Difference between revisions of "Boise, Idaho"

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== Expeditions ==
 
== Expeditions ==
* [[2013-04-03 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a field full of alfalfa.
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* [[2013-04-03 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a a hash in a field full of alfalfa.
 
* [[2013-03-28 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] took a nice walk in the foothills, but signs forbade going off trail.
 
* [[2013-03-28 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] took a nice walk in the foothills, but signs forbade going off trail.
 
* [[2013-03-27 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went hiking on the Oregon Trail, but was thwarted by a fence.
 
* [[2013-03-27 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went hiking on the Oregon Trail, but was thwarted by a fence.

Revision as of 05:36, 4 April 2013

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Today's location: not yet announced

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

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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.