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McQueens Knob Emergency Shelter
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Last Revised: March 08, 2007
 | Miles from Damascus: 11.2 |
| Location: On Holston Mountain between Damascus and U.S. 421; elevation 3,840 feet.
The shelter is about 30 feet from the A.T. In the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga
Ranger District. |
| Construction: Four-sided with open doorway and dirt floor, size is 8' by 10'. Log
walls and metal roof. Built in 1934. The walls are not chinked; wind, rain,
and snow can easily enter. |
| Sleeps: four |
| Maintenance history:
 | Oct 1991: Installed rafters, laths, and new corrugated galvanized steel roof. |
| Sept 1992: Stained/sealed unpainted wood under roof. |
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| Water source: There is no spring nearby |
| Comments: This shelter was the first on Holston Mountain on the
Appalachian Trail, and is one of the
oldest shelters on the entire A.T. It is not up to current A.T. shelter
"standards", and is intended for emergency use only. |
| Photos (additional photos of this area are included in Section 1 -
Damascus to U.S. 421): |
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