Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium

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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.

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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
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Website: www.baysmountain.com