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The Surrey, BC graticule is at latitude 49, longitude -122. It encompasses the eastern half of Metro Vancouver (including all of the Tri-Cities, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, North Delta, Surrey and Langley; most of Burnaby; and part of North Vancouver), and extends east through the Fraser Valley past Abbotsford.

The northern half of this graticule falls largely within Golden Ears and Garibaldi Provincial Parks.

The graticule is bounded by Whistler to the north, Chilliwack to the east, Bellingham, WA to the south, and Vancouver to the west.

Link to the graticule on the coordinate calculator

Many participants at Surrey geohashes are from Vancouver, so be sure to check both pages if you're visiting the area and looking for a meetup.

Participants

HollyB
Gavitron - quite possibly
Toddalert - quite possibly
Jakke
Naturalnumber - Occasionally
Alex4Life
MegaHurtz
Deba - When I can
Queerasmoi - when this graticule works better than Vancouver's
Osmie - from time to time
thepiguy - From Vancouver, but you guys have less water.
Robyn - What Queerasmoi and thepiguy said.
Straylight - Another Vancouverite.
plannedrefusal - Whenever I can make it
wmcduff

Upcoming Dates

For discussion of upcoming event(s), please use the discussion page or the actual event page(s)!

Transit Links

Notable Dates

Geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008

More geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008

Saturday 2008-10-18 - On the grounds of a collections of prisons near the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Attempted unsuccessfully by wmcduff.
Saturday 2008-08-30 - In a field behind someone's home on Starr Road in northern Bradner. (Not visited).
Saturday, 2008-08-23: In a backyard in White Rock. Visited by Straylight
Saturday, 2008-07-05: In an elementary school playground in North Delta. Visited by Queerasmoi, Garyuuko, Jakke, and Jeremy. Visited shortly after by Robyn, by bicycle.
Wednesday, 2008-07-02: On Burnaby Mountain, right on the SFU campus. Eminently accessible. Queerasmoi and Robyn were in Burnaby watching a concert but didn't go.
Monday, 2008-06-09: In White Rock, near the intersection of 20th ave and 156th street. No known visitors.
Wednesday, 2008-06-04: In a parking lot at the southeast corner of the junction of King George and the Fraser Highway. Visited by Robyn, but not documented on the wiki, because she didn't know how yet.
Saturday, 2008-05-31: The location is between two houses in Abbotsford. thepiguy and srs0 visited and met in a park nearby, with snacks and outdoor games.
Saturday, 2008-05-24: First Saturday since geohashing comic. Just off the Trans-Canada in Langley and visited by a good crowd, pictured above.

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+== Transit Links==
+*[http://www.translink.bc.ca/default.asp Translink]
+*[http://www.busonline.ca/regions/cfv/?p=2.list ValleyMAX(Abbotsford area bus service)]
 ==Notable Dates==
 [[Image:Geohashmay24.jpg|thumb|222 px|Geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008]]
 [[Image:Geohashmay24-2.jpg|thumb|222 px|More geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008]]
-*Saturday [[2008-10-18]] [[2008-10-18 49 -122|49 -122]] - On the grounds of a collections of prisons near the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford.
+*Saturday [[2008-10-18 49 -122|2008-10-18]] - On the grounds of a collections of prisons near the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Attempted unsuccessfully by [[User:wmcduff|wmcduff]].
-*Saturday [[2008-08-30]] [[2008-08-30 49 -122|49 -122]] - In a field behind someone's home on Starr Road in northern Bradner. (Not visited).
+*Saturday [[2008-08-30 49 -122|2008-08-30]] - In a field behind someone's home on Starr Road in northern Bradner. (Not visited).
-* Saturday, [[2008-08-23]]: In a backyard in White Rock. [[2008-08-23 49 -122|Visited]] by [[User:Straylight|Straylight]]
+* Saturday, [[2008-08-23 49 -122|2008-08-23]]: In a backyard in White Rock. Visited by [[User:Straylight|Straylight]]
-* Saturday, [[2008-07-05]]: In an elementary school playground in North Delta. [[2008-07-05 49 -122|Visited]] by [[User:Queerasmoi|Queerasmoi]], [[User:Garyuuko|Garyuuko]], [[User:Jakke|Jakke]], and Jeremy. Visited shortly after by [[User:Robyn|Robyn]], by bicycle.
+* Saturday, [[2008-07-05 49 -122|2008-07-05]]: In an elementary school playground in North Delta. Visited by [[User:Queerasmoi|Queerasmoi]], [[User:Garyuuko|Garyuuko]], [[User:Jakke|Jakke]], and Jeremy. Visited shortly after by [[User:Robyn|Robyn]], by bicycle.
-* Wednesday, [[2008-07-02]]: On Burnaby Mountain, right on the SFU campus. Eminently accessible. I will be in Burnaby too but watching a concert so I'll miss this one. [[User:Queerasmoi|Queerasmoi]] 18:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
+* Wednesday, 2008-07-02: On Burnaby Mountain, right on the SFU campus. Eminently accessible. [[User:Queerasmoi|Queerasmoi]] and [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] were in Burnaby watching a concert but didn't go.
-* Monday, [[2008-06-09]]: In White Rock, near the intersection of 20th ave and 156th street.  Major highway:99th. Use 8th ave exit if coming from the south or 32nd ave if coming from the north.
+* Monday, 2008-06-09: In White Rock, near the intersection of 20th ave and 156th street. No known visitors.
-* Wednesday, [[2008-06-04]]: It's in a parking lot at the southeast corner of the junction of King George and the Fraser Highway. [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
+* Wednesday, 2008-06-04: In a parking lot at the southeast corner of the junction of King George and the Fraser Highway. Visited by [[User:Robyn|Robyn]], but not documented on the wiki, because she didn't know how yet.
-* Saturday, [[2008-05-31]]: The location is between two houses in Abbotsford.  [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]] and [[user:srs0|srs0]] (from the Vancouver graticule) are planning on meeting, and hopefully others will join in!  There's a park nearby where we're planning on actually gathering (so that we don't have to spend long between the two houses).  The park is a block or so to the West, and there appear to be parking spaces on Fern Street. There will be snacks and any outdoor games people bring. The actual event page is [[2008-05-31 49 -122|here]].
+* Saturday, [[2008-05-31 49 -122|2008-05-31]]: The location is between two houses in Abbotsford.  [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]] and [[user:srs0|srs0]] visited and met in a park nearby, with snacks and outdoor games.
-**Transit instructions(from Vancouver)
+* Saturday, [[2008-05-24 49 -122|2008-05-24]]: First Saturday since geohashing comic.  [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=49&long=-122&zoom=15&abs=1 Just off the Trans-Canada in Langley] and visited by a good crowd, pictured above.
-***Go to Surrey Central Station and take the #502 bus to Aldergrove(272nd St. & Fraser Hwy.). Transfer to the #21 bus(You will need another fare($2.25), as it is on a different system) and take it to Bourquin Exchange. From there, take the #2 bus to Huntingdon and stop on Marshall at Dahl Crescent(time of arrival est. 4:12 pm). From there it is a short walk to the hashpoint. However, due to bus arrival and departure times, it is impossible(or very nearly so) to visit the hashpoint and make it back to Surrey Central using buses, so you have to either arrange a ride, hitchhike, or ask one of your fellow geohashers for one.
-***Links:
-****[http://www.translink.bc.ca/default.asp Translink]
-****[http://www.busonline.ca/regions/cfv/?p=2.list ValleyMAX(Abbotsford area bus service)]
-* Saturday, [[2008-05-24]]: First Saturday since geohashing comic.  The Vancouver graticule yields a point in the Georgia Strait. But the Surrey graticule gives coordinates [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=49&long=-123&zoom=15&abs=1 just off the Trans-Canada in Langley]. It looks to be right at the boundary between somebody's rear lawn and farmland. The house's address is somewhere from 24380-24399 68 Ave, Langley, BC (actually according to the Township of Langley's GIS page, it's part of a very large lot with address 24326 68 ave). Postal code V1M 3K5.
-**Transit information: The C62 community shuttle from Langley Centre provides one access point.  Due to a highway, a river and some train tracks, the "most direct-looking" approach is blocked unless you want to walk along several km of train tracks.  If you don't, the closest bus stop is Rawlison Crescent and then you would travel 5.6 km: http://tinyurl.com/6dbbql (this map shows the front of the house as a starting point but really we're aiming for the back if possible).
-**Alternately, the 502 runs VERY OCCASIONAL (only twice daily on Saturdays!) short-turn service, and you can get out at 248th St and 56 Ave.  http://tinyurl.com/6kt9cc Although Google shows a big loop-around walk, it *sort of* looks like there is a through street/path where 68 Ave ends.  If so, this is the fastest approach from transit, at 3.2 km. If not, you'll have to cut across further north. The non-short turn service drops you at Fraser highway, much farther away.  If you take the 502 that gets you here closest to 4PM, you'll probably not make it until 4:45-5:00. So really... C62 is your best bet.
-** Discuss May 24 on the discussion page for Surrey?
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