2014-03-21 39 -88

Fri 21 Mar 2014 in 39,-88: 39.8593422, -88.1531668 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Middle of the baseball field in Henson Park, Villa Grove, IL.

Participants

• Robert

Plans

None: an impromptu geohash!

Expedition

After a somewhat hectic week of school, I was getting ready for my spring vacation. I remembered for the first time in days to check where the day's geohashes were, and lo and behold, there was one on public land not 20 miles south of me. It looked like the perfect opportunity for my first geohash!

I quickly packed up my camera and hopped in the car; fortunately there was just enough gas to make it there and back. I programmed the GPS, turned on the radio, and set off. The twenty minutes passed quickly, and before I knew it I was pulling into the parking lot of the park.

To my surprise, there was a family on the playground: I was not prepared to encounter any people on this journey. I decided to leave the DSLR in the car, so as not to look suspicious (although I think I got a few strange glances anyway). I followed the GPS onto the field and reached the hash point as exactly as I could. I quickly took a screenshot and a panorama (thank you, panorama mode), and hurried back to the car.

With the slight high of achievement I drove back home, already anticipating my second hash!

Photos

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  proof, via the GPS Status app

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  View of the hash location from my parking spot

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  Panorama from the hash spot

Achievements

2012rcampion earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (39, -88) geohash on 2014-03-21.