 | Miles from Damascus: 26.0. |
| Location: On Iron Mountain between Tenn 91 and Watauga Dam Road; elevation 4,125
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 1960 by the U.S. Forest Service. |
| Sleeps: six |
| Maintenance history:
 | Oct 1991: Replaced rafters and laths, and installed new corrugated galvanized steel roof
on front, and new heavy duty corrugated galvanized steel roof on back. Painted
shelter inside a light tan (Snickerdoodle) and outside Bahama Brown. The top side of
the roofing was painted with a rusty metal primer, the bottom side on the back was painted
white. A picnic table was installed. |
| 1992: Caulked around nails and under ridge cap. |
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| Water source: Spring located 0.2 miles south on the A.T. |
| Photos (additional photos of this area are included in Section 3 -
Tenn. 91 to Watauga Dam Road): |
