Gettys-Black divide
title: "Gettys-Black divide" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["landforms-of-adams-county,-pennsylvania", "geography-of-adams-county,-pennsylvania"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettys-Black_divide" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gettys-Black divide |
| etymology | Gettys Tavern & Black's Mill |
| photo | Gettysburg Topographical Map.jpg |
| photo_caption | The northern part of the divide is roughly along a Union line (blue) during the Battle of Gettysburg (the map inaccurately depicts Big Round Top west of Plum Run). |
| country | United States |
| state | Pennsylvania |
| region_type | County |
| region | Adams |
| location | northern point (confluence of Stevens Cr/Rock Cr) |
| coordinates | |
| range_coordinates | |
| elevation_ref | |
| highest | Big Round Top |
| highest_location | north slope |
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| name = Gettys-Black divide | native_name = | etymology = Gettys Tavern & Black's Mill | parent = | border = | photo = Gettysburg Topographical Map.jpg | photo_caption = The northern part of the divide is roughly along a Union line (blue) during the Battle of Gettysburg (the map inaccurately depicts Big Round Top west of Plum Run). | country = United States | state = Pennsylvania | region_type = County | region = Adams | location = northern point (confluence of Stevens Cr/Rock Cr) | coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref= | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | highest = Big Round Top | highest_location = north slope | prominence_ft = | prominence_ref = | length_mi = | length_orientation = 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
References
- Geiselman, John P.. (1996). "Reflections". Brentwood Christian Press.
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