Difference between revisions of "McMinnville, Oregon"

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The McMinnville, Tillamook, and Forest Grove area graticule is at 45 N, 123 W. This area contains farmland and a portion of the Coast Range, Tillamook Forest, and descends into the Willamette Valley. Easy access to much of the Tillamook Forest as well as coastal areas to the west and foothills and flatter areas to the east provides opportunity for hiking to geohashing locations when local and/or logging roads do not.

Cities in this Graticule

Banks, OR
Forest Grove, OR
McMinnville, OR
Seaside, OR
Tillamook, OR
Rockaway Beach, OR

Planning and Coordination

See the Portland discussion page for plans one graticule over (more active!)
See the local discussion page for local planning

2010 Expeditions

8/28/2010 -- Sunday

Michael5000 makes his first visit to the McMinnville graticule, cycling into the woods northwest of Vernonia. Expedition Success.

7/9/2010 -- Friday

Jim and APR visit the parking lot of a farm near Hillsboro. Expedition Success.

7/5/2010 -- Sunday

Jim has no access to a hashpoint in a pond near Carlton, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.

6/23/2010 -- Wednesday

Jim does a Multi-Hash by speeding through a hashpoint on Hwy 6! Expedition Success.

6/18/2010 -- Friday

Jim has no access to a hashpoint near Hwy 26. Expedition Thwarted.

6/15/2010 -- Tuesday

Jim doesn't find access to a hashpoint near the back edge of a property near Gaston, Oregon Expedition Thwarted.

6/13/2010 -- Sunday

Jim doesn't have access to an apparent logging road near Manning, Oregon.

6/5/2010 -- Saturday

Jim doesn't have access to farmland near Gaston, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.

5/11/2010 -- Tuesday

Jim finds a hashpoint next to a logging road near Hwy 26. Expedition Success.

5/6/2010 -- Thursday

Jim finds a field near Hwy 26. Expedition Thwarted.

5/2/2010 -- Monday

Jim finds a Vineyard south near Bald Peak. Expedition Thwarted.

4/30/2010 -- Friday

Jim's final expedition for the month fails for so many reasons. Expedition Thwarted.

4/25/2010 -- Sunday

Aperfectring makes and early morning trip to a popular cabin+camping park. Expedition Success.

4/18/2010 -- Sunday

Jim a hashpoint amid much logging debris. Expedition Success!

4/15/2010 -- Thursday

Jim fails to reach a point in Rural Yamhill County. Expedition Thwarted!

4/3/2010 -- Saturday

Jim fails to reach a point in Rural Washington County. Expedition Thwarted!

3/28/2010 -- Sunday

Jim fails to reach a hashpoint in the middle of a road in Rural Washington County. Expedition Thwarted!

3/19/2010 -- Friday

Jim finds a hashpoint in the middle of a road in Rural Washington County. Expedition Success!

3/14/2010 -- Sunday

Jim encounters a lack of access to a hashpoint in rural Yamhill County. Expedition Thwarted.

2/11/2010 -- Thursday

Jim and APR can't find anyone to give them permssion to tromp in a forest in Banks. Expedition Thwarted.

2/11/2010 -- Thursday

Jim and APR can't find anyone to give them permssion to tromp over a forest in Banks. Expedition Thwarted.

2009 Expeditions

12/10/2009 - Thursday

Dixon Mill Road, in Gaston, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.

11/11/2009 - Wednesday

Forest Grove. Expedition Thwarted.

11/01/2009 - Sunday

Scaponia Recreation Area, near Scapoose, Oregon. Expedition Success.

10/10/2009 - Saturday

Hagg Lake. Expedition Thwarted.

09/29/2009 - Tuesday

Hagg Lake. Expedition Thwarted.

08/10/2009 - Monday

North Plains. Expedition Success.

08/09/2009 - Sunday

South of Hillsboro. Expedition Thwarted.

07/29/2009 - Wedensday

South of Banks, Near Hwy 47. Expedition Success.

07/19/2009 - Sunday

South of Gaston, Near Hwy 47. Expedition Thwarted.

07/05/2009 - Sunday

North of Hillsboro, Pumpkin Ridge road in North Plains.

06/21/2009 - Sunday

South of Hillsboro, in the back of a nursery.

06/08/2009 - Monday

Near Bald Peak, south of Hillsboro, Oregon.

06/05/2009 - Friday

Just off of US-101 between Seaside and Cannon Beach.

05/28/2009 - Thursday

Oat field west of North Plains, Oregon - Expedition thwarted.

05/23/2009 - Mouseover day

The Portland Graticule folks took a field trip to visit the 2009 Retrohash, which was just off Highway 26, about an hour west of Portland.

02/02/2009 In this graticule's first recorded geohash, Haschel Cedricson and Lizzy97396 go to a Christmas tree farm on top of a mountain.

Awards

This graticule (45 -123) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of 2010-06 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 5 expeditions.

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 == 2010 Expeditions ==
-===[[2010-08-29 45 -123]] -- Sunday===
+===[[2010-08-29 45 -123|8/28/2010 -- Sunday]]===
 Michael5000 makes his first visit to the McMinnville graticule, cycling into the woods northwest of Vernonia.  Expedition Success.
-===[[2010-07-09 45 -123|7/9/2010 -- Friday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-07-09 45 -123|7/9/2010 -- Friday]]===
 Jim and APR visit the parking lot of a farm near Hillsboro.   Expedition Success.
-===[[2010-07-04 45 -123|7/5/2010 -- Sunday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-07-04 45 -123|7/5/2010 -- Sunday]]===
 Jim has no access to a hashpoint in a pond near Carlton, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.
-===[[2010-06-23 45 -123|6/23/2010 -- Wednesday  - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-06-23 45 -123|6/23/2010 -- Wednesday]]===
 Jim does a Multi-Hash by speeding through a hashpoint on Hwy 6!  Expedition Success.
-===[[2010-06-18 45 -123|6/18/2010 -- Friday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-06-18 45 -123|6/18/2010 -- Friday]]===
 Jim has no access to a hashpoint near Hwy 26. Expedition Thwarted.
-===[[2010-06-16 45 -122|6/16/2010 -- Wednesday - Local]]===
+===[[2010-06-15 45 -123|6/15/2010 -- Tuesday]]===
-Jim has no access to a hashpoint near Sherwood, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.
-===[[2010-06-15 45 -123|6/15/2010 -- Tuesday - Graticule Hopping]]===
 Jim doesn't find access to a hashpoint near the back edge of a
 property near Gaston, Oregon Expedition Thwarted.
-===[[2010-06-13 45 -123|6/13/2010 -- Sunday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-06-13 45 -123|6/13/2010 -- Sunday]]===
 Jim doesn't have access to an apparent logging road near Manning, Oregon.
-===[[2010-06-05 45 -123|6/5/2010 -- Saturday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-06-05 45 -123|6/5/2010 -- Saturday]]===
 Jim doesn't have access to farmland near Gaston, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted.
-===[[2010-05-11 45 -123|5/11/2010 -- Tuesday - Graticule Hopping]]===
+===[[2010-05-11 45 -123|5/11/2010 -- Tuesday]]===
 Jim finds a hashpoint next to a logging road near Hwy 26.  Expedition Success.

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