Palm Beach, Florida

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Today's Location: [Palm Beach, Florida]

The Palm Beach graticule is located at 26, -80 and is home to all of Palm Beach county, about half of Broward county, and parts of some neighboring counties. Portions of this graticule are in the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Okeechobee, and the intracoastal waterway. The southwest portion of the graticule is dominated by the Everglades, a good location for either the MNIMB Geohash or the MNB Geohash. The northwest is primarily lake and large expanses of farmlands which may or may not be accessible. Most locations in the eastern half of the graticule should technically be accessible, but many will land on private property, so may need authorization.

Active Geohashers

Aperfectring - Have GPS, willing to travel.

Psypete - No portable GPS, but google maps on the phone can't hurt...

Gimmickless - No GPS, but has car for four. Based in Fort Lauderdale, toils at Miami Int'l Airport.

Rozard - Portable GPS and car for five. Based in Palm Beach Gardens. Created Geohash - Palm Beach, FL Facebook group.

Dtobias - Haven't actually made it to a geohash here (but got to one in Poughkeepsie, New York while visiting my mom!). Have car with GPS navigation, and iPhone 3G with GPS mapping ability.

Past Geohashes

Successful Geohashes

2008-07-18 [map] - On the banks of a detention pond in the City of Boca Raton. Aperfectring and Red cordial successfully reached at about 5:30PM. This was the first successful recorded hash in the 26, -80 graticule.

2008-07-25 [map] - This geohash point was right near the Tarmac facility north of the Palm Beach Fairgrounds. Rozard successfully reached the hash point at 3:30PM.

Unsuccessful Geohashes

2008-06-20 [map] - Aperfectring attempted to reach this geohash, which was in a nature area in Palm Beach Gardens. He was unsuccessful because he was not prepared for a creek crossing and time constraints prevented him from finding another path.

2008-06-21 [map] - Aperfectring intended to attempt this geohash, but had real life decide to rear its ugly head.

2008-06-28 [map] - In the north portion of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Unfortunately this portion of the Refuge is closed to the public, so it is inaccessible. Aperfectring attempted this geohash.

2008-07-15 [map] - Rozard attempted to reach this geohash, which was in a swamp area east of Lake Okeechobee and south of some orange groves. He was unsuccessful because of time constraints and a lack of an accessible route.

Upcoming Geohashes

Today

2008-08-18 [map] - Over 5 miles out to ocean from the Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. A very bad candidate considering the weather conditions in the area.

Weekend of 2008-08-22

Proposed alternates for the next Saturday Meetup

2008-08-15 [map] - In a small detention pond in Weston. Near the intersection of Town Center Blvd. and 3 Village Road, just north of Royal Palm Blvd/Arvida Pkwy. There is a park about 1 mile away with plenty of parking. Gimmickless plans on showing up around 5 PM.

Notable Locations

Cities

Ft. Lauderdale

A city of about 180,000 people. Known for its nightlife, and is a popular spring break location.

Hollywood

A city of about 150,000 people. This city lies on the border of this graticule, and the Miami one.

West Palm Beach

A city of about 100,000 people. Lots of shopping and nightlife here.

Pompano Beach

A city of about 100,000 people. Right next to the Hillsboro Mile, a very rich section of the barrier islands.

Boca Raton

A city of about 85,000 people. This city is generally regarded as upscale.

National Parks

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Located just west of Boca Raton, the 147,392-acre (596.47 km²) refuge is primarily Everglades marsh habitat.

Big Cypress National Preserve

A small corner of this preserve is in the SW corner of this graticule. This area, and a large portion of the area surrounding it, is Everglades marsh habitat.