Lake Trail Loop

Lake Trail Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lake Trail Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lake Trail Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.87938, -81.51819. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lake Trail Loop

• Hungry Mother State Park · sanctuary · Smyth · ~2 km · Must-see
• WUKZ · attraction · Smyth · ~4 km · Must-see
• Raccoon Branch Wilderness · sanctuary · Smyth · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Rogers National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Grayson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Beartown Wilderness · sanctuary · Tazewell · ~28 km · Must-see
• Saltville Baptist Church · church · Smyth · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lewis Fork Wilderness · sanctuary · Smyth · ~30 km · Must-see
• Little Wilson Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Grayson · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mount Rogers · viewpoint · Smyth · ~31 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Grayson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Garden Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Bland · ~32 km · Must-see
• Redrock Mountain · viewpoint · Smyth · ~33 km · Must-see
• Historic Crab Orchard Museum · museum · Tazewell · ~34 km · Must-see
• Grayson Highlands State Park · sanctuary · Grayson · ~34 km · Must-see
• Whitetop Mountain · viewpoint · Smyth · ~35 km · Must-see
• Little Dry Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Wythe · ~36 km · Must-see
• Walker Mountain · viewpoint · Wythe · ~37 km · Must-see
• Feather Camp Lookout Tower · sanctuary · Washington · ~37 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lake Trail Loop

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• Tanawha Trail · trek · Caldwell · ~111 km · Must-see
• Allegheny Trail · trek · Monroe · ~142 km · Must-see
• Sauratown Trail · trek · Stokes · ~142 km
• Ridge Trail · trek · Smyth · ~0 km
• CCC Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km
• Molly's Knob Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km
• Vista Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km
• Clyburn Ridge Loop Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km
• Clyburn Hollow Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km
• Raider's Run Trail · trek · Smyth · ~1 km

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