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| map = <map lat="32" lon="-116" />
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  | lat= 32
| n = [[Borrego Springs, California|Borrego Springs]]
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  | lon= -116
| nw = [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]]
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  | nw = [[Santa Ana, California]]
| w = [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]
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  | n = [[Borrego Springs, California]]
| ne = [[Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree]]
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  | ne = [[Joshua Tree, California]]
| e = [[Mexicali, Mexico|Mexicali]]
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  | w = [[San Diego, California]]
| s = [[Ensenada, Mexico|Ensenada]]
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  | name = [[Tecate, Mexico|Tecate]]
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  | e = [[Mexicali, Mexico|Mexicali]]
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  | sw = [[Pacific Ocean 31, -117|Pacific Ocean]]
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  | s = [[Ensenada, Mexico|Ensenada]]
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  | se = [[Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico|Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas]]
 
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The Tecate [[graticule]] is 32, -116. It includes the twin cities of Tecate, California and Tecate, Mexico and eastern San Diego County.  The local [http://www.sca.org/ SCA chapter] holds two events in Potrero Park every year, and American bikers meet up for an annual rally in Tecate, Mexico.
 
The Tecate [[graticule]] is 32, -116. It includes the twin cities of Tecate, California and Tecate, Mexico and eastern San Diego County.  The local [http://www.sca.org/ SCA chapter] holds two events in Potrero Park every year, and American bikers meet up for an annual rally in Tecate, Mexico.
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A quick run through [[Land usage]] nets the following:
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<pre>
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78.59% Fields
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18.11% Natural reserves
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3.17% Water
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0.08% Intracity Highways
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0.05% Highways
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</pre>
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== Notable Dates ==
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* 2012-02-03 -- The first successful expedition in the graticule.
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* [[2012-05-26 32 -116]] -- Mouse Over Day 2012, in Santee!
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== Expeditions ==
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* [[2013-03-23 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash along Moreno Avenue, Lakeside, CA.
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* [[2013-02-06 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in a valley off the end of Garden Road in Poway, CA.
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* [[2013-01-07 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash off Marguerite Canyon Drive, Lakeside, CA.
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* [[2012-12-01 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in Deerhorn Valley, San Diego County, CA.
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* [[2012-11-24 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in the Thousand Trails campground in Descanso, CA.
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* [[2012-11-20 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash just south of Mount San Miguel in Proctor Valley, CA.
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* [[2012-11-17 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash on a boulder off Sloane Canyon Road, southwest of Loveland Reservoir.
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* [[2012-11-11 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash near some power lines just west of Potrero, CA.
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* [[2012-11-04 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in a lot fenced in on three sides off Tavern Road in Alpine, CA.
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* [[2012-10-31 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash a yard off El Capitan Real Road in El Cajon, CA.
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* [[2012-10-18 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in a parking lot at W. Palm and S. Magnolia in El Cajon.
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* [[2012-10-13 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash under a Chinese Lantern tree on Trailridge Drive, Chula Vista.
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* [[2012-10-04 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] gets a tron hash under a tree in an El Cajon neigborhood.
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* [[2012-09-29 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash atop a ridge near the head of the Tiujana River, just north of the Mexican border.
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* [[2012-09-27 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash in an empty lot in Lakeside.
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* [[2012-08-11 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] at least got close, and may have reached the hash. But his GPS was flaky that day.
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* [[2012-07-28 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash near the Pacific Crest Trail in San Diego County's "Mountain Empire" district.
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* [[2012-07-23 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] turns back short of the hash, due to a migraine.
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* [[2012-07-22 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] is thwarted by dense vegetation.
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* [[2012-07-14 32 -116]] -- Local sheriffs turn [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] away from a hash in the vicinity of Cedar Creek Falls, near the San Diego Country Estates (near Ramona).
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* [[2012-07-05 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash near (but not on) the golf course at the Barona Indian Reservation.
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* [[2012-05-30 32 -116]] -- [[User:JesseW|JesseW]] is denied access to a hash in the backyard of a house at the corner of Javelin Way and Eubank Lane, in Sweetwater.
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* [[2012-05-26 32 -116]] -- [[User:JesseW|JesseW]] stops at a no trespassing sign. However, [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] somehow reaches the hash.
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* [[2012-05-22 32 -116]] -- [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] reaches a hash near a plant nursery in the Iron Hills of Poway and Ramona.
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* [[2012-04-06 32 -116]] -- Mother nature prevents [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]] from reaching the hash.
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* [[2012-02-03 32 -116]] -- Geohash point was on the shoulder of I-8 near Alpine, CA. First documented success in this graticule.
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== Achievements ==
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{{Graticule unlocked|latitude=32|longitude=-116|date=2012-02-03|name=[[User:scerruti|scerruti]]}}
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== Local Geohashers ==
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* [[User:Saria|Saria]] thinks she'll have more luck in this graticule than the main San Diego one, since it isn't mostly ocean. :)
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* [[User:scerruti|scerruti]] passes through here once a year or so.
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* [[User:Mathgeek|Mathgeek]] thinks he might land on one of these every so often when it's at the far western side.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 20 March 2024

Santa Ana, California Borrego Springs, California Joshua Tree, California
San Diego, California Tecate Mexicali
Pacific Ocean Ensenada Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas

Today's location: not yet announced

The Tecate graticule is 32, -116. It includes the twin cities of Tecate, California and Tecate, Mexico and eastern San Diego County. The local SCA chapter holds two events in Potrero Park every year, and American bikers meet up for an annual rally in Tecate, Mexico.

A quick run through Land usage nets the following:

78.59%	Fields
18.11%	Natural reserves
3.17%	Water
0.08%	Intracity Highways
0.05%	Highways

Notable Dates

  • 2012-02-03 -- The first successful expedition in the graticule.
  • 2012-05-26 32 -116 -- Mouse Over Day 2012, in Santee!

Expeditions

Achievements

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scerruti earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (32, -116) graticule, here, on 2012-02-03.

Local Geohashers

  • Saria thinks she'll have more luck in this graticule than the main San Diego one, since it isn't mostly ocean. :)
  • scerruti passes through here once a year or so.
  • Mathgeek thinks he might land on one of these every so often when it's at the far western side.