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ImageThe PATC manages 44 three-sided overnight shelters, including those located on the Appalachian Trail from Rockfish Gap (Virginia) to Pine Grove Furnace (Pennsylvania), and those on the Tuscarora Trail.  All of the shelters are maintained by club volunteers.  To help out, visit the Shelter Volunteers page on this website.

The club currently maintains the following shelters:

AT Shelters and Huts
(Mileage from North to South starting at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA)

PA  NORTH - PATC Map  2-3
3.4     Toms Run Shelter
6.2     Birch Run Shelter
7.5     Quarry Gap Shelter

PA  SOUTH - PATC Map 4
5.6     Rocky Mountain Shelter
6.6     Tumbling Run Shelter
1.2     Antietam Run Shelter
2.4     Deer Lick Shelter

MD  SHELTERS - PATC Map  5-6
9.8    NEW Raven Rock Shelter [under construction in 2009]
*  *     Devil's Racecourse Shelter [both shelters are located on the same site]
4.5    Cowall Shelter
8.2    Pine Knob Shelter
7.5    2nd Rocky Run Shelter [completed in 2008]              
*  *     Historic Rocky Run Shelter [both shelters are located on the same site]
5       Crampton Gap Shelter
4.1    Ed Garvey Shelter

VA  NORTH - PATC Map  7
12.3   David Lesser Shelter

VA  SOUTH - PATC Map  8
10.9   Sam Moore Shelter
6.9     Rod Hollow Shelter
8.5     Dick's Dome Shelter
4.4     Manassas Gap Shelter
5.5     Jim & Molly Denton Shelter
8.1     Tom Floyd Wayside

SNP  NORTH - PATC Map  9
10     Gravel Spring Hut
13     Pass Mountain Hut

SNP  CENTRAL - PATC Map  10
4.4    NEW Byrds Nest #3 [Old Day Use Shelter, converted to Overnight Use]
10.9  Rock Spring Hut
12     Bearfence Hut

SNP  SOUTH  - PATC Map  11
12    Hightop Hut
8      Pinefield Hut
14    Blackrock Hut
13    Calf Mountain Shelter


Tuscarora Trail Shelters & Campsites – (Note: Reference distances in miles from previous site, north to south)

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