Portland, Oregon
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The Portland metro area graticule is at 45 N, 122 W. It completely encloses the city of Portland and some surrounding areas. The graticule is almost entirely land, much of it open and undeveloped, making this one of the best areas for geohashing.
- For other places called Portland, go here.
Contents
- 1 Cities in this Graticule
- 2 Meetup time
- 3 Planning and Coordination
- 4 Recent Expeditions
- 4.1 2011-02-26 Saturday
- 4.2 2011-02-04 Friday
- 4.3 1/10/2011 Monday - Local
- 4.4 1/9/2011 Sunday - Local
- 4.5 1/8/2011 Saturday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.6 1/2/2011 Sunday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.7 12/31/2010 Saturday - Local
- 4.8 12/30/2010 Friday - Local
- 4.9 12/30/2010 Friday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.10 12/29/2010 Wednesday - Local
- 4.11 12/20/2010 - Monday - Major Graticule Hopping!
- 4.12 12/18/2010 - Saturday - Major Graticule Hopping!
- 4.13 12/18/2010 Saturday - Local
- 4.14 12/13/2010 - Monday - Major Graticule Hopping!
- 4.15 12/12/2010 - Sunday - Local
- 4.16 12/8/2010 - Wednesday - Local
- 4.17 12/7/2010 - Tuesday - Local
- 4.18 12/6/2010 - Monday - Local
- 4.19 12/5/2010 - Sunday - Local
- 4.20 12/01/2010 - Wednesday - Local
- 4.21 11/29/2010 - Monday - Local
- 4.22 11/26/2010 - Friday - Graticule hopping
- 4.23 11/25/2010 - Thursday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.24 11/14/2010 - Sunday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.25 11/11/2010 - Thursday - Local
- 4.26 11/6/2010 - Saturday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.27 11/3/2010 - Wednesday - Graticule Hopping
- 4.28 10/31/2010 - Sunday - Local
- 4.29 10/20/2010 - Wednesday - Local
- 4.30 10/17/2010 - Sunday - Local
- 4.31 10/16/2010 - Saturday - Local
- 4.32 10/16/2010 -- Saturday - Graticule hopping
- 4.33 10/15/2010 - Friday - Local
- 4.34 10/11/2010 -- Monday - Graticule hopping
- 4.35 10/10/2010 - Sunday - Local
- 4.36 10/9/2010 - Saturday - Local
- 4.37 10/7/2010 - Thursday - Local
- 5 Recent Plans without reports
- 6 Mailing List
- 7 Participants
- 8 Activity Statistics
- 9 Graticule History
- 10 Archives
- 11 Awards
- 12 Automatic Recent Expeditions
Cities in this Graticule
- Portland, OR
- Vancouver, WA
Meetup time
It was proposed, and no objections were raised, so the official meetup time for our graticule(s) is now 2PM from Oct 1 to March 15, and 4PM for the rest of the year. I'd say this applies to neighboring graticules as well.
Planning and Coordination
- See the discussion page for plans
Many of the folks in the Portland, Oregon graticule hop over to the McMinnville, Oregon graticule for hashpoints there. The planning was happening here on the Portland page, but now with the User:AperfectBot picking up Category:Expedition planning pages, it makes sense to move the planning to the expedition page itself once someone is committed to going.
Recent Expeditions
2011-02-26 Saturday
On the Columbia River Bike Path. Expedition success!
michael5000 earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
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2011-02-04 Friday
Various folks visit an access road near Highway 26. Expedition success.
1/10/2011 Monday - Local
Michael5000 Ducks through Irvington on his way to work. Expedition pretty much success.
1/9/2011 Sunday - Local
Jim finds a hashpoint in an driveway. Expedition Success!
1/8/2011 Saturday - Graticule Hopping
APR goes hiking in the coast range. Expedition Thwarted!
1/2/2011 Sunday - Graticule Hopping
Jim finds a hashpoint in an orchard. Expedition Success!
12/31/2010 Saturday - Local
APR and Jim visit a hashpoint at an apartment complex. Expedition Success!
12/30/2010 Friday - Local
Mother Nature turns Jim back as he heads into the mountains. Expedition Thwarted!
12/30/2010 Friday - Graticule Hopping
Jim finds a hashpoint in a pond. Expedition Thwarted!
12/29/2010 Wednesday - Local
A visitor sweeps into our graticule. Expedition Success!
12/20/2010 - Monday - Major Graticule Hopping!
Jim and Sara visit a hashpoint close to where Jim is visiting. Expedition Success!
12/18/2010 - Saturday - Major Graticule Hopping!
Jim and Phyzome visit a hashpoint in a Massachusetts golf course. Expedition Success!
12/18/2010 Saturday - Local
APR drives to a hashpoint on the edge of Aloha. Expedition Success!
12/13/2010 - Monday - Major Graticule Hopping!
Jim flies 3200 miles to visit a hashpoint in a parking lot. Expedition Success!
12/12/2010 - Sunday - Local
Michael5000 and APR explore an empty lot in Milwaukie, Oregon. Expedition Success!
12/8/2010 - Wednesday - Local
Jim fails to access farmland near sherwood, Oregon. Expedition Thwarted!
12/7/2010 - Tuesday - Local
Jim and APR battle traffic to reach a point in the canyon between the Oregon Zoo and Sylvan. Expedition Success!
12/6/2010 - Monday - Local
Michael5000 takes a lunch break in Happy Valley, off of Sunnyside Road. Jim follows. Expedition Success!
12/5/2010 - Sunday - Local
APR and Jim convince a homeowner to allow them to the hashpoint on their trampoline. Expedition Success!
12/01/2010 - Wednesday - Local
APR drives to a point in the hilly eastern part of Clackamas County south of Gresham. Expedition Success!
11/29/2010 - Monday - Local
Jim heads off to a parking lot in Oregon City. Expedition Success!
11/26/2010 - Friday - Graticule hopping
APR and Jim wave at a hashpoint 70 ft up a 45 degree slope. Expedition Thwarted!
11/25/2010 - Thursday - Graticule Hopping
Jim finds a hashpoint on a farm driveway. Expedition Success!
11/14/2010 - Sunday - Graticule Hopping
Jim finds a gate closed leading to the hashpoint. Expedition Thwarted!
11/11/2010 - Thursday - Local
Michael5000 circumnavigates LaCamas Lake. Expedition Success!
11/6/2010 - Saturday - Graticule Hopping
Jim gives up on a hashpoint in a field. Expedition Thwarted!
11/3/2010 - Wednesday - Graticule Hopping
Jim finds another inaccessible hashpoint. Expedition Thwarted!
10/31/2010 - Sunday - Local
A bunch of folks make it to SE40th and Woodstock. Expedition Success!
10/20/2010 - Wednesday - Local
Portland, Oregon - On farmland south of Hillsboro - Thwarted - No public access
10/17/2010 - Sunday - Local
Portland, Oregon - Close to Cornelius Pass Road - Thwarted - No public access
10/16/2010 - Saturday - Local
Portland, Oregon - Wildlife reserve on Sauvie Island - Thwarted - No public access
10/16/2010 -- Saturday - Graticule hopping
redaragorn finds his way to the McMinnville hash out near the coast town of Nehalem. Expedition Success.
10/15/2010 - Friday - Local
Portland, Oregon - Residential area of Gresham - Succeeded -
10/11/2010 -- Monday - Graticule hopping
redaragorn attempts to add another graticule. Expedition Thwarted.
10/10/2010 - Sunday - Local
Jim's second venture over Cornelius Pass is thwarted.
10/9/2010 - Saturday - Local
redaragorn pays a visit to the Portland graticule. Expedition Success.
10/7/2010 - Thursday - Local
Jim, and the 5000s, see a house in Northeast. Expedition Success.
Recent Plans without reports
Where'd the rest of the dates go? See the Archives page.
Mailing List
There is now a mailing list for Portland Geohashing.
Participants
Active participants with documented activity in 2009 are in bold.
- 3riador lives at Reed College, is fairly mobile, and loves playing with GPS.
- Admalledd
- Alexp
- aperfectring has moved here.
- doiuf Located in Vancouver, WA.
- Drache
- Elegant Forkbomb lives in Portland
- Estel lives in NE Portland and is re-learning orienteering.
- grishnav Moved to Seattle.
- Jessica
- Jiml lives south of Hillsboro, and has a GPS unit. He's been on a number of expeditions, some succesful.
- James
- Kpeace Live in Portland. Participated in first geohash on 6/28/08; I don't have a car so I'm at the mercy of my car-owning friends for distant hashes.
- Maggie lives in Portland.
- Maravi lives in Lake Oswego.
- michael5000
- Tim Ferrell I'm based in Salem.
- Mrs.5000
- NoTerminal
- thefinn93 lives in Portland.
- Timmothy Tee
- Wil
- zem
Activity Statistics
Overall | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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Expeditions | 53 (7th) | 10 | 24 (12th) | 30 (2nd) |
Coordinates Reached | 31 (14th) | 6 | 13 | 16 (4th) |
No Public Access | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4+ |
Mother Nature | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2+ |
Did Not Attempt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+ |
Sources:
Obtained July 15, 2010
Graticule History
2008
This graticule has a long (for geohashing) and storied history. It all began with the world's first ever geohashing expedition in February of 2008 during beta testing. After the algorithm was announced, Portland maintained some modest activity, with plans or expeditions happening once a week or so into August.
2009
Unfortunately, though, this graticule, which is wonderful for geohashing, was then inactive until January of 2009, when activity started trickling back in. The most active geohasher in the area, Jim, started at this time with his first expedition on 2009-01-19. Activity continued to increase over the warm and generally pleasant summer months. APR, one of the area's more active geohashers, was relocated here (from Florida) in September 2009, though he had visited (and geohashed) here earlier in 2009. Activity briefly took a dip in September, but returned to more normal levels in October and November, the same timeframe that Michael 5000, another fairly active geohasher in the area, discovered geohashing. Since then, the community has been fairly active, ranking 4th in November 2009, and tied for 2nd in December 2009 for expeditions.
2010
The beginning of the year continued pretty much like the end of the previous one, with Portland being 4th for expeditions in January. February and March maintained the activity for the area, but there was more graticule hopping, causing Portland to drop for number of expeditions. However, in April, activity exploded in the area. Portland had 9 expeditions, the most in its history in a single month, and McMinnville tied its previous record of 4 expeditions.
Archives
Detailed archives are now located here!
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01-2* 01-8* 01-9 |
Mar | Jun | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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* = Graticule Hopping (usually to McMinnville, Oregon Graticule)
Awards
This graticule (45 -122) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
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This graticule (45 -123) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
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This graticule (45 -122) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement
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Automatic Recent Expeditions
Portland, Oregon
2024-11-24
Michael5000, Mrs.5000 — On 8th Street in Oregon City. — Succeeded
2024-10-27
Jiml — Rural land adjacent to an airport — Thwarted — No public access
2024-10-07
Jim — Inside of a nearby medical facility — Thwarted — No public access
2024-09-22
Jim — In the back yard of a North Hillsboro house — Thwarted — No public access
2024-09-01
Michael5000 — On a trail in Tryon Creek State Park. — Succeeded
2024-08-26
Jim, Michael5000 — In a west Hillsboro Industrial area — Succeeded
2024-08-11
Michael5000 — In the woods southeast of Estacada. — Thwarted — No public access
2024-08-08
Michael5000 — In the woods west of St. Helens. — Succeeded
2024-07-03
Frogman, Higgs, Michael5000 — At the intersection of Sandy and NE 122nd. — Succeeded
2024-05-28
Michael5000 — In somebody's driveway in Lake Oswego. — Succeeded
McMinnville, Oregon
2024-09-23
Jim — Farmland north of Hillsboro — Thwarted —
2024-07-06
Michael5000 — Way back in the Clatsop State Forest. — Thwarted — No public access
2024-05-19
Jim — In a field North of Forest Grove — Thwarted — No public access
2024-01-07
Jim — Near a nature park — Thwarted — No public access
2023-08-19
Michael5000 — In the woods north of Klootchy Creek County Park. — Succeeded
2023-01-28
Michael5000 — Off of Oregon Highway 233, near Amity — Thwarted — Attended alternate location
2022-10-14
Hamblingreen, Mi Padre — Just a few feet of the Wilson River Highway in some trees, probably not on ... — Succeeded
2022-06-02
Jim — In front of a house in Forest Grove — Succeeded
2021-02-23
Jim — In a residential neighborhood of Forest Grove — Succeeded
2019-05-23
Jim — Ag land south of Cornelius — Thwarted — No public access