Bays Mountain Park
Kingsport is home to one of the largest city parks—Bays Mountain
Park and Planetarium. This 3,000-acre nature preserve offers
an array of activities for all seasons and features 22-miles
of hiking trails and a 44-acre lake. A barge ride on the
lake is the perfect prescription for a quiet escape to nature.
Open year-round, the park is framed on all sides
by mountain ridges with much of the park lying in a natural
basin. Since it is a protected haven, animal life is abundant.
Inside the nature center is 40-foot, domed planetarium that
offers shows on different astronomy subjects daily through
the summer and on weekends September through May. A freshwater
aquarian allows a close-up look at native fish and their surroundings.
The nature center also features natural history, early pioneering
and space sciences.
Native animals, including gray wolves, bobcats,
deer and otters, are housed near the nature center. A quarter-acre
waterfowl and wading bird enclosure is located on the lake
trail. The park’s newest addition is a raptor habitat that
features a screech owl, vulture, redtail hawks and kestrel.
For more information, contact Bays Mountain Park,
853 Bays Mountain Park Rd., Kingsport, TN 37660, or call 423-229-9447.
Location: Kingsport, TN
Phone: 423-229-9447
Toll Free Phone:
Website: www.baysmountain.com
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