Aurora, Illinois

The 41,-88 graticule contains Aurora, Naperville, and many more cities near Chicago.

Expeditions

In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 41,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.

2024-08-03: Rookiek13 in an elementary school parking lot.
2024-07-20: Tarasaurus failed to reach this point in Sugar Grove.
2024-06-11: Tarasaurus & Rookiek13 met at this point in a hotel parking lot in Bolingbrook.
2024-04-26: Haberdasher reached this hash in a front yard in Glendale Heights.
2024-03-11: Tarasaurus biked to this point in Aurora.
2024-02-15: Dolphintreasure was the lucky recipient of a Cubicle Geohash!
2023-12-12: Haberdasher reached this hash in a front yard in Glen Ellyn.
2023-09-13: Tarasaurus reached this hash in Springbrook Prairie in Naperville.
2023-09-04: Tarasaurus couldn't access a golf course that was actually a warehouse.
2023-08-04: Rookiek13 & Kiamx in Plainfield.
2023-07-24: Rookiek13 reached the first water hash in the graticule's history on Whalon Lake in Naperville.
2023-07-01: Tarasaurus biked to this point in North Aurora.
2023-05-04: gennyble recorded their first geohash with this Danada Forest Preserve point.
2023-01-22: Tarasaurus stopped by this hash at an apartment complex in Bolingbrook.
2023-01-04: Tarasaurus made her return to geohashing at this point in a field near Batavia.
2021-03-01: Haberdasher reached this hashpoint on a residential street in Naperville.
2020-12-06: Haberdasher reached this hashpoint near an industrial building in Aurora.
2017-04-18 41 -88: RocketMac just happened to be on the COD campus for work the day that the hashpoint was on the COD campus that I used to attend in the 90s even though I don't live here anymore!
2015-09-16: Haberdasher reached this hashpoint on a driveway in Glen Ellyn.
2015-06-11: Rookiek13 and Kiamx tried to reach a hash in Lemont, but there was no public access.
2015-05-29: Rookiek13 and Kiamx drove to the hashpoint off of Big Woods Road, Aurora
2014-12-15: Buttercup reached a hash in a suburban neighborhood south of Wheaton.
2014-11-29: StatMan22 and Buttercup reached a hash in Wheaton.
2014-07-09: dvdwinter9 drove to the hashpoint on the southwest corner of Arnold Drive and 63rd Street, Woodridge
2014-05-23: Mystrsyko biked to the hashpoint located in a baseball field.
2013-11-24: Mystrsyko and DolphinTreasure brought 6 friends to this hashpoint at Steak & Shake.
2013-11-08: Mystrsyko and DolphinTreasure were scared away from this hashpoint by coyotes.
2013-09-06: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife reached a hash in the woods near Naperville.
2013-08-31: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife succeeded in reaching a hashpoint in St. Charles.
2013-06-21: EvilUncleNomo tried to reach a hash in Lisle, but there was no public access.
2013-05-11: Haberdasher reached this suburban hashpoint without difficulty.
2013-05-11: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife successfully reached the hashpoint.
2013-04-04: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife visited a hash in Lisle.
2013-03-23: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife reached a hash in Malta.
2012-08-18: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife successfully reached a hash in Crystal Lawns.
2012-08-10: Haberdasher attempted to reach the hashpoint in Fermilab, but technology was not on her side.
2012-08-03: Haberdasher reached the hashpoint in a pretty residential neighborhood.
2012-06-17: RocketMac took his father (and mother) to the Morton Arboretum for Father's Day (and geohashing)
2012-06-17: Haberdasher went to the hashpoint inside Morton Arboretum.
2012-06-06: Haberdasher went to the hash today and played Twister in an industrial park.
2012-04-06: RocketMac visited a hash on Lasher Rd, outside of Aurora.
2012-03-24: Haberdasher, EvilUncleNomo, and The Wife met up today and successfully reached the hash, which was in the middle of a bramble-filled field.
2012-03-18: Haberdasher hit the coordinates outside a house in West Chicago while on her way to DeKalb.
2012-02-11: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife made a frozen Saturday meetup near Oswego High School in Oswego.
2012-01-14: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife hashed a snow-covered field off I-80 near Morris.
2012-01-07: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife visited a hashpoint in a field near Newark.
2011-12-03: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife visited a hash near the Dresden Nulrear Power Plant in Morris.
2011-11-21: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife each visited the hashpoint, but at different times.
2011-11-12: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife hashed a cornfield near Big Rock.
2011-10-29: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife reached a hashpoint in the woods near Joliet.
2012-10-15: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife reached a hashpoint in West Chicago.
2011-10-01: EvilUncleNomo and The Wife attempted our first geohash today. She quit when we found the swamp. I went on without her and sunk up to my shins.
2010-10-30: Fbfree Planning a Fermilab geohash.
2010-03-19: Shandd traveled to the location and walked through the muddiest field of his of life. His shoes did not survive.
2009-11-01: Fbfree bicycled to a hashpoint in the western suburbs of Chicago.
2009-08-15: Greetings from m5rammy in Dayton, OH. I'll be in your graticule on Saturday, will anyone be at (or near) the meet up point? Let's get together. I'll bring the games.
2009-02-15: excellentdude stopped by the cornfield coordinates on his way home to Michigan from Missouri.
2008-07-28: Blackbird & UltramaticOrange visited the hashpoint in Bloomingdale.
2008-06-30: Qwirk and virgletati each visited the spot, but at different times.
2008-06-14: The location is pretty much at the eastern edge of the graticule, near I-88, right next to what appears to be a Shell gas station. I (Paradox7) plan to be there at 4pm (especially since it's the first geohash that's been within my reach!) for the meetup, anyone else coming?
- I (YellowYoshi) am expecting to be there as well, with one or two people :-) I must admit that I'm cheating, since I actually belong to the graticule to the east.
  - Heh, so do I. Living near the edge of a graticule has its bonuses, I guess . . . --Paradox7
- I'll show up as well (Spider)
  - We wound up with a little crowd, it was fun. I'm just sad we'll be out of town this weekend and we'll miss the big meetup downtown. (moodygrrl)
2008-05-31: Brett detoured to the coordinates while on his way to Chicago. He was unsurprised to find no one else there since he arrived half an hour late and the coordinates were far away from... everything.
2008-05-25: Spider, Joe, and Sarah went out towards the hashpoint, but none reached the point.
2008-05-24: GLneo and William reached the point via dirt bike

GLneo and William earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -88) graticule, here, on 2008-05-24.

Notable Hash Dates

May 30, 2008 The geohash was located somewhere in fermilab!! I think that probably qualifies as the nerdiest geohash ever. Its a shame it was a work day, and Due to the script malfunction on that day, I (spider) didn't learn about it until the day after.

June 20, 2008: According to the calculator, it looks like it's back at Fermilab, off in the northeast corner near the end of Power Line Road (it's hard to miss, that's the road that goes along the huge Pi-shaped power line supports). Unfortunately, it's not a public area, so you'd probably have to settle for Wilson Hall or the Buffalo Farm if you're not an employee here. (logic)
- And I (virgletati) just happen to be a Fermilab employee.

External Links

Geohashing Coordinate Calculator - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 8:30am Central).
Official Atom feed for 41,-88

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