Abingdon Gap Shelter
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Last Revised:
March 08, 2007
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 | Location: On Holston Mountain between Damascus and U.S. 421; elevation 3,785 feet.
The shelter is directly on the A.T. In the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga Ranger
District. |
| Construction: Three-sided with open front and wooden sleeping platform.
Concrete-block walls and a metal roof. Built in 1959 by the U.S. Forest Service. |
| Sleeps: five (we know the sleeping platform is not quite level) |
| Maintenance history:
 | 1989: Roof repaired. |
| Nov 1992: New steel roof installed. Painted shelter inside and out. Added
picnic table. See roof construction details in Iron Mountain Shelter maintenance
history. |
| Sept 1999: Installed padding on both ends of gutter. |
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| Water source: Spring located downhill in hollow 275 yards due south of shelter (behind
it) on a fairly steep blue-blazed side trail. In dry weather, you may have to go
farther down the hill to find water. |
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Abingdon Gap Shelter (22KB). Photo courtesy of
Bill Stowell.
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Another shot of Abingdon Gap Shelter, on a cold and
rainy February 7, 1999 (55KB). Photo courtesy of Steve Banks.
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Abingdon Gap Shelter, February 7, 1999 (57KB).
Photo courtesy of Steve Banks.
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Abingdon Gap Shelter, February 7, 1999 (54KB).
Photo courtesy of Steve Banks.
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Floor of Abingdon Gap
Shelter taken during a trip to assess how to level or improve
the sleeping platform, August 12, 2006 (175KB).
Photo courtesy of Steve Banks. |
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Floor of Abingdon Gap
Shelter taken during a trip to assess how to level or improve
the sleeping platform, August 12, 2006 (195KB).
Photo courtesy of Steve Banks. |
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Floor of Abingdon Gap
Shelter taken during a trip to assess how to level or improve
the sleeping platform, August 12, 2006 (179KB).
Photo courtesy of Steve Banks. |
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