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Image:2008-07-15-41-71-06.jpg|Some naturally occurring metal scrap, and a tire.  There were little pockets of trash all over the place.
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-06.jpg|Some naturally occurring metal scrap, and a tire.  There were little pockets of trash all over the place.
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-07.jpg|Several of these blank signs dotted the landscape.  It looked like they should have said "No Trespassing", but they said nothing.
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-07.jpg|Several of these blank signs dotted the landscape.  It looked like they should have said "No Trespassing", but they said nothing.
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-08.jpg|Beginnneth the construction.  This yet-unnamed road proceeded from Route 7, crossing Lydia Ann path.  Several dirt roads and trails traversed the forest, but I decided to eschew the hash site proper (perhaps 200 meters from the closest of these photos) and head towards the construction.
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Image:2008-07-15-41-71-08.jpg|Beginneth the construction.  This yet-unnamed road proceeded from Route 7, crossing Lydia Ann path.  Several dirt roads and trails traversed the forest, but I decided to eschew the hash site proper (perhaps 200 meters from the closest of these photos) and head towards the construction.
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-09.jpg|The initial, finished stretch of road ends in a small circle of pavement.  Immediately beyond this were some unoccupied bulldozers (no, they didn't [http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/1987/03/19870320.gif leave the keys]).
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-09.jpg|The initial, finished stretch of road ends in a small circle of pavement.  Immediately beyond this were some unoccupied bulldozers (no, they didn't [http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/1987/03/19870320.gif leave the keys]).
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-10.jpg|The road proceeds further back into the woods.  It's just as paved, but with no streetlights, painted lines, or other such accoutrements of civilization.
 
Image:2008-07-15-41-71-10.jpg|The road proceeds further back into the woods.  It's just as paved, but with no streetlights, painted lines, or other such accoutrements of civilization.
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== The consolation prize ==
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{{It Kitty | latitude = 41 | longitude = -71 | date = 2008-07-15 | name = [[User:Ben|Ben]] | distraction = a road unknown to Google Maps | image = 2008-07-15-41-71-10.jpg }}
  
 
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Revision as of 19:08, 8 August 2008

The Location

Map Coordinates

The site is located in Smithfield, RI, near the intersection of Route 7 and Route 116. It is several hundred meters into the forest, with no simple and reliable access.

The Geohash

Ben biked roughly 15 km to the vicinity of the site (not really recommended; Route 7 kind of sucks for biking). My initial approach was along Lydia Ann Road off of Route 7, as marked. This clearly used to be a road, but is really not suitable for cars any longer; it quickly becomes nothing more than a widened footpath. I shortly discovered that there is a brand new road, still under construction, that Google does not yet know about. Rather than bushwhacking through the woods to the hash site, I elected to explore the construction.

Given how hilly the area is, I have to assume that this road is destined to be a residential development. No sign of houses yet, or any construction except the road itself. I can only imagine how much more forest will be cleared to support this future suburb.

Tue 15 Jul 2008 in Providence:
41.9238259, -71.5172238
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The consolation prize

Kitty.PNG
Ben earned the It's a kitty consolation prize
by being so distracted by a road unknown to Google Maps as to forget to go to the (41, -71) geohash on 2008-07-15.
2008-07-15-41-71-10.jpg