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Country
  
United States

County
  
State
  
Pennsylvania

Gettys-Black divide

Peak
  
Big Round Top (north slope)

Etymology
  
Gettys Tavern & Black's Mill

Location
  
northern point (confluence of Stevens Cr/Rock Cr)

The Gettys-Black divide is the primary drainage divide of Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania; extending from the mouth of Stevens Creek southward past Samuel Gettys' 1761 tavern ~7 miles to the mouth of Plum Run at the dam site for Robert Black's 1798 Mill. From a ridge within the Gettysburg borough, the divide extends southward across several strategic features of the Gettysburg Battlefield:

  • Cemetery Hill (503 ft)
  • Cemetery Ridge, including the triple point for Plum R/Stevens Cr (west) & Rock Cr (east)
  • Weikert Hill
  • Little Round Top
  • Big Round Top
  • The divide descends the east slope of Big Round Top and passes north of a drainage, then extends south-southeast across farm fields near the Taneytown Road to Rock Creek at the unincorporated community of Barlow, Pennsylvania.

    References

    Gettys-Black divide Wikipedia


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