Cape May, New Jersey

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The Cape May, NJ graticule is at 38 N, -74 W. It has very little land area, as it includes only the lower third of Cape May County. It comes within 10 miles of land in Delaware and Maryland as well, and includes part of the route for the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.

It has approximately 25 sq mi of land, one third of which could be considered wetlands, in a graticule that measures 3,800 sq mi. So there's a one chance in 150 to 200 of a land-based geohash. While this might be a problem for land-lubbers, a fair number of people in the area own boats or know someone who does, so geohashes in Delaware Bay, or a few miles off Cape May or Wildwood are fair game.

Or, according to Land usage, there is:

99.83%	Water
0.08%	Settlements
0.06%	Roads
0.03%	Highways
0.01%	Other Land

Also to our benefit, raptors don't swim well, and aquaraptors haven't been seen any further south than Montauk, NY in ages.

The bad news is, zombies don't drown.

Users in reticule

Jevanyn spends one or two weeks vacation in the area every year, and a few weekends besides.

Attempted geohashes

• 2008-08-23
  • Jevanyn [[2008-08-23 39 -74|took a ride on his uncle's boat around Wildwood island, and cruised right past a water geohash, not knowing it was there.

• 2008-08-16
  • Jevanyn got within photo distance of a water geohash in the AC graticule on the way down to Cape May.

Towns and other features

• Wildwood, NJ
• Cape May, NJ
• Delaware Bay
• Cape May-Lewes Ferry
• Sunset Beach
• Cape May Lighthouse

Geohashing locations on/near land

• 8/25/08 (A.C.)

A half-mile off the beach near Avalon.

• 8/23/08 (A.C.)

Near Jenkins Channel, between North Wildwood and Stone Harbor. Jevanyn was there, but didn't know the geohash was!

• 8/11/08 (Salisbury, Maryland)

Delaware Bay, 3 miles due west of the canal. Not quote close enough to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry route this time.

• 8/3/08 (A.C.)

Off the beach at the north end of Avalon, near Townsend Inlet.

• 8/2/08 (A.C.)

In the woods near East Creek Pond, in Dennisville / Belleplain / Eldora. I want a picture of a Savage Bridge Road road sign.

• 7/29/08

Less than a mile off Diamond Beach. Take a tour boat out through Cape May Inlet.

• 7/28/08 (Salisbury, Maryland)

Delaware Bay, 4 miles due west of Town Bank.

• 7/27/08 (Salisbury, Maryland)

The ferry is having better luck lately than the land lubbers: the Salisbury geohash is just off the coast near the Lewes end of the ferry.

• 7/24/08 (Salisbury, Maryland)

The hashpoint for the Salisbury graticule is close to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry route again. A little closer to the Lewes side.

• 7/22/08 (A.C.)

Near Route 47 and Hands Mill Road, Delmont.

• 7/21/08 (Philadelphia)

Delaware Bay, 5 miles west from the Villas.

• 7/20/08 (A.C.)

Wetlands between Avalon and Great Sound.

• 7/19/08 - Saturday (A.C.)

Close to Reeds Beach, in the rough between Hideaway Campground and the coast.

• 7/17/08 (Salisbury, Maryland)

The Salisbury geohash is in Delaware Bay, near PrimeHook Beach. This is not too far off the Cape May-Lewes ferry route.

• 7/14/08 (A.C.)

In the woods near Goshen, between NJ 47 and County Road 657 (Court House/South Dennis Road).

• 7/2/08 (Atlantic City)

Heisler Road off Route 347, near Dorchester.

• 7/1/08 (A.C.)

Wetlands east of Cape May Court House. You might be able to get there if you go to Scotch Bonnet (on Stone Harbor Road) and rent a boat, then go up the channel.

• 6/9/08 (Atlantic City)

Ocean Drive, near the bridge into Stone Harbor.

• 5/9/2008

Along a creek between the Parkway and Route 9, close to Exit 0.

• 3/10/08

Off the back bay of Jarvis Sound, in a waterway called Reubens Thorofare. East of the Parkway at around mile marker 2, opposite the Cape May National Golf Club.

• 3/8/08

Two miles south off Cape May beach. Do we have any good swimmers, or someone with a boat? ;-)

• 2/27/08

Three miles east off the North Wildwood beach.

• 2/6/08

Four miles south of Broadway Beach.

• 2/4/08

Near Higbees Beach Road and Bayshore Road, south of the canal. Note: Higbees Beach is clothing optional. W00t!

Footnotes

By trapezoidal estimate, the area of the graticule is 69 x 69 x cos(37.5) = 3,800 miles.