Location: Start is intersection of Lake Road and Front Hollow Road. We will make our way along Front Hollow.
When we meet: We will be meeting at the posted coordinates at 10 am.
Event: Bay Mountain will provide the trash bags; you will need to bring work gloves and comfortable shoes and clothes. The trail is muddy and has lots of potholes, please come prepared. We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Make sure you log a note saying "Will Attend" so we can have a good head count for the event.
Information: Please add listing to watchlist to stay up on any announcements. For those that plan on staying for the whole trail, bring plenty of water, and a lunch.
Note: If there is severe weather issues on the day of the event, we will cancel the event and reschedule the event. Please do not show up if there is severe weather. We will monitor the weather the day of the event and will make an announcement on the this cache page, should the event be cancelled.
Explore Bays Mountain
Come explore the trails at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport, Tennessee by foot or by mountain bike. Click on the link for Bays Mountain Park above to locate, download and print a trail map or pick one up inside the park Nature Center before heading out on your exploration. The park has many caches already in place. The bookmark list of Bays Mountain caches lists everything from traditionals, puzzles, multicaches, letterboxes, and earthcaches. The possibility of getting five different cache icons in one day is POSSIBLE! If you are interested in learning more about the history of this 3,300 acre city owned park then explore this website: Discover Bays Mountain
THINGS TO KNOW:
- There is a $4.00 entrance fee per car/truck per day.
- The park offers a Nature Center and Herpetarium with public restrooms, various animal habitats, fee-based programs which include both a ropes course and a zip line, a planetarium, and a lake barge trip--all located near the parking lots.
- While the park is open daily, (with exceptions for Christmas and New Year's Day) the park operating hours change seasonally and park gates are locked upon closing times.
- This cache was placed using a Garmin HCx with at least 250 readings to average the coordinates--consider that at the time of the year when this geocache was placed, there was significant overhead foliage.
- There are various hazards which include black bears, venomous snakes, poison ivy and other critters which may or may not be a problem for you while on your adventure. Prepare accordingly.
- At different times of the year, your trail may be wet or muddy.
- Geodogs (on leashes) are welcome to explore with you on this road, but are not permitted in the animal enclosure areas. Look for the signs to indicate those areas.
- No motorized vehicles are allowed anywhere in the park except on the paved roads leading to the parking lots.
- Bring your own pen!
- This cache and cache location has been placed with the full approval of the park director.