Difference between revisions of "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 3,735 sq mi. (69.09mi. ^2 * cos 38.5°). So there's a one chance in 150 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.

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 graticule

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

Attempted geohashes

2008-08-23, 2008-09-02
- Jevanyn took a ride on his uncle's boat around Wildwood island, and cruised right past the hashpoint (north of the 39th parallel), not knowing it was there. The September 2nd hashpoint later landed close to the route.

2008-12-25 38 -74 was almost attempted.

2011-09-04
- There was an expedition, but it was unsuccessful.

2016-06-30 38 -74 McKay (talk) hit while traveling up the coast.

Achievements

McKay (talk) earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (38, -74) graticule, here, on 2016-06-30.

Recent locations

2012-02-01: A house on Shunpike Rd, south of the canal in Cape May Point (?)
2012-04-10: In the wetlands behind the houses along Lafayette St. / County Rd 633. Probably reachable by boat if you can make it up the creek from the bridge. Technically on the property of a house on Clay St., but the creek isn't.
2012-07-05: In Cape May Harbor, at the inner end of the inlet. Can someone swim there from Champagne Island? Or reach it by boat / surfboard / raft?
2013-03-04: a house on Lafayette St., at the north end of Cape May city, in sight of the bridge.
2013-03-07: The est end of the canal, as it empties into Cape May Harbor. Easily reachable by anything that can float.

Towns and other features

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

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-[[Image:CapeMayNJSign.jpg|border|400px|left]]
+[[Image:CapeMayNJSign.jpg|border|320px|left]]
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+|lat  = 38
-|nw = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]
+|lon  = -74
-|n = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]
+|nw   = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
-|ne = wooter
+|n    = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]
-|w = [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury, MD]]
+|ne   = [[39,-73]]
-|e = wooter
+|w    = [[Salisbury, Maryland]]
-|sw = [[Eastern Shore, Virginia|Chincoteague, VA]]
+|name = [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]
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+|sw   = [[Eastern Shore, Virginia]]
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-The '''Cape May, NJ''' [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=38&long=-74 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]].
+The '''Cape May, NJ''' [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=38|lon=-74|text=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.
+It has approximately 25 sq mi of land, one third of which could be considered wetlands, in a graticule that measures 3,735 sq mi.  (69.09mi. ^2 * cos 38.5&deg;). So there's a one chance in 150 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:
-<pre>
-.83%	Water
-.08%	Settlements
-.06%	Roads
-.03%	Highways
-.01%	Other Land
-</pre>
 Also to our benefit, raptors don't swim well, and aquaraptors haven't been seen any further south than Montauk, NY in ages.
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 The bad news is, zombies don't drown.
-== Users in reticule ==
+== Users in graticule ==
 [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] spends one or two weeks vacation in the area every year, and a few weekends besides.
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 * 2008-08-23, 2008-09-02
-** [[User:Jevanyn|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.  The September 2nd geohash later landed along the route.
+** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[2008-08-23 39 -74|took a ride on his uncle's boat]] around Wildwood island, and cruised right past the hashpoint (north of the 39th parallel), not knowing it was there.  The [[2008-09-02 38 -74|September 2nd hashpoint]] later landed close to the route.
+* [[2008-12-25 38 -74]] was almost attempted.
+* 2011-09-04
+** There was an [[2011-09-04 38 -74|expedition]], but it was unsuccessful.
+* [[2016-06-30 38 -74]] [[User:Mckaysalisbury|McKay]] ([[User talk:Mckaysalisbury|talk]]) hit while traveling up the coast.
+== Achievements ==
+{{Graticule unlocked
+| latitude = 38
+| longitude = -74
+| date = 2016-06-30
+| name = [[User:Mckaysalisbury|McKay]] ([[User talk:Mckaysalisbury|talk]])
+}}
-* 2008-08-16
+== Recent locations ==
-** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[2008-08-16 39 -74|got within photo distance of a water geohash]] in the [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|AC graticule]] on the way down to Cape May.
+* 2012-02-01: A house on Shunpike Rd, south of the canal in Cape May Point (?)
+* 2012-04-10: In the wetlands behind the houses along Lafayette St. / County Rd 633. Probably reachable by boat if you can make it up the creek from the bridge. Technically on the property of a house on Clay St., but the creek isn't.
+* 2012-07-05: In Cape May Harbor, at the inner end of the inlet. Can someone swim there from Champagne Island? Or reach it by boat / surfboard / raft?
+* 2013-03-04: a house on Lafayette St., at the north end of Cape May city, in sight of the bridge.
+* 2013-03-07: The est end of the canal, as it empties into Cape May Harbor. Easily reachable by anything that can float.
 == Towns and other features ==
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 * Sunset Beach
 * Cape May Lighthouse
-== Geohashing locations on/near land ==
-* 9/4/08 ([[Salisbury, Maryland]])
-[[Image:watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Within a mile of the [[Cape May-Lewes Ferry]] route, just on the Delaware side of the bay.
-* 9/3/08
-Off Assateague Island in Maryland.  The [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|AC]] geohash is much closer: in the wetlands near Delmont.
-* 9/2/08
-[[Image:watergeohash.jpg|32px]] A quarter-mile off the beach at Cape May Point State Park.  This is another spot I passed close to on [[2008-08-23 39 -74|August 23rd]].
-* 8/25/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-[[Image:watergeohash.jpg|32px]] A half-mile off the beach near Avalon.
-* 8/23/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-[[Image:watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Near Jenkins Channel, between North Wildwood and Stone Harbor.  [[2008-08-23 39 -74|Jevanyn was there, but didn't know the geohash was!]]
-* 8/11/08 ([[Salisbury, Maryland]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] 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 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Off the beach at the north end of Avalon, near Townsend Inlet.
-* 8/2/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-[http://xkcd.com/71/ In the woods] near East Creek Pond, in Dennisville / Belleplain / Eldora.  [[User talk:Jevanyn|I want a picture of a Savage Bridge Road road sign.]]
-* 7/29/08
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Less than a mile off Diamond Beach.  [[Water Geohash|Take a tour boat out through Cape May Inlet.]]
-* 7/28/08 ([[Salisbury, Maryland]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] 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]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] 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 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-Near Route 47 and Hands Mill Road, Delmont.
-* 7/21/08 ([[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Delaware Bay, 5 miles west from the Villas.
-* 7/20/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-Wetlands between Avalon and Great Sound.
-* 7/19/08 - Saturday ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-Close to Reeds Beach, in the rough between Hideaway Campground and the coast.
-* 7/17/08 ([[Salisbury, Maryland]])
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] 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 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|A.C.]])
-In the woods near Goshen, between NJ 47 and County Road 657 (Court House/South Dennis Road).
-* 7/2/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]])
-Heisler Road off Route 347, near Dorchester.
-* 7/1/08 ([[Atlantic City, New Jersey|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, New Jersey|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.
 [[Category:New Jersey]]
-[[Category:Delaware]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
-[[Category:Maryland]]
+[[Category:Delaware Bay]]
-[[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Interesting graticules]]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Atlantic City	39,-73
Salisbury, Maryland	Cape May	38,-73
Eastern Shore, Virginia	37,-74	37,-73
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