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Description:

This photograph of the Walnut Mountain Shelter from 1940 depicts the original version of the shelter. The current shelter at Walnut Mountain is a much newer structure and is maintained by the Carolina Mountain Club. This original structure was built from chestnut logs milled nearby and is one of several early trail shelters that had log rail fences around them to keep livestock out of the structure.

Collection:

Trail Shelters


Date:

1940

Creator:

Myron Avery

Subject

Trail Shelters

Contributor

Mills Kelly

Format

Black and white photograph

Source:

Appalachian Trail Conservancy Archives. Used with permission.

Rights

All rights reserved

Citation

Myron Avery, “Walnut Mountain Shelter (1940),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 5, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/628.

Geolocation

Walnut Mountain Shelter 1940.jpg