2008-06-24 42 -71

Tue 24 Jun 2008 in 42,-71: 42.8443138, -71.7292753 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

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42.592778N, 71.729276W

This hash is located in Wilton, NH in the Boston, Massachusetts graticule in the Wilton Frog Pond Conservation Area.

AHecht earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention by living near the (42, -71) geohash on 2008-06-24.

Expeditions

AHecht 7pm

I was really excited when I saw that this geohash was less than 1km from my house, making me eligible for the Couch Potato Honorable Mention Achievement. I got worried when I saw the satellite photo because the location was on a cleared field, which meant that it was either private property, overgrown with weeds, or filled with 8 foot corn stalks. However, it turns out that the geohash is in the Wilton Frog Pond Conservation Area, which is open to the public from dawn to dusk. There was even a mowed path that got me within 25ft of ground zero!

After finding the geohash (and startling a few cardinals in the grass) I continued on to the Frog Pond, where I saw the largest pile of ants I had ever seen. See the gallery below:

• Boston 06-19-08: AHecht
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  Here I am at home at my desk, .573 miles (.92km) from the geohash.

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  Public land! The entrance to the Frog Pond Conservation Area

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  There is even a mowed path to the geohash!

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  Ground zero.

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  Here's me, smiling like an idiot, holding my GPS, as the required proof of my achievement.

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  X marks the spot.

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  Continuing on to the pond itself, the sun actually came out. I didn't see any frogs, but plenty of other wildlife was around...

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  Such as this huge pile of ants. Yes, the entire brown thing there was a solid, wriggling, mass of pure ant. *Shiver*

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  With that, I headed back to my car. Check out the amazing view here -- I love this area.

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  Finally, on the way back to my car, I stopped to take some pictures of the flowers.