Shelter:No Business Knob

Shelter	No Business Knob
Capacity	6 People
Privy	No
Trail Head Distance N	6.3 Miles
Trail Head Distance S	4.9 Miles
Elevation	3,251 Feet
Latitude	{{#lat_deg2dms: 36.06653}}
Longitude	{{#long_deg2dms: -82.4338}}
Nearest Medical	Erwin, TN
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Description

Basic three-sided concrete-block shelter with open front and wooden sleeping platform.

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.”

Location

On the east slope of No Business Knob, between Nolichucky River and Spivey Gap.

Water

A spring is located about 200 yards trail-south on AT.

Maintenance History

• 2015: Further rework needed from BSA project to correct interior peeling paint, too high edge on wire mesh (catching people), open blocks on knee wall, and address roof (just cleaned, but not painted).
• 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.

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  No Business Knob Shelter

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  New picnic table 2014

Shelter name	Section	Trail distance from Damascus
Abingdon Gap Shelter	US421 to Damascus	10.2
McQueens Knob Shelter (emergency shelter)	US421 to Damascus	11.7
Double Springs Shelter	TN91 to US421	18.5
Iron Mountain Shelter	Wilbur Dam Rd to TN91	26.2
Vandeventer Shelter	Wilbur Dam Rd to TN91	33.0
Laurel Fork Shelter	Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd	49.5
Moreland Gap Shelter	US19E to Dennis Cove Rd	57.0
Mountaineer Falls Shelter	US19E to Dennis Cove Rd	66.6
Stan Murray Shelter	Carver's Gap to US19E	86.5
Roan High Knob Shelter	Iron Mountain Gap to Carver's Gap	91.7
Clyde Smith Shelter	Iron Mountain Gap to Carver's Gap	100.2
Cherry Gap Shelter	Indian Grave Gap to Iron Mountain Gap	109.3
Curley Maple Gap Shelter	Nolichucky River to Indian Grave Gap	122.2
No Business Knob Shelter	Spivey Gap to Nolichucky River	132.7

Per the 2021 AT Data Book.