Camp Tranquility Main Entrance–Double Oak Lake, 6 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Oak Mountain State Park near Quail Run, AL. The route passes Oak Mountain State Park Beach and Double Oak Lake before reaching Camp Tranquility Main Entrance at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 416 ft. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi489 – 787 ft10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.32362, -86.76192
Nearest town Quail Run, AL
Directions
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Camp Tranquility Main Entrance–Double Oak Lake, 6 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 488–788 ft
Out & Back · Oak Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 33.32362, -86.76192
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Oak Mountain State Park Beach.
- 50 ftPass Double Oak Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 3.5 miTurn right onto SlingShot, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Seven Bridges, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto TAILS, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lightning, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Camp Tranquility Main Entrance, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lightning, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto TAILS, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Yellow), heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left onto Seven Bridges, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto SlingShot, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Seven Bridges, heading W.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
13% gravel10% dirt77% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~119 min). Leave by 4:29 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Double Oak Lake & Oak Mountain State Park Beach via Lake Trail 1.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Fire Pits Sunset Point–Red Sunset Point, 10 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 755 ft
- Boulder Lookout–Double Oak Lake, 9 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 1,146 ft
- Centipede–Foothills Trail (Yellow), 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 516 ft
- Centipede–Foothills Trail (Yellow), 6 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft
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