Shelter:Roan High Knob

Shelter	Roan High Knob
Capacity	15 People
Privy	No
Trail Head Distance N	0.1 Miles
Trail Head Distance S	0.1 Miles
Elevation	6,285 Feet
Latitude	{{#lat_deg2dms: 36.10506}}
Longitude	{{#long_deg2dms: -82.12222}}
Nearest Medical	Elizabethton, TN
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Description

This is the highest elevation (6,285 ft) shelter on the entire AT. Originally the cabin for a fire warden who patrolled from a former fire tower that was nearby. Totally enclosed 450 sq ft as main room and loft.

Location

On the summit of Roan High Knob, between Carvers Gap and Hughes Gap. Reached on a 0.1 mile blue-blazed side trail.

Water

Spring is about 100 yards opposite shelter on blue-blazed side trail.

Maintenance History

• Oct 2018: Painted the front of the shelter to hide graffiti and cut off the bottom of the door so it would close better.
• Nov 2010: Trimmed bottom of door to allow it to open freely.
• 2007: Removed some rock underpinning and installed hardware cloth to improve ventilation, reworked some of foundation and patched roof.
• 2003: Installed cedar shingles on front and rear eaves, added cooking table against outside front wall, built railing upstairs around ladder opening, and coated outside with clear stain.
• Oct 2003: Patched the roof and fixing the porch overhang (jacking up and placing supporting rocks to avoid rot). The shelter support was previously non-existing, thus this action kept it from settling down the mountainside.
• 1999: Floor repaired by Boy Scouts.
• Dec 1996: Floor repaired by TEHCC of installing new plywood sheets.
• July 1980: Renovated to be an AT shelter by the Cherokee National Forest.
• 1934: Built by 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	11.7
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.