2008-06-15 39 -119

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The Reno, Nevada graticule hasn't been necessarily accessible; most of the time it'll put you 20 miles from the nearest road, on the top of a mountain. So today, when I noticed the hash was actually IN Reno, I decided to go. I knew exactly where the area was, and the satellite photo seemed to show the hash on a flat area up a small hill, just at the northwest tip of Rattlesnake Mountain. I threw on jeans and boots (they don't call it Rattlesnake Mountain just because it looks like a snake on topo maps), and drove out in the Nuclear Party Bus (check the license plate, yes I am a geek) at about 5PM.

When I got there, I noted the myriad of signs telling me to keep out of the nearby Sierra Pacific power substation, but as for actually getting to the hash, there was just a vehicle barrier with no "keep out" signs. It was available to foot traffic (and the head of the mountain is public BLM property), so I trudged on.

I got very close, but the exact point was on a cliff face that I wouldn't risk reaching. Instead, I took a picture of myself in front of the cliff and made my way back down the hill. As evidenced by the (blurry) photo I took of my TomTom, I got to 39.47526 -119.76173, 41 meters away from the destination of 39.47538 -119.76127.

There was no evidence of other Geohashing visitors. As I arrived and parked, another car pulled up next to me and there was a guy who looked like he would fit the bill, but he was in a car with an Oregon plate, and was just using the area to turn around. I didn't leave anything at the site.

As for other days... One day I hope to become the first Geohasher to charter a helicopter to a hash point on top of a mountain.

Approaching Rattlesnake Mountain
The Nuclear Party Bus in front of the destination
Warnings for the power substation
Gate stopping vehicular traffic
The white rock toward the middle is approximately where the hash is
As close as I could get according to my TomTom (39.47526, -119.76173)
Me in front of the hash
A view of the substation from the hill


Sun 15 Jun 2008 in Reno, Nevada: 39.4753808, -119.7612767 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox