Appalachian Divide Earthcache EarthCache
Hidden : 8/7/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:




This Earthcache is located on highway US 64 West of Brevard, North Carolina. There is parking for 2 or 3 vehicles. Make sure you vehicle is completely off the highway.

This Earthcache will introduce you to the Eastern Continental Divide.

A continental divide is created by the forming of mountain ranges through the folding of the earth's crust. It is an immaginary line of elevated terrain that forms a border between two watersheds. Water falling basically to the East of the Eastern Continental Divide will eventually travel to the Atlantic Ocean while water falling on the West side will travel to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Eastern Divide or Eastern Continental Divide (ECD) is a continental divide in the United States that separates the Gulf of Mexico drainage from the watersheds that flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Eastern Continental Divide runs from a triple point or triple divide on an unnamed peak near the town of Gold in northern Pennsylvania near Wellsville (village), New York down the Appalachian Mountains, through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, and down through the tip of Florida.

There are four Continental divides in North America. The other three are the Great Divide, also called the Continental Divide, the Northern or Laurential Divide, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Divide.

To claim credit for this earthcache you must meet the following requirements:

Each cacher is required to send the required information and not rely on another cacher to provide it. Failure to follow this procedure will result in a deleted log. It is not my job to keep track of your group.

1. Go to the above coordinates, take a picture of the Eastern Continental Divide sign with your hand and your GPSr BLOCKING the elevation numbers in the sign and upload the photo when you post your log entry. (Optional)

Email me the answers to the following questions:

2. What is the elevation at this sign?

3. Correctly identify three different surrounding trees.

4. Water flowing to the West will collect in the _________ (Gulf of Mexico is incorrect) river basin. (See hint)

5. Water flowing to the East will collect in the ______ _____(Atlantic Ocean is incorrect) river basin. (See hint)

I request that you email your answers to me on the same day that you log your “found it” log. (This does not have to be the day you visit, just the day you log the find on the computer.) I also request that you do not log a “found it” log unless you have actually visited the site of the earthcache and sent the answers to me. The only person who really benefits from your visit is YOU.

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We became Platinum Earthcache Masters on September 17, 2007.

We were the first to request and receive on July 2, 2011 the Emerald Discovery Award for finding 500 or more Earthcaches.

We received the Diamond Discovery Award on June 17, 2012 for finding 1,000 or more Earthcaches.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cnl nggragvba gb gur ebnq fvtaf va guvf nern. Nafjref pna or sbhaq ng A35 07.600, J082 54.890 naq A35 07.530, J082 54.653

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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