Junction of the north section of the Iron Mountain Trail with the AT in Damascus.
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Sleeps 16. Privy. Water source is a spring in gated area behind shelter. Campsites 0.1 miles north on the AT.
Sleeps 8, privy. Water source is an unreliable spring a hundred yards in front of shelter.
Sleeps 6, tenting, privy. Water source is a piped spring 100 yards to the right of the shelter.
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E 0.2 miles to site of former Raccoon Branch Shelter, now a campsite.
Sleeps 16, privy, no tenting. Sink and shower. Close to Va. 16, pizza delivery available.
Site of old Davis Path Shelter, now a campsite with a picnic table and privy.
Crawfish Trail joins the AT at a campsite. Just west of the AT is Reed Creek.