Editing Shelter:Watauga Lake

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                     | Image Name = Watauga_Lake_Shelter_2014.JPG
                     | Shelter = Watauga Lake (CLOSED)
                     | Capacity = 6
                     | Privy = No
                     | DistanceN = 2.4
                     | DistanceS = 1.8
                     | Elevation = 2,091
                     | Latitude = 36.31398
                     | Longitude = -82.1294
                     | Medical = Johnson City, TN 
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{{Watauga Area Bear Closure}}

== Description ==
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Watagua Lake Shelter is three-sided with open front and wooden sleeping platform.

== Location ==
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On the shore of Watauga Lake between [[Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd|Watauga Dam Road and US321]]. The shelter is 50 yards uphill off the AT on a blue-blazed side trail.

== Maps ==
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<display_map type="terrain" width="600" height="600" gkml="https://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/AT_US19E_to_Hump_Mtn.kml">

36.30180, -82.12905~Parking at US321~ ~MarkerA.png
36.31398, -82.12940~Watauga Lake Shelter~ ~MarkerF.png
36.29847, -82.12701~Temporary Campsite~ ~MarkerH.png
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== Water ==
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Return on blue-blazed trail to find stream crossing AT.

== Maintenance History ==
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*March 2018:  The bear pole, picnic table, and the steps to the shelter platform have been removed from the shelter to discourage eating or staying at this site with it being under a bear closure.
*Mar 2011: Bear pole installed by Eagle Scout Seth Douthat.
*2007: Installed gutter on back and stained outside of shelter 
*Mar 1997: New steel roofing was placed over the existing shingles. Material floated over lake!
*1994: Picnic table installed.
*1980: Built by US Forest Service.

== Photo Gallery ==
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Image:Watagua Lake Shelter.jpg|Shelter circa pre-2007
Image:Watauga_Lake_Shelter_2014a.JPG|Shelter 2014
Image:Watauga Lake Shelter bear pole.JPG|Bear pole
Image:Watauga Lake.JPG|Watauga Lake
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