Minneapolis NW, Minnesota

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St. Cloud	Minneapolis NW, Minnesota	St. Paul NE
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See Also: Twin Cities, Minnesota

Today's Location: Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis's northwest graticule is at latitude 45, longitude -93. This graticule, based on N45º and W93º, contains the northern portions of both Minneapolis and St. Paul. It also includes most of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. The graticule extends north almost to Mille Lacs Lake. The area is bordered by Interstate 35 on the East side.

Besides the city, this graticule contains numerous small lakes as well as woodland and farmland, potentially leading to an interesting variety of meetup locations.

Local Geohashers

Rob lives near this and Minneapolis SW, Minnesota. Will check Wednesday's hash.

Ford thinks this is cool but is adverse to driving very far. So if we stick with this coarse 1-degree grid (see discussion), I'll wait until the hash hits close to home. Have fun!

Erica actually lives in the SE graticule of the Twin Cities (St. Paul SE, Minnesota), but is open to traveling to other Geo Hashes that are somewhat close by.

digory lives here and will attend either these ones or the Minneapolis SW, Minnesota as he has time and they are reasonably accessible (or unreasonably as he has more time)

Brendan lives in the Saint Paul area but is willing to travel anywhere within a reasonable distance

Joel is tall and blonde, lives just northwest of Minneapolis and will strike, er, visit, at random. (He's a nice guy, really.)

Attempts

• 2008-05-31: 45.037487°, -93.281267° - Between the west bank of the Mississippi and a water treatment plant, near Minneapolis, MN (about 5 min or 1 mile by car from Minneapolis, MN)

Successful attempt. Joel made it to the spot at 4pm but there was no one there. Very cool that it was a spot close to the city on a Saturday, but a pretty difficult location to reach.

• 2008-05-24: 45.126648°, -93.547534° - A plot of farmland at the intersection of CR-30 and CR-116, near Maple Grove, MN (about 31m or 21 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)

Geohash attempted. Abi stopped next to the field where the coordinates fell at approximately 4:30. There was no way that she was going to attempt to sneak past the person on a tractor mower next to the field and hop the fence, so she got back in her car and continued on her way back to Minneapolis.

Daily Locations

• 2008-06-07: 45.501784°, -93.114371° - On a cultivated field, near North Branch (about 1 hour or 50 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-06-05: 45.066439°, -93.184389° - on the edge of a cloverleaf at the intersection of 35W and 694, near Roseville (about 17 minutes or 11 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-06-04: 45.180292°, -93.845033° - Just off the road in some open (uncultivated?) land, near Buffalo, MN (about 49 minutes or 40 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2007-05-27: 45.209677°, -93.101442° - Past the end of a cul-du-sac (Nordin and Orange St.), near Between Forest Lake, MN and Mounds View, MN (about 33 Minutes or 21.2 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-05-26: 45.673128°, -93.607309° - In the middle of a large plot of farmland along US-169, near Milaca, MN (about 1h 10m or 60 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-05-25: 45.941774°, -93.182874° - On the edge of a large pond next to Quail Street, near Quamba, MN (about 1h 39m or 86 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-05-24: 45.126648°, -93.547534° - A plot of farmland at the intersection of CR-30 and CR-116, near Maple Grove, MN (about 31m or 21 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)

Geohash attempted. Abi stopped next to the field where the coordinates fell at approximately 4:30. There was no way that she was going to attempt to sneak past the person on a tractor mower next to the field and hop the fence, so she got back in her car and continued on her way back to Minneapolis.

• 2008-05-23: 45.400246°, -93.722772° - On 237th Ave Northwest near 180th Street, near Big Lake, MN (about 58m or 47 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-05-22: 45.972874, -93.238697 - East of Knife Lake, near Mora, MN (about 1h 50m or 90 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)
• 2008-05-21: 45.179467, -93.861537 - On 8th Street NE in Buffalo, MN (about 50m or 41 miles by car from Minneapolis, MN)