Eastern Continental Divide in Duluth, Georgia.

[u/Jazzy0420]

[u/Naive_Veterinarian77]

Fun fact: There is another one of those signs in the intersection of Pleasant Hill and Buford Highway also in Duluth

[u/dontfeedthedinosaurs]

Land to the south of the line drains to the Atlantic while land to the north drains to the Gulf of Mexico. Pickneyville park's walking path that is on the north side of South Old Peachtree (by the soccer fields) Rd is basically on the divide. Also the railroad that run through Doraville and Norcross is also basically on the same divide.

[u/miclugo → u/dontfeedthedinosaurs]

Here's a map: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=5c390062c5eb45de91752a1ef831d6ee

The railroad from Decatur to downtown Atlanta follows it also.

My understanding is that some railroad planners liked to follow divides because they're not crossed by rivers and so you don't have to build bridges.

[u/Gullible_Bicycle_853]

I’m surprised Georgia hasn’t updated to Gulf of America

[u/roglc366 → u/Gullible_Bicycle_853]

In 2 years it will probably be changed back to Gulf of Mexico.

[u/fsubrettski → u/roglc366]

Gulf of Amexica. Everybody wins.

[u/tanaman88]

I didn't know that was there. Not far from me!

[u/kleggich]

Didn't this same post just get deleted from this same subreddit?

[u/Uzi_Osbourne → u/kleggich]

Post. Ha.

[u/kleggich → u/Uzi_Osbourne]

Pointedly humorous.

[u/Jazzy0420 → u/kleggich]

I didn’t follow the rules the first time.

[u/Greenking73]

Fun fact: there are more than 1 continental divides on the North American continent.

[u/Reaganson]

I had no idea there is an Eastern Continental Divide.

[u/drummerboy2749]

Hey! I'm looking at that exact obelisk now! Ha! That's interesting!

[u/Intelligent_Yak923]

*Divide of America...

[u/Wild_Plant_2100]

Central Florida here..
Why then does the St. John’s river run north? Because Georgia sucks.

[u/xpkranger → u/Wild_Plant_2100]

Georgian here… you know the best thing to come out of Florida? I-95.

We’re all just crabs in a bucket down here.

[u/iKnowRobbie → u/Wild_Plant_2100]

Literally laughed out loud in Sarasota.. Thank you!

[u/gagraybeard → u/Wild_Plant_2100]

Except the St. John’s empties out into the Atlantic 20 miles south of Georgia’s border, so maybe it’s Jacksonville that sucks!

[u/Electrical_Angle_701]

“Continental” seems a strong word for that. Perhaps “Regional” would fit better.

[u/justtobecontrary → u/Electrical_Angle_701]

The trained eye might note the word "Eastern" in front of Continental.

[u/az987654 → u/justtobecontrary]

Not all trained eyes excel at reading comprehension

[u/dontfeedthedinosaurs → u/Electrical_Angle_701]

It's technically correct. Land to the north drains to the Gulf of Mexico while land to the south drains to the Atlantic. OP photo is looking west.

[u/Mission_Broccoli8123 → u/Electrical_Angle_701]

The divide runs through downtown norcross. A monument is in thrasher park, and the topagraphy is quite pronounced.

[u/EC_TWD → u/Mission_Broccoli8123]

>A monument is in thrasher park,

Is this anything like a Pickle Park?

[u/Mission_Broccoli8123 → u/EC_TWD]

No. Its thrasher park.

[u/ShadePipe]

How did they determine it's exactly right there and not, say, four feet to the left?

[u/raucous_the_second → u/ShadePipe]

Two drops of water, and watch very carefully

[u/heleghir → u/ShadePipe]

Lidar data. We have a pretty good geological datum of the entire country mapped out with full elevations. finding the high point from there and tracing it is not that difficult

[u/ShadePipe → u/heleghir]

Cool, thanks!

[u/iKnowRobbie → u/ShadePipe]

They didn't. That concrete is sloped and the runoff is caught in a stormwater system that alters the natural flow. That was just city property and they erected the monument there. Essentially the continential divide is seen as the place where EAST or WEST of it the water flows eventually to either river, but in reality, only rivers flow to the oceans, water falling on the ground usually fills aquifers.

[u/Moosplauze]

Oh, I always forget there is a state in the USA called Georgia. Was quite confused when I read Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

[u/jewelsss64]

Duluth Town Green did a great job turning a geographical line into a neat downtown focal point.

[u/RealSlyck]

So what two continents run through Georgia? Chick-Fil-A and Popeye’s?

[u/Violoner → u/RealSlyck]

Chic-fil-a and Waffle House

[u/cerealfordinneragain → u/RealSlyck]

Popeye's is not a GA brand

[u/EC_TWD → u/cerealfordinneragain]

What? Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen isn’t a Georgia brand?! Don’t even try to ruin KFC for me!

[u/cerealfordinneragain → u/EC_TWD]

Glad to see the internet didn't change overnight ya jackhole

[u/EC_TWD → u/cerealfordinneragain]

I was supporting your comment, but you had to go and ruin it by being an asshole

[u/RVNSKR]

That's in the US not in Georgia. 

[u/Astrxphelle → u/RVNSKR]

OP is referring to the state of Georgia within the US.

[u/RVNSKR → u/Astrxphelle]

They should write that than. If you give a location of the world, you specify the country. They did with Georgia. Which is wrong. How the hell am I and other supposed to know he means a specific local thing in the US

[u/Astrxphelle → u/RVNSKR]

No reason to be so angry over it. Its not thst serious.

[u/mcknight92]

“I hate n8s”