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                    | Image Name = Spivey gap - no business knob shelter.jpg
                    | Shelter = No Business Knob
                    | Capacity = 6
                    | Privy = No
                    | DistanceN = 6.3
                    | DistanceS = 4.9
                    | Elevation = 3,251
                    | Latitude = 36.06653
                    | Longitude = -82.4338
                    | Medical = Erwin, TN
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== Description ==
== Description ==
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Basic three-sided concrete-block shelter with open front and wooden sleeping platform.
Capacity = 6


From July 1994 newsletter, we learn that: “No Business Knob is named for a gentleman who tried to climb it a few years after a fire, when the top was impassable due to briars and brush. He decided that he had no business being there.”
Memorial plaque at shelter in memory of Bill Berry (1950-2014) who was a lifelong resident of Erwin, TN.  Bill was first TERC (old club name) member to reach 1,000 volunteers hours proudly maintaining the Appalachian Trail from Spivey Gap to No Business Knob Shelter. 


== Location ==
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On the east slope of No Business Knob, between [[Spivey Gap to Nolichucky River|Nolichucky River and Spivey Gap]].
ATC coordinates = 36.06653, -82.43380
 


== Water ==
== Water ==
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A spring is located about 200 yards trail-south on AT.
 
== Sanitation ==
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No privies. Disposal location of gray water should be made away and down hill from the water source.  
 


== Maintenance History ==
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*Aug 2018: Shelter painted inside and most of the outside walls by 3rd Saturday "Hiking with Tools"
*2015: Further rework from BSA project to correct interior peeling paint, open blocks on knee wall, and address roof (just cleaned, but not painted).
*Mar 2015:  Installed 2x4s over the top edge of the hardware cloth screen which was catching people.
*2014: BSA Eagle Scout Tom Merrimon painted the shelter exterior a dark brown and provided a picnic table. 
*1997: Painted inside to remove grafitti.
*1993: Painted inside and out.  Painted roof (rust-proofed).  Installed picnic table.
*1990: Roof repaired.
*1963: Built by US Forest Service.


== Photo Gallery ==
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Image: Spivey gap - no business knob shelter.jpg|No Business Knob Shelter
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Image: NBK_Picnic_Table.jpg|New picnic table 2014
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