Shelter:Moreland Gap

Shelter	Moreland Gap
Capacity	6 People
Privy	No
Trail Head Distance N	6.1 Miles
Trail Head Distance S	17.7 Miles
Elevation	3,813 Feet
Latitude	36.22021
Longitude	-82.088362
Nearest Medical	Elizabethton, TN
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Description

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

Location

Directly on the AT; up on White Rocks Mountain between Dennis Cove Road and US19E.

Water

A spring is located down the hollow opposite the shelter.

Maintenance History

• Feb 2008: Fix water source after someone tore out the drain line.
• Sept 2005: Improve water supply by installing drain line and bucket reservoir.
• Nov 1996: Cleaned and painted the shelter roof.
• 1994: Installed picnic table.
• 1960: Built by US Forest Service.

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Shelter name	Section	Trail distance from Damascus
Abingdon Gap Shelter	US421 to Damascus	10.2
McQueens Knob Shelter (emergency shelter)	US421 to Damascus	11.2
Double Springs Shelter	TN91 to US421	18.5
Iron Mountain Shelter	Wilbur Dam Rd to TN91	26.1
Vandeventer Shelter	Wilbur Dam Rd to TN91	32.9
Watauga Lake Shelter	Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd	39.7
Laurel Fork Shelter	Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd	48.5
Moreland Gap Shelter	US19E to Dennis Cove Rd	56.4
Mountaineer Falls Shelter	US19E to Dennis Cove Rd	66.0
Apple House Shelter (dismantled 2012)	Carver's Gap to US19E	75.3
Overmountain Shelter (Yellow Mountain Barn)	Carver's Gap to US19E	78.6
Stan Murray Shelter	Carver's Gap to US19E	85.7
Roan High Knob Shelter	Iron Mountain Gap to Carver's Gap	90.5
Clyde Smith Shelter	Iron Mountain Gap to Carver's Gap	96.9
Cherry Gap Shelter	Indian Grave Gap to Iron Mountain Gap	106.1
Curley Maple Gap Shelter	Nolichucky River to Indian Grave Gap	118.9
No Business Knob Shelter	Spivey Gap to Nolichucky River	129.4

Per the 2009 Appalachian Trail Data Book.