Difference between revisions of "2012-03-18 40 -73"

Revision as of 06:03, 19 March 2012

Location

Nissequoque River Road, Smithtown, Long Island It's almost all forest out there, and once you get within about a half-mile of the hash, there are no streetlights. But the trees are awesome, and once you get to the hash, you can see the water.

Participants

Sempaispellcheck

Plans

My plans for this expedition basically went off without a hitch (I just wish the whole thing hadn't taken so much time). See "Expedition" below for more details.

Expedition

For me to be able to make a geohashing expedition, two things have to happen:

1) We have to have a reachable geohash, which is pretty rare since the NYC graticule has so much water in it, and 2) I have to have time. Since I am a full-time college student with a work-study job, time is not easy to come by for me

Today, those two things happened. First, our geohash was on land, and seemed reasonably close to a train station, and Second, I had time, given that my place of business closed relatively early (since it was a Sunday) and that I didn't have any homework due tomorrow (today being the last day of Spring Break). I figured it was now or never.

After work, I took the LIRR from Penn Station to Huntington. Transferred at Huntington for the train to Port Jefferson, and got off at Smithtown. Walked the 2.2 miles from the train station to the hash point - hilly terrain, fairly dark (which makes sense, considering it was a wooded area and about 9:30 PM local time), but paved, which was nice. Saw a house or two every so often, but not many. Got within 2 seconds of the hash point, but there was a guardrail there to make sure nobody fell into the water. Took a couple of pictures (not many, and unfortunately the light wasn't good enough for me to capture the water), then walked back to the train station. Took the train back to Penn Station, and went home from there.

Photos

2012-03-18 40 -73 geohash.jpg

Challenge accepted.
2012-03-18 40 -73 compass.png

Success!! (-2 seconds)
2012-03-18 40 -73 branches.jpg

I'm sorry you can't see through the branches. You really should have been there.
2012-03-18 40 -73 guardrail.jpg

Stupid guardrail.
2012-03-18 40 -73 map.png

44 minutes? I can do it in 37.

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Sun 18 Mar 2012 in 40,-73: 40.8819343, -73.1932346 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox