Difference between revisions of "Boise, Idaho"

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Today's Location: [Boise, ID]

The Boise, Idaho graticule is at latitude 43, longitude -116. It covers the whole Treasure Valley.

Some statistics about this graticule:

  Population:         ~600,000
  Highest Point:      8051 ft (2453 m) @ War Eagle Mountain
  Lowest Point:       2145 ft (654 m) @ Snake River where it crosses 44° North
  Total Area:         3469 sq miles (8985.4 sq km)
  City/Town area:     6.8% - 235 sq miles (608.3 sq km) 
  Area on/near roads: 4.7% - 162 sq miles (419.6 sq km) (includes minor roads, and does not exclude area assigned to other categories)
  Farm/rural area:    ~19% - ~660 sq miles (~1700 sq km)
  Wilderness area:    ~74% - ~2570 sq miles (~6650 sq km)

Local Geohashers

Eric (Eldin) I'll be hitting hashes as I'm able in this and surrounding graticules. Hope to meet other geohashers sometime.
Ojones

Inactive Local Geohashers

Local geohashers with no wiki activity for a year will be moved to this section.

Nathan Not sure anyone else will do this in the Boise area, but I'll try
Brian Can do weekends if not to far, in Boise.
Jeremiah Would be willing to do weekends or weekdays near the East Boise/Meridian area
Charles Also willing to do weekends- <5pm sat or >6pm Sundays.

Expedition planning

Discussions of upcoming planned expeditions or links to their pages should go here

In case Michael5000 stayed overnight in the area, I'm going to plan to make be at the 2013-08-04 43 -116 hashpoint (extremely simple to reach, in a parking lot) around 9:00am, in the hopes that Michael can make it as well. Unless I hear a proposal for a different time from someone else who plans to be there.

Expeditions

2013-08-03 43 -116 -- Eldin, as well as Ojones and family, make the graticule's first Saturday meetup which actually involved meeting anyone. Michael5000 returns to Idaho, reaching the hashpoint nine hours later.
2013-08-02 43 -116 -- Ojones, Eldin drove past, but didn't see a way to access it without trespassing.
2013-07-27 43 -116 -- Eldin reached a hash in the hills NE of Emmet.
2013-07-26 43 -116 -- Eldin found a hash point in a corn field.
2013-07-13 43 -116 -- Eldin reached a hash along a ditch beside 2 schools.
2013-07-12 43 -116 -- Eldin gets another no trespassing hash.
2013-07-03 43 -116 -- Eldin couldn't find public access to a hash that looked easy before he went.
2013-06-06 43 -116 -- Eldin walked up into the hills.
2013-05-25 43 -116 -- Eldin went geohashing on Mouseover Day.
2013-05-15 43 -116 -- Eldin reached a rare (for this graticule) non-rural hash.
2013-05-13 43 -116 -- Eldin went hiking in the hills.
2013-04-21 43 -116 -- Eldin bicycled to a hash near a church.
2013-04-20 43 -116 -- Eldin bicycled to a hash at a construction site.
2013-04-19 43 -116 -- Eldin was thwarted by the national guard.
2013-04-17 43 -116 -- Eldin was turned away by fences and signs, within sight of the goal.
2013-04-15 43 -116 -- Eldin sped through a hash for the Speed Racer achievement.
2013-04-05 43 -116 -- Eldin visited a farm in the middle of the night.
2013-04-03 43 -116 -- Eldin visited a a hash in a field full of alfalfa.
2013-03-28 43 -116 -- Eldin took a nice walk in the foothills, but signs forbade going off trail.
2013-03-27 43 -116 -- Eldin went hiking on the Oregon Trail, but was thwarted by a fence.
2013-03-26 43 -116 -- Eldin failed to find any public access to the hash.
2013-03-22 43 -116 -- Eldin was turned back by hills steeper than expected.
2013-03-17 43 -116 -- Eldin got a hash that was barely out of his way.
2013-03-09 43 -116 -- Eldin reached a point amidst off-road vehicle trails.
2013-03-08 43 -116 -- Eldin tried for a multihash, but coordinates were on private property. Again.
2013-03-06 43 -116 -- Eldin was thwarted by a lack of access.
2013-01-16 43 -116 -- Eldin went to a spot south of Parma, on Wamstad Rd.
2013-01-05 43 -116 -- Eldin went to a spot northwest of Caldwell, near Sand Hollow interchange off I-84.
2012-04-20 43 -116 -- Point is south of the Boise airport, just off the west side of Pleasant Valley road
2011-09-18 43 -116 -- Michael5000 takes a short walk off of the Silver City Road.
2010-11-11 43 -116 -- Located on a cul-de-sac in Meridian near W. Pine Ave. between Ten Mile and Linder

Achievements

Achievements related to the graticule itself.

note for Most Active Graticules achievement: The achievement has differing degrees. (monthly, yearly, and all-time, each with separate ribbons for most successful expeditions and most total expeditions) For each degree of achievement, at most two ribbons will be shown here. Once for the first time a specific degree was achieved, and once for the highest expedition count with which a specific degree was achieved. Template:Virgin graticule

The Boise, Idaho graticule (43, -116) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of March 2013 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 8 expeditions.