Newark, New Jersey

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The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.

Daily Locations

Heavy snow Friday, take this into account when trying to reach geohashes!

Coordinates for 2010-02-26: 40.7236650, -74.9009606

A forest-covered hill east of Red Mill, off Red Mill Road, in Hunterdon County. Looks like it's adjacent to a parcel of Open Space(R), so it's reachable, snow cover notwithstanding.

Coordinates for 2010-02-27: 40.6032878, -74.7406376

Behind a house on Honeyman Rd. N, in Whitehouse, Somerset County.

Coordinates for 2010-02-28: 40.7557524, -74.4283349

The garage of a house on Glenwild Rd., across from Drew University in Madison, Morris County.

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey New York Pennsylvania
Newark Staten Island New Hope
Jersey City Lower Manhattan Levittown
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Langhorne
Trenton    

Local Geohashers

Attempted geohashes

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
  • Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.

Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.