The Not So Great Divide - 39 Traditional Cache
There and back again by smith: I have moved out of the area and can't adequately maintain the cache. It has had a good long run.
The Not So Great Divide - 39
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This cache is located on the North South Divide, not as well known as the Great Divide. See the related web page for a map of the divides in North America.
Most of you are familiar with the Great Divide that follows the crest of the Rocky Mountains. Rain falling to the west makes its way to the Pacific, and rain falling to the east winds up in the Atlantic Ocean. (the Gulf of Mexico is part of the Atlantic system)
A lesser known and less impressive by height divide is located right here in Northern Indiana.
The Eastern Continental Divide goes through Northern Indiana following the top of the Valparaiso Moraine part of the way.
The Valparaiso Moraine formed as the first major moraine of the Cary substage of the Wisconsin Glacial period (10,000-50,000 years before present).
The moraine is 17 miles (27 km) wide as it passes through Lake County covering nearly half of the county's midsection. As it passes through Porter County, it is under the city of Valparaiso where it gets its name. Through Indiana, the moraine forms a "continental divide" between the drainage of the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
The moraine passes just north of La Porte, Indiana, where the cache is located.
So rain falling to the north of the cache goes into Lake Michigan and thence makes its way to the Atlantic Ocean by way of Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. (it is also called The St. Lawrence Divide)
Rain falling to the south of the cache goes to the Kankakee River, the Illinois River, the Mississippi River, and finally, to the Gulf of Mexico.
So even though this lesser divide isn’t as high as the Rockies, it still is a unique geographical feature.
The cache site is located off of an abandoned turn off to the Toll road. Ample parking is available, and very little bushwacking is required. Cache is a camo’d peanut butter jar with room for small items.
First to Find gets a certificate and a Susan B. Anthony Dollar.
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