Difference between revisions of "Belleville, Illinois"

Latest revision as of 04:25, 20 March 2024

The Belleville, IL graticule is at 38 N, 89 W. Not much of interest lies within.

Today's Location

The location for today, 25 Nov 2024, is 38.7346735, -89.3212804.

Area Encompassed

Counties

The Belleville graticule includes these Clinton and Washington counties in their entirety, as well as parts of Bond, Franklin, Jefferson, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, and St. Clair counties.

Cities

Though this graticule is named for Belleville, the western half of the city belongs to the St. Louis graticule. Also included are Centralia, Collinsville, Du Quoin, Edwardsville, and Vandalia.

Natural Areas

The larger natural areas in the graticule are Eldon Hazlet State Park, Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area, South Shore State Park, Washington County Lake, and the majorities of Rend Lake State Waterfowl Management Area and Pyramid State Park.

Land Usage

The land usage of this graticule is approximately:

 3.0% Settlements
 3.0% Roads and highways
 1.5% Water
 1.0% Natural reserves
 0.5% Military and industrial
91.0% Other

Expeditions

2023-01-08 Tarasaurus took the train down from Chicago for this point in Centralia.

Tarasaurus earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (38, -89) graticule, here, on 2023-01-08.

Local Geohashers

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-The Belleville, IL [[graticule]] is at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=38&long=-89 38 N, 89 W]. Not much of interest lies within.
+The Belleville, IL [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=38|lon=-89|text=38 N, 89 W}}. Not much of interest lies within.
 == Today's Location ==
-The location for today, {{#time:d M Y}}, is [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{#time:Y-m-d}}&lat=38&long=-89&zoom=9&abs=-1 {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|lat=38|lon=-89}}].
+The location for today, {{#time:d M Y}}, is {{egl|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|38|-89|text={{coordinates graticule|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|lat=38|lon=-89}}}}.
 == Area Encompassed ==
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+== Expeditions ==
+* [[2023-01-08_38_-89|2023-01-08]] [[User:Tarasaurus|Tarasaurus]] took the train down from Chicago for this point in Centralia.
+{{Graticule unlocked
+    | latitude = 38
+    | longitude = -89
+    | date = 2023-01-08
+    | name = Tarasaurus
+}}
 == Local Geohashers ==

Jacksonville	Springfield	Decatur
St. Louis, Missouri	Belleville	Fairfield
Farmington, Missouri	Carbondale	Paducah, Kentucky
Today's location: not yet announced