(Keywords: Sightseeing - North Carolina)
Eastern Continental Divide
Featuring,
Named Geological Places in North Carolina
Passing
over high summits, along the ridges, and between the gaps in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, the Eastern Continental Divide lies on some of the most spectacular
scenery that the Carolinas have to offer. The divide is aligned in a general
southwest to northeast direction following the course of the Appalachian
Mountains. On the north and west sides of the divide, water flows to the
Gulf of Mexico via the watershed claimed by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
To the east and south of the divide, water flow to the Atlantic Ocean.
Download this GPS Map of all the named geological features (summits, gaps, etc.) that are coincident with the divide.
Click on the binoculars to see a screenshot of GPS Visualizer displaying the Eastern Continental Divide in North Carolina. ECD_GPSvisualizer.jpg (Approx. 125 KB) opens in a new window.
GPS Map
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Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS using free GPS software. (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)
GPS Map Details
File Size: 61 KB
Revised: 13 January 2004
Class B1 Data
Waypoints: 148 (including summits, gaps, towns, etc.)
Routes:
- Appalachian Trail - Bly Gap to Ridgepole Mountain
- Bartram Trail - Osage Mountain to Scaly Mountain
- Highlands - from Scaly Mountain to Cowee Gap
- Cashiers - from Cowee Gap to Toxaway Mountain.
- Toxaway - from Toxaway Mountain to Indian Camp Mountain
- Foothills - from Indian Camp Mountain to Standingstone Mountain along the South Carolina boarder
- Hendersonville - Standingstone Mountain to The Pinnacle
- Blue Ridge Parkway - from The Pinnacle to Humpback Mountain
- Linville - from Humpback Mountain to Grandfather Mountain.
- Highway 221 - From Grandfather Mountain to Sandy Flat Gap near Blowing Rock.
- Boone - from Sandy Flat Gap to Snake Mountain
- Tennessee - from Snake Mountain to the Virginia state line along the Tennessee boarder.
Waypoint Convention: ENCXXX; where E is for Eastern Continental Divide and NC is for North Carolina and XXX is sequential numbers from the Georgia state line.
More Info
For more information on the Congenital Divide in Georgia and its importance in the battle for Atlanta, see:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/jack/Divide/Divide.html
Adjacent GPS Map Coverage
For more GPS waypoint, routes and tracks on or near the Eastern Continental Divide, check out these pages at my Travel by GPS website:
Nearby Geocache
There are numerous Geocaches in this area, here is one placed by myself:
Paper
Map
Regional Detail: For excellent paper maps covering various sections
of the Eastern Continental Divide including details of recreational
interest,
go
to the National Geographic online store
and follow these links:
Shop By Product Type > Maps, Globes, and Atlases > Hiking and
Trail Maps > North Carolina >
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