The Eastern Continental Divide is the name given to the principal,
and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Eastern US that
separate the drainage basins that either drain to the west,
reaching the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River or to the
east, reaching the Atlantic Ocean via the Susquehanna River.
Further north, a rather unique hydrological place is found near the
town of Gold, PA., where the top of the un-named hill is the
dividing spot for 3 divides.
This cache also involves another aspect of Geocaching.com,
benchmarks. The posted coordinates will take you to one labeled
"Spring", or designation KX2258. This particular benchmark is a
triangulation disk, established by the USGS in the early 1940's.
Most are accompanied by references (other nearby disks which are
used to relocate the original, should it be disturbed) but I wasn't
able to locate them. Looking up this benchmark will describe the
references, so if you find any, definitely post them here! Also,
please do not disturb the benchmark itself.
Start your journey at N40d23.807, W078d33.906, a parking area
pulloff. Follow the horse and bicycle path.
Once you find the benchmark, and in true surveying fashion, you'll
need to either use a traditional compass or the electronic compass
in your GPS, if it has one. Setting your compass on the disk
itself, the cache is at about 340 degrees (N 20d W) and about 25'
away.
As a bonus, follow the pipeline east a bit and check out the view!
Have fun guys!
Congratulations to The Carels for the
FTF!