TEHCC Trail Relocations
This wiki page is to capture relocations of the Appalachian Trail since the 14th edition of the NC/TN guidebook issued in 2013. Some relos will result in a change of trail distance, thus reported for annual data book update. This page, like the trail itself, is a work in progress to figure out how to best use the available tools.
Relos to be Measured
Active relocations:
- Between Little Rock Knob and Clyde Smith Shelter (third of three) - check in 2015
- South of TN91
- Turkeypen Gap - done by SAWS
- Backbone Rock Trail (blue blaze)
Measured Relos
1. South of Dennis Cove Road - June 5, 2013 - 339 feet - no change in reported trail distance
2. Cloudland to Hughes Gap - June 8, 2013 - Add 0.2 mi between Cloudland/Ash gap and 0.1 between Beartown Mtn/spur trail to water
3. Dennis Cove Road to Moreland Gap Shelter - October 5, 2013 - Add 0.3 mi between Coon Den Falls trail and vista to the west
4. Cloudland to Ash Gap - August 23, 2014 - Add another 0.3 mi for total trail distance of 1.4 mi between these two points
5. Little Rock Knob to Clyde Smith shelter - August 23, 2014 - 1625 and 2300 ft relos opened for net 0.2 mile increase
6. Between US321 and Watauga Lake Shelter - September 12, 2014 - 690 foot relocation to bypass the fishermen's campsites. Increases trail distance by 0.1 mile between US321 and Griffth Branch and another 0.1 mile to the shelter.
Maps
Note: The red line is a very simplified version of the AT route. <googlemap version="0.9" lat="35.0" lon="-82.11" height="525" type="terrain" zoom="8" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png"> http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Appalachian_Trail_TNEastman_Section.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Dennis Cove Road SB Relocation.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Relocation_Cloudland_to_Hughes_Gap.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/2014_Trail_Relocations_Cloudland_to_Ash_Gap.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/AT_Dennis_Cove_Road_to_Moreland_Gap_Shelter.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Little_Rock_Knob_Relo.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Clyde_Smith_Shelter_Relo.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Watauga_Lake_Relo.kml
(G) 36.261767,-82.125712
North End of Relo #1
(G) 36.261467,-82.125567
South End of Relo #1
(G) 36.14991,-82.14996 North End of Little Rock Knob relo (G) 36.14894,-82.15074 South End of Little Rock Knob relo
(G) 36.14823,-82.1563 North End of Clyde Smith Shelter relo (G) 36.14678,-82.1625 South End of Clyde Smith Shelter relo </googlemap>