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Locations are updated daily, and weekend locations are posted on Friday, usually by noon.  Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through [http://www.activegeohasher.com/ activegeohasher.com]. Dude yo, they practically email you directions every day.
 
Locations are updated daily, and weekend locations are posted on Friday, usually by noon.  Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through [http://www.activegeohasher.com/ activegeohasher.com]. Dude yo, they practically email you directions every day.
  
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(7/15) In the woods off Maryland Rd. in the Prospect Point area of HopatcongIt's in the middle of a one-block area, between houses to the west and Prospect Point Preserve to the east, that is planned for development, but nothing's been done yet.  Reachable from the cul-de-sac at the end of Patriot Road to the north.
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(7/19) In the woods off Robbinsville-Edinburg Rd., in Robbinsville, Mercer CountyDoes not appear to be anyone's property, so it's reachable.
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: In the trees just south of Rushmore Playground's soccer field, in Dunellen, also Somerset County I think.  Is that field FIFA legal? It's not even rectangular.
 
: In the trees just south of Rushmore Playground's soccer field, in Dunellen, also Somerset County I think.  Is that field FIFA legal? It's not even rectangular.
 
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=== Retrohash ===
 
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The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it [[2005-05-26 40 -74|here]]!
 
The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it [[2005-05-26 40 -74|here]]!

Revision as of 14:53, 19 July 2010

Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA Newark New York City
Philadelphia, PA Atlantic City 39,-73

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NewarkRiverside.jpg
A rum keg tapped at both ends.
Benjamin Franklin
The Tollbooth State
George Carlin
Only the Strong Survive
Popular New Jersey T-shirt

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.

This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.


Locations

Locations are updated daily, and weekend locations are posted on Friday, usually by noon. Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com. Dude yo, they practically email you directions every day.

2024-06-01

Coordinates for 2024-06-01: 40.1870146, -74.7168993

(7/19) In the woods off Robbinsville-Edinburg Rd., in Robbinsville, Mercer County. Does not appear to be anyone's property, so it's reachable.

Retrohash

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

Note from the maintainer

I will no longer include the county with each geohash location, as it takes too long to look up when it isn't obvious. If anyone is pursuing the Regional geohashing achievement for NJ counties, let me know and I will start doing it again.

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey New York Pennsylvania
Newark Staten Island Philadelphia*
Jersey City Lower Manhattan New Hope
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Levittown
Trenton   Langhorne

 * - The Torresdale area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Local Geohashers

Attempted geohashes

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
  • Tuesday, March 2: Geohashing party of sorts at Friendly's in the Princeton area.
  • Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.

Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.

In the Media

On April 26, 2010, during the Casey & Rossi call-in show, a discussion about geocaching prompted a Rutgers student(?) to call in and mention geohashing. They of course mocked us as geeks, but we'll show them! :-)