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This is a simple common shelter on the Appalachian Trail, where hikers can find a safe and covered place to spend the night along the trail.

Mollies Ridge Shelter is an Appalachian Trail shelter on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. The shelter is a little less primitive than other back country shelters; there is a solar-powered phone charging station as well as showers. The TVA has kept this shelter in such good condition that it is known as the Fontana Hilton.

The Kephart shelter is nothing fancy but does the job like all other shelters in the area. Some of the amenities: Bear cable set up to hang up gear, multiple firepits and a big fireplace in the shelter for the colder nights.

The hut has room for about 20 people. It is a simple three-wall, single-roof shelter with two sleeping levels made of wood.

The Icewater Spring Shelter can be reached from the Newfound Gap Road South via the Appalachian Trail (3 miles) and from Kephart Shelter via the Sweat Heifer Creek Trail/Appalachian Trail (5 miles) or via the Dry Sluice Gap Trail and Grassy Branch Trail/Appalachian Trail (5.1 miles).

The Kephart Shelter can be reached from the Newfound Gap Road South via the Kephart Prong Trail (2 miles) and from the Appalachian Trail via the Sweat Heifer Creek Trail (3.8 miles) or via the Dry Sluice Gap Trail and Grassy Branch Trail (3.8 miles).

Part of a useful network of basic free public shelters in the Smoky Mountains, and onward along the Appalachian Trail long distance hiking route, many without amenities. 189.8 miles from Springer in the South and 2003.2 miles to Katahdin in the North. Next shelter south 6.1 miles. next shelter north 5.7 miles. See the next ones https://tnlandforms.us/at/m.php?wpt=DerrickKn

A small shelter with a view of the Privy ;-)