Newark, New Jersey

Scranton, PA	Newburgh, NY	Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA	Newark	New York City
Philadelphia, PA	Atlantic City	39,-73
Today's location: not yet announced

Our Graticule

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.

Quotable quotes

• A rum keg tapped at both ends.

-- Benjamin Franklin

• The Tollbooth State

-- George Carlin

• Only the Strong Survive

-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt

Today's Location

3/29/2012 - the location is in the vicinity of West Holly, in a neighborhood called Timbuctoo. I feel A Tale of Two Hashes achievement coming on :-)

Suggested Meetup Locations

Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up. The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.

Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com.

Meetups will typically be on Saturday afternoon, at a time to be determined to maximize turnout. The location will be the most interesting and/or accessible of the week; typically open to discussion.

Recent locations

Oct 24, 2011: On the Columbia Trail in the Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area. Very reachable! On this map, it seems to be on section three, Hunterdon County, about a mile north on the trail from Cokesbury Road.

Nov 12, 2011: Looks like it's on the sidewalk next to the Harding Library. Definitely reachable.

Nov 22, 2011: In Morristown National Historical Park, close to Primrose Brook and east of Jockey Hollow. A challenge, but reachable through the woods.

Dec 14, 2011: In Cheesequake State Park, though not in one of the more publicly accessible areas. Easier to reach by walking across Matawan Rd. from the apartments/neighborhood nearby.

Feb 11, 2012: Just off US 22 near Echo Lake.

Feb 20, 2012: A few feet of the road near Amwell Rd., in Hillsborough.

Feb 23, 2012: Along the walking trail, west bank of the Millstone River, north of the Griggstown Causeway, in either Blackwell Mills of Belle Mead.

Feb 28, 2012: A house in Piscataway. I don't know who suggested an alternate location in Manhattan, or to whom all the no-votes belong. I wish there were that many geohashers in the area :-)

Retrohash

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey	New York	Pennsylvania
Newark	Staten Island	Torresdale, Philadelphia*
Jersey City	Lower Manhattan	New Hope
New Brunswick	Parts of Brooklyn	Levittown
Trenton		Langhorne

 * - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Local Geohashers

• Madalis
• bjimba
• krip
• trntr
• TorsionalMetric
• Direwulf
• Jevanyn
• LangleyLGLF (When @Rutgers)
• Esteban
• Science Works!
• sve
• Zubenelgenubi
• Mike
• darko
• jimpoz
• RminusQ
• Brandon 20px and his father
• GISninja
• BlastOButter42, but probably only if it's near the city and New York's isn't closer
• AlexF
• Knitting Duck
• Flashbullzeye
• Kyukket
• dieKatze88
• Spindizzy
• Anonymosity
• Mischief

Attempted geohashes

^{Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74}

• Friday, February 18 : NWoodruff In the Upper bay of Newark due east of Newark Liberty International Airport.

• Sunday, January 21: A side road in a relatively rural area of Hillsborough.

• Wednesday, January 18 (retro): Jevanyn starts 2012 off with a day-late Deja Vu Speed Racer geohash.

Archived geohashing expeditions: 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.