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Today's Geohash: Crestview, FL]

The Crestview, FL graticule is located at latitude 30 N, longitude 86 W.

Click on the "Discussion" tab for a chronicle of geohashing in this graticule.

PLEASE be respectful of the land use regulations! Large sections of Eglin Air Force Base are off limits to the public and the rest of the Eglin ranges are open only to people who have permits to go onto them. A permit may be purchased at Jackson Guard, State Highway 85, Niceville, Florida for $12 and is good through September 30. If you trespass on the Eglin ranges without a permit, you will (1) get yourself a ticket, (2) make life more difficult for other geohashers who have permits, and (3) possibly trip over an unexploded bomb and blow yourself up.

Out of respect for our geohashers who work from 7:30 to 4:30 on a regular basis, the default meet-up time for this graticule is moved to 5:00 PM from the customary 4:00 PM.

Meetup Locations

Thursday 01 April - Looks very easy at first. On a civilized part of Eglin Air Force Base ... except that a closer look reveals that it is between two operating runways on an active Air Force flightline. The Security Police do not like suspicious people--by which I mean "people"--hanging around there.

Wednesday 05 May - Another "so near and yet so far." Anybody who lives in the Fort Walton Beach area and works at Eglin in the development section probably drove right past the meet-up location, and anybody taking off or landing on a commercial flight came within a few hundred feet of it. But to get out and meet there? It helps if you like to kiss concrete and want to spend the next part of your life answering questions from the Air Force Security Police. Not for me.

Tuesday 11 May - Looks very easy just off of Mare Creek Road near Mossy Head.

Notable Dates

February 2009 - Crestview tied Seattle WA as the WORLDS second most successful graticule, beaten only by Atlanta GA

2008-06-29 - The first (that I know of) successful geohash trip in this graticule.

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Expeditions

2010-05-30 Sun - Failed - No Trespassing - Liberian and the Bos
2009-12-27 Sun - Successful - in Eglin AFB range SE of Mossy Head FL by Liberian Beauty, Ray, Rece and Bos.
2009-07-05 Sun - Failed - Terrain - Liberian

2009-07-01 Wed - Successful - In northern Eglin recreation area, south of Crestview. By Six Little Spookies.
2009-06-21 Sun - Successful meetup in open woods NE of Freeport by PowerTool and Bos.
2009-05-30 Sat - Successful and easy meetup on trashy dirt road - PowerTool, Bos and abductee Christine
2009-05-24 Sun - Successful and easy roadside meetup - PowerTool & Bos
2009-04-05 Sun - Successful and less bloody than last one - PowerTool, Bos & B4work
2009-03-21 Sat - Successful if a bit bloody - PowerTool, Bos & Liberian
2009-02-26 Thu - Very Successful - Amazing story - Bos
2009-02-24 Tue - Successful - Bos
2009-02-21 Sat - Successful - Eduman
2009-02-16 Mon - Successful - Power Tool & Liberian

2008-12-06 Sat - Failed - Mother Nature - Liberian
2008-10-21 Tue - Did not attempt - Curse of Unawareness
2008-10-12 Sun - Successful - Liberian
2008-10-04 Sat - Successful - Power Tool & Liberian
2008-09-01 Mon - Failed - Mother Nature - Power Tool & Liberian
2008-08-29 Fri - Did not attempt - Curse of Unawareness
2008-08-10 Sun - Successful - Natural Beauty, Power Tool, Kitsune & Liberian
2008-07-31 Thu - Did not attempt
2008-07-13 Sun - Failed - Mother Nature - Liberian
2008-06-29 Sun- Successful - Liberian & Power Tool

Local Geohashers

Cities in this Graticule

Crestview, FL
DeFuniak Springs, FL
Destin, FL
Most of Eglin Air Force Base, FL
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Freeport, FL
Laurel Hill, FL
Navarre, FL
Niceville and Valparaiso, FL

Monroeville, Alabama	Andalusia, Alabama	Dothan, Alabama
Pensacola	Crestview	Panama City
Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico	Port St. Joe
Today's location: not yet announced

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 Click on the "Discussion" tab for a chronicle of geohashing in this graticule.
-PLEASE be respectful of the land use regulations!  Large sections of Eglin Air Force Base are off limits to the public and the rest of the Eglin ranges are open only to people who have permits to go onto them.  A permit may be purchased at Jackson Guard, State Highway 85, Niceville, Florida for $10 and is good through September 30.  If you trespass on the Eglin ranges without a permit, you will (1) get yourself a ticket, (2) make life more difficult for other geohashers who have permits, and (3) possibly trip over an unexploded bomb and blow yourself up.
+PLEASE be respectful of the land use regulations!  Large sections of Eglin Air Force Base are off limits to the public and the rest of the Eglin ranges are open only to people who have permits to go onto them.  A permit may be purchased at Jackson Guard, State Highway 85, Niceville, Florida for $12 and is good through September 30.  If you trespass on the Eglin ranges without a permit, you will (1) get yourself a ticket, (2) make life more difficult for other geohashers who have permits, and (3) possibly trip over an unexploded bomb and blow yourself up.
 Out of respect for our geohashers who work from 7:30 to 4:30 on a regular basis, the default meet-up time for this graticule is moved to 5:00 PM from the customary 4:00 PM.