Ashby Gap Shelter (1946)
Description:
The Ashby Gap Shelter in Northern Virginia was located just west of the village of Paris. Built by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club in the 1941 on a tract of private land, the shelter was torn down in 1955, when the AT was re-routed away from the site. The 1941 ATC Guide to the Paths of the Blue Ridge offers this description:
Ashby Gap Lean-to is situated in a clearing near the summit of the Blue Ridge on the northwest slope, a little over a mile south of Ashby Gap. It is close to the site of an old cabin.
Collection:
Trail Shelters
Date:
09/01/1946
Creator:
Abbie Rowe
Subject
Trail SheltersContributor
Mills KellyFormat
Black and white photographSource:
Appalachian Trailway News, Volume 7/3 (1946)
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Rights
All rights reserved.Citation
Abbie Rowe, “Ashby Gap Shelter (1946),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 24, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/522.
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