View Full Version : Johns Hollow Shelter (VA)
Kerosene
11-08-2003, 14:52
Located a few miles north of the James River crossing. Lovely setting fairly close to a rushing creek. Basic 6-person design with two uncovered picnic tables and fire rings.
Fair amount of overflow tent space. As of October 2003, there were a few dozen log "stumps" that had been set up around the shelter as mini-tables. The stumps probably came from all the blowdowns that hit the area during a recent hurricane and associated micro-burst.
Nice swimming areas are available 1-2 miles south of the shelter.
johnnybgood
04-17-2010, 21:08
This shelter as the name implies is set down in a hollow amongst a beautiful setting with a rushing creek and abundant tent sites.
The privy at Johns Hollow is the new handicap accessible type that I also saw at Punchbowl and Matts Creek among other shelters this past week.
Kinda neat sitting on the throne at 3 am looking up through the clear plexiglass ceiling at the billions of stars in the sky.
SawnieRobertson
04-17-2010, 21:13
Who built and maintains this shelter? It sounds divine.--Kinnickinic
Deer Hunter
04-17-2010, 22:34
The Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club is responsible for that section.
Johns Hollow Shelter
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8539&stc=1&d=1271610523
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8540&stc=1&d=1271610695
This is in a beautiful spot but because it is down at the bottom of the hollow it can get extremely humid and buggy in mid-summer. Not much of a breeze.
Thanks for the pic. That shelter has a twin (maybe more). It looks exactly like the Story Spring shelter in Vt.
Story Spring shelter : http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=940&c=571
Yes, I noticed that there are a lot of shelters of this design.