
Pretty Ridge Trail
Jct. |
0.0 |
L.
Pretty Ridge Trail (present map 1.8 miles)
|
Miles |
Pretty Ridge
Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Back Hollow Road
junction (Northeast) |
2.1 |
|
0.6 |
Indian Pipes/Kiner
Hollow (NE) Trails junction |
1.5 |
|
1.5 |
Kiner Hollow (SW)
Trail junction, SW end Road Walk
|
0.6 |
|
1.8 |
Stile and Fence |
0.3 |
|
1.9 |
Back Hollow Road
(Southwest) junction; Cross Creek
|
0.2 |
|
2.1 |
Front Hollow Road
junction; Creek |
0.0 |
M.
Firetower Trail
|
Miles |
Firetower Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lake Road junction |
0.7 |
|
0.7 |
River Mountain
Road/Firetower |
0.0 |
N.
Hemlock Trail
|
Miles |
Hemlock Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
Lake Road junction |
0.0 |
O.
Holly Trail
|
Miles |
Holly Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction (NE) |
0.4 |
|
0.1 |
Near lake shore,
continuously |
0.3 |
|
0.2 |
Near lake shore
continuously |
0.2 |
|
0.4 |
Lakeside Trail
junction (SW) |
0.0 |
P.
Towhee Trail
|
Miles |
Towhee Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
Lake Road junction |
0.0 |
Q.
Fern Trail
|
Miles |
Fern Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
Lake Road junction |
0.0 |
R.
Azalea Trail Hikiing/Biking Trail
|
Miles |
Azalea Trail
|
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Road |
1.4 |
|
1.4 |
Bays Ridge Road |
0.0 |
S.
Laurel Run Trail (present map shows 1.7 miles)
|
Miles |
Laurel Run Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Kiner Hollow Trail
Junction at Kiner Creek |
2.1 |
|
0.3 |
Ruin |
1.8 |
|
0.4 |
Old house |
1.7 |
|
0.8 |
House and corner of
field |
1.3 |
|
0.9 |
Kiner Falls |
1.2 |
|
1.0 |
Switchback |
1.1 |
|
1.1 |
Kiner Creek end and
switchback, near waterfall on Laurel Run |
1.0 |
|
1.2 |
Large waterfall on
Laurel Run |
0.9 |
|
1.8 |
Ford Laurel Run
(West End Bays Mountain Park) |
0.3 |
|
1.9 |
Old house and ford |
0.2 |
|
2.0 |
Bridge |
0.1 |
|
2.1 |
Laurel Run Park |
0.0 |
T.
Jones Trail
|
Miles |
Jones Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Bays Ridge Trail
junction |
0.3 |
|
0.3 |
Front Hollow Road
junction |
0.0 |
Cliffside Loop
|
Miles |
Cliffside Loop |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Cliffside Trail
junction |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
Cliffside Trail
junction |
0.0 |
Food
Plot Trail
|
Miles |
Food Plot Trail |
Miles |
|
0.0 |
Lakeside Trail
junction |
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
Food Plot |
0.0 |
Roads
1.
Lake Road
Far
end of Dam is 0.2 miles from Nature Center.
That is not shown here.
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