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

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

Expeditions

• 2013-04-03 43 -116 -- Eldin visited 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. Point is south of Parma, on Wamstad Rd.
• 2013-01-05 43 -116 -- Eldin went. Point is northwest of Caldwell, near Sand Hollow interchange off I-84.
• 2012-10-07 43 -116 -- Point is in Emmett, South of Highway 52. Was this expedition actually attempted? If you know, please put something on it's page
• 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

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.