Difference between revisions of "Atlantic City, New Jersey"

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The Atlantic City graticule is at 39 N, -74 W. It encloses nearly all of South Jersey, including the majority of the Jersey Shore, from Dover Beaches and Seaside Heights to North Wildwood. Roughly a third of this graticule is in the Atlantic Ocean. A small chunk of Delaware Bay is also enclosed.

Daily Locations

For 2024-12-18: 39.3395436, -74.6272494

August 21, 2010: The geohash is in North Wildwood, on the landward side of Surf Ave. between E. 6th and E. 7th.

Gwynnath was there, see 2010-08-21 39 -74.

August 22, 2010: The geohash is actually in Atlantic City! On the beach near Metropolitan Ave. and Rhode Island Ave.

August 25, 2010: Keeping with the beach theme, the geohash is on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, near H St.

September 17, 2010: On a street in Leisure Village. Jevanyn and his motley crew will be there, and finally reach a geohash in this graticule!

Happy hashing!

Places in this Graticule

Cities

Atlantic City, NJ
Toms River, NJ, technically the largest by population
Vineland, NJ, the largest city in New Jersey by land area
Ocean City, NJ
Marlton, NJ (A suburb of Camden)
near Philadelphia, PA
Fort Dix, NJ (split)

State parks & wildlife areas

Local Geohashers

LangleyLGLF

Peppage

Jevanyn passes through on his way to Cape May.

GreenSquirrel

Successful geohashes

July 20, 2012
- In a small wooded development in Waterford, NJ
- Mischief picked up trash at the hashpoint.

March 13, 2012
- In a cranberry bog
- Mischief, P.K. and Joe visited the hash.

September 17, 2010
- Monmouth Ln, Leisure Village
- Jevanyn, Gwynnath, and Evan successfully reached the hash point.

Attempted geohashes

August 21, 2010
- In an empty lot on Surf Dr., in North Wildwood
- Gwynnath made the expedition, to find a new condominium had been built on the site. Pictures to come!

October 15, 2009
- On Clarks Landing road, directly on front of the wildlife management area.

October 14, 2009
- GreenSquirrel drove up to this geohash in Gabriel field, but it was right in the middle of girls soccer practice.

September 5, 2008
- Jevanyn coulda woulda shoulda.

August 23, 2008
- Jevanyn took a ride on his uncle's boat around Wildwood, and cruised right past a water geohash, not knowing it was there.

August 16, 2008
- Jevanyn got within photo range of a water geohash near Exit 30 on the Parkway.

Achievements

Jevanyn, Gwynnath, and Evan earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (39, -74) graticule, here, on 2010-09-17.

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-[[Image:ACniteskyline.jpg|border|400px|left]]
+[[Image:ACniteskyline.jpg|border|320px|left]]
 {{graticule
-|map = <map lat="39" lon="-74" />
+   | lat= 39
-|nw = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA (North)]]
+   | lon= -74
-|n = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
+   | nw = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]]
-|ne = [[New York, New York|New York, NY]]
+   | n  = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
-|w = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA (South)]]
+   | ne = [[New York, New York]]
-|e =
+   | w  = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
-|sw = [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury, MD]]
+   | name = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]
-|s = [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]
+   | e  = [[39,-73]]
-|se =
+   | sw = [[Salisbury, Maryland]]
+   | s  = [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]
+   | se = [[38,-73]]
 }}
-The Atlantic City [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=39&long=-74 39 N, -74 W].  It encloses nearly all of South Jersey, including the majority of the Jersey Shore, from Dover Beaches and Seaside Heights to North Wildwood.  Roughly a third of this graticule is in the Atlantic Ocean.  A small chunk of Delaware Bay is also enclosed.
+The Atlantic City [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=39|lon=-74|text=39 N, -74 W}}.  It encloses nearly all of South Jersey, including the majority of the Jersey Shore, from Dover Beaches and Seaside Heights to North Wildwood.  Roughly a third of this graticule is in the Atlantic Ocean.  A small chunk of Delaware Bay is also enclosed.
+== Daily Locations ==
+'''For {{#time:Y-m-d}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|lat=39|lon=-74}}'''
+August 21, 2010: The geohash is in North Wildwood, on the landward side of Surf Ave. between E. 6th and E. 7th.
+: [[User:Jevanyn|Gwynnath]] was there, see [[2010-08-21 39 -74]].
+August 22, 2010: The geohash is actually in Atlantic City!  On the beach near Metropolitan Ave. and Rhode Island Ave.
+August 25, 2010: Keeping with the beach theme, the geohash is on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, near H St.
+September 17, 2010: On a street in Leisure Village.  [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] and his motley crew will [[2010-09-17 39 -74|be there]], and finally reach a geohash in this graticule!
+Happy hashing!
 ==Places in this Graticule==
-'''Cities'''
+===Cities===
 * Atlantic City, NJ
-* Toms River, NJ
+* Toms River, NJ, technically the largest by population
+* Vineland, NJ, the largest city in New Jersey by land area
 * Ocean City, NJ
 * Marlton, NJ (A suburb of Camden)
 * near Philadelphia, PA
 * Fort Dix, NJ (split)
-'''State parks & wildlife areas'''
+===State parks & wildlife areas===
 * [http://www.guilfoy.org/wharton.html Wharton State Forest]
 * [http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/ Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge]
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 [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF]]
-== Daily Locations ==
+[[User:Peppage|Peppage]]
-Older locations have been [[Atlantic City, New Jersey/archive|archived]].
+[[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] passes through on his way to [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]].
+[[User:GreenSquirrel|GreenSquirrel]]
-*8/6/08
+== Successful geohashes ==
-The [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philladelphia (South)]] geohash is on Fries Mill Road, north of Fries Mill and southeast of Glassboro.  Maybe he's related to the guy on Futurama?
+* [[2012-07-20 39 -74|July 20, 2012]]
+** In a small wooded development in Waterford, NJ
+** [[User:Mischief|Mischief]] picked up trash at the hashpoint.
-*8/5/08
+* [[2012-03-13 39 -74|March 13, 2012]]
-Horicon Road, Cdar Glen Lakes.  Just east of Fort Dix.
+** In a cranberry bog
+** [[User:Mischief|Mischief]], P.K. and Joe visited the hash.
-*8/4/08
+* [[2010-09-17 39 -74|September 17, 2010]]
-The [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philladelphia (South)]] geohash is just off NW Blvd in Vineland.
+**Monmouth Ln, Leisure Village
+**[[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]], Gwynnath, and Evan successfully reached the hash point.
-*8/3/08
+== Attempted geohashes ==
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Off the beach at the north end of Avalon, near Townsend Inlet.
-*'''8/2/08 - Saturday'''
+*[[2010-08-21 39 -74|August 21, 2010]]
-[http://xkcd.com/71/ In the woods] near East Creek Pond, in Dennisville / Belleplain / Eldora.
+**In an empty lot on Surf Dr., in North Wildwood
+**Gwynnath made the expedition, to find a new condominium had been built on the site.  Pictures to come!
-*7/31/08
+*[[2009-10-15 39 -74|October 15, 2009]]
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Near the mouth of Lacote Creek, at the north end of Forsythe NWR, near Port Republic.  Looks like lots of boat landings near Route 9 / New York Road.  This is a [[MacGyver Achievement|MacGyver moment]] waiting to happen.
+**On Clarks Landing road, directly on front of the wildlife management area.
-*7/29/08
+*[[2009-10-14 39 -74|October 14, 2009]]
-[[Image:Airgeohashballoon.png|32px]] Just west of South Jersey Regional Airport, between Springville and Fostertown.
+**[[User:GreenSquirrel|GreenSquirrel]] drove up to this geohash in Gabriel field, but it was right in the middle of girls soccer practice.
-*7/28/08
+*[[2008-09-05 39 -74|September 5, 2008]]
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Silver Bay just west of Dover Beaches North.
+**Jevanyn coulda woulda shoulda.
-*7/27/08
+*[[2008-08-23 39 -74|August 23, 2008]]
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] Barnegat Bay, near the Swedge Wildlife Management Area.
+**Jevanyn took a ride on his uncle's boat around Wildwood, and cruised right past a water geohash, not knowing it was there.
-*'''7/26/08 - Saturday'''
+*[[2008-08-16 39 -74|August 16, 2008]]
-[[Image:Watergeohash.jpg|32px]] About 4 miles off the coast from Brigantine.
+**Jevanyn got within photo range of a water geohash near Exit 30 on the Parkway.
+== Achievements ==
+{{Graticule unlocked
+| latitude = 39
+| longitude = -74
+| date = 2010-09-17
+| name = [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]], Gwynnath, and Evan
+}}
 [[Category:New Jersey]]
-[[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
+[[Category:Delaware Bay]]

Allentown, Pennsylvania	Newark	New York, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Atlantic City	39,-73
Salisbury, Maryland	Cape May	38,-73
Today's location: not yet announced