Editing Shelter:Abingdon Gap

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                     | Image Name = Abingdon_Gap_Shelter.jpg
                     | Shelter = Abingdon Gap
                     | Capacity = 5
                     | Privy = No
                     | DistanceN = 10.0
                     | DistanceS = 4.8
                     | Elevation = 3,773
                     | Latitude = 36.581095
                     | Longitude = -81.90205
                     | Medical = Abingdon, VA 
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== Description ==
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Basic three-sided concrete block/metal roof shelter with wooden sleeping platform and picnic table out front.

== Location ==
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The shelter is directly on AT on Holston Mountain between [[US421 to Damascus|Damascus and US421]] in Maple Springs Gap. Just over ten miles south of Damascus. 

== Water ==
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A spring is located 275 yards down a hollow south of the shelter. Follow a fairly steep blue-blazed trail. Has two pipes. Flow depends on rainfall during the prior week. During summer, the spring may dry up, thus plan on traveling further down the hollow or packing in water.

== Maintenance History ==
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*Currently being checked by “Just Jim”.
*Jun 2016: *Apr 2007: Complete replacement the sleeping platform (thanks to grant from L.L. Bean).  Also repaired water source by installing new pipe and cleaning out the pools.
*May 2003: Roof leak fixed.
*Nov 1992: New metal roof installed (thanks to Forest Service funding).  Painted shelter inside and out. Carried donated picnic table to shelter.
*1989: Roof repaired.
*1959: Built by US Forest Service.

== Misc. Information ==
Flint arrowheads were found just north of the shelter in the open clearing, thus demonstrating this spot has been great for travelers over many centuries.

== Photo Gallery ==
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Image: New Sleeping Platform at Abingdon Gap Shelter.jpg|New Sleeping Platform
Image: Abingdon_Gap_Shelter_spring_Apr2007.jpg|Water Source (April 2007)
Image: Abingdon_Gap_Shelter.jpg
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