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Home of the Chicken Wing, The '''Buffalo, New York''' [[graticule]] is at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=42&long=-78 42 degrees north, 78 degrees west]. In the Northwest corner is the Eastern tip of Lake Erie and the City of Buffalo with most of the surrounding suburbs. The Eastern edge is a little past Batavia and almost includes Leroy. The Southern line is the Pennsylvania border and most of the middle is rural; farmland and County/public forests which also includes Allegany State Park and the Southern tip of Letchworth State Park (The 'Grand Canyon of the East'). Overall, Geohashes should land in accessible areas most of the time for enthusiastic Hashers.
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Home of the Chicken Wing, The '''Buffalo, New York''' [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=42|lon=-78|text=42 degrees north, 78 degrees west}}. In the Northwest corner is the Eastern tip of Lake Erie and the City of Buffalo with most of the surrounding suburbs. The Eastern edge is a little past Batavia and almost includes Leroy. The Southern line is the Pennsylvania border and most of the middle is rural; farmland and County/public forests which also includes Allegany State Park and the Southern tip of Letchworth State Park (The 'Grand Canyon of the East'). Overall, Geohashes should land in accessible areas most of the time for enthusiastic Hashers.
  
 
Some Villages and towns in the Graticule include Warsaw, East Aurora, Springville, Salamanca and Olean.
 
Some Villages and towns in the Graticule include Warsaw, East Aurora, Springville, Salamanca and Olean.
  
 
== Notable Events ==
 
== Notable Events ==
[[2016-11-04 42 -78|2016-11-04]]: First expedition to Canada for the graticule (Successful too).<br>
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*[[2024-02-03 42 -78|2024-02-03]] - First Water Hash
[[Buffalo,_New_York#Graticule_Ribbons|2016-10]]: Wins The Most Active Graticule for the first time with most expeditions ''and'' coordinates reached. <br>
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*[[2023-09-29 42 -78|2023-09-29]] - Features a Success and a No Trespassing at the same time!
[[ Most_active_graticules | 2016-07-10]]: The Buffalo graticule makes it into the top 25 graticules for number of expeditions and Coords. reached.<br>
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*[[ Most_active_graticules | 2022-05]]: The Buffalo graticule breaks into the top 10 graticules for number of expeditions
[[2014-03-22 global|2014-03-22]]: The Globalhash was in the Waterloo Graticule next-door to Toronto, but doesn't look like anyone went. <br>
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*[[2016-11-04 42 -78|2016-11-04]]: First expedition to Canada for the graticule (Successful too).
[[2012-10-10 global|2012-10-10]]: The Globalhash was in the Corning Graticule and some Hashers were successful.<br>
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*[[Buffalo,_New_York#Graticule_Ribbons|2016-10]]: Wins The Most Active Graticule for the first time with most expeditions ''and'' coordinates reached.
[http://gh.eupeodes.nl/?date=2010-12-17&lat=42.5&lon=-78.5&zoom=8&multi=false 2010-12-17]: The hash lands on Grand Island for the first time in the Buffalo Graticule. <br>
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*[[2014-03-22 global|2014-03-22]]: The Globalhash was in the Waterloo Graticule next-door to Toronto, but doesn't look like anyone went.
[http://gh.eupeodes.nl/?date=2008-09-02&lat=42.5&lon=-78.5&zoom=8&multi=false 2008-09-02]: First landfall of the hash in Canada for the Graticule. <br>
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*[[2012-10-10 global|2012-10-10]]: The Globalhash was in the Corning Graticule and some Hashers were successful.
[[2008-06-07 42 -78|2008-06-07]]: [[user:Bunsen|Bunsen]] has the honor of the first hash in the area. <br>
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*[http://gh.eupeodes.nl/?date=2010-12-17&lat=42.5&lon=-78.5&zoom=8&multi=false 2010-12-17]: The hash lands on Grand Island for the first time in the Buffalo Graticule.
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*[http://gh.eupeodes.nl/?date=2008-09-02&lat=42.5&lon=-78.5&zoom=8&multi=false 2008-09-02]: First landfall of the hash in Canada for the Graticule.
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*[[2008-06-07 42 -78|2008-06-07]]: [[user:Bunsen|Bunsen]] has the honor of the first hash in the area.
  
 
== Geohashes ==
 
== Geohashes ==
 
''Most recent on top'' <br>
 
''Most recent on top'' <br>
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*[[2024-02-03 42 -78]] - Buffalo Outer Harbor in the canal (Water Hash!)
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*[[2024-01-01 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, in the woods off Coon Run Road
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*[[2023-12-20 42 -78]] - Lischer Park at the end of Greenfield Ave in West Seneca
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*[[2023-12-17 42 -78]] - In the Woods of Franklin Gulf County Park (Train Wreck - Did not attempt)
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*[[2023-12-08 42 -78]] - Downtown Buffalo near the corner of Broadway and Michigan
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*[[2023-10-06 42 -78]] - In the woods of English Hill State Forest
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*[[2023-09-29 42 -78]] - Next to someone's driveway off EastBrook Place
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*[[2023-08-19 42 -78]] - Forest Lawn Cemetery
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*[[2023-07-14 42 -78]] - In Majors Park in East Aurora
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*[[2023-05-30 42 -78]] - In the woods of Nine Mile Creek State Forest
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*[[2023-05-17 42 -78]] - In the Outfield of an old baseball diamond in Chestnut Ridge
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*[[2023-05-02 42 -78]] - In front of a house on Snug Haven Ct in Tonawanda
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*[[2023-05-01 42 -78]] - Edge of S Shore Blvd, off Ridge Road in Lackawanna
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*[[2023-04-11 42 -78]] - In the corner of Oak Hill Park in Olean
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*[[2023-03-16 42 -78]] - Off Ryther Road in the woods in Angola
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*[[2023-01-29 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, in the woods past the Stone Tower
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*[[2023-01-06 42 -78]] - Under power lines off Versailles Road in Evans
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*[[2022-12-26 42 -78]] - Edge of Town Hall Plaza in Hamburg just south of the Erie County Fairgrounds (Blizzard - Did not attempt)
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*[[2022-12-12 42 -78]] - On a front lawn just off Thornwood Drive in N. Boston
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*[[2022-12-11 42 -78]] - In a field of Carlton Hill State Forest
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*[[2022-12-08 42 -78]] - On private property off Falls Road in West Falls
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*[[2022-12-02 42 -78]] - Edge of Maxon Road in Sheldon
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*[[2022-11-11 42 -78]] - Edge of Dutch Hill Rd in Ashford
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*[[2022-11-05 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, just off the Beehunter Trail
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*[[2022-11-03 42 -78]] - Next to the sidewalk on Stevens Dr in Cheektowaga
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*[[2022-10-13 42 -78]] - Letchworth State Park, on the Mary Jemison Trail
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*[[2022-10-03 42 -78]] - Edge of Rt 98, just South of Arcade
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*[[2022-10-01 42 -78]] - Raecher Hill State Forest
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*[[2022-09-15 42 -78]] - Edge of Union Rd across from the Appletree Business Park
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*[[2022-09-09 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park just off the Conservation Trail
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*[[2022-09-08 42 -78]] - Edge of Tillman Rd Wildlife Management Area
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*[[2022-09-03 42 -78]] - Jeffrey Taggart Memorial Park, Lackawanna
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*[[2022-08-28 42 -78]] - On Pleasant Ave just off the sidewalk in Hamburg
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*[[2022-08-17 42 -78]] - In front of a driveway on E Flats Rd in E Otto
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*[[2022-08-03 42 -78]] - Corner of Peters Corners Rd and Railroad Tracks in Alden
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*[[2022-08-02 42 -78]] - County Line Cemetery in Centerville
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*[[2022-07-29 42 -78]] - Just off Sandrock Rd in Eden
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*[[2022-07-07 42 -78]] - Corner of Genesee St and Wende Rd in Millgrove
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*[[2022-06-26 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, in the Art Roscoe Ski Area
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*[[2022-06-15 42 -78]] - Behind a house on Tasseff Terr off E Eden Rd in Hamburg
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*[[2022-06-14 42 -78]] - Near 'Boyscout Pond' off Mckinley Road in Hamburg
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*[[2022-05-26 42 -78]] - On a trail at Beaver Meadows
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*[[2022-05-13 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, near the Bear Springs Trail
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*[[2022-05-11 42 -78]] - In a plaza off Elmwood, behind a Restaurant Retail store
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*[[2022-04-21 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, near the Stone Tower
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*[[2022-03-31 42 -78]] - Next to Clear Lake in North Collins
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*[[2022-02-18 42 -78]] - Next to BOCES Genesee Valley School in Le Roy
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*[[2022-02-16 42 -78]] - In a driveway of Brown St just off Union
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*[[2022-01-29 42 -78]] - Off Essjay Road in Amherst, in the parking lot of Buffalo Medical Group
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*[[2021-12-27 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, Northern part of the Art Rosco Ski area
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*[[2021-12-26 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, Southern part of the Art Rosco Ski area
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*[[2021-12-21 42 -78]] - Behind another fence and near the Transit Road/I-90 Ramp
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*[[2021-12-15 42 -78]] - Behind a gate at the Verizon Service Dispatch center on Langner Rd
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*[[2021-10-26 42 -78]] - Office Building on Sunset Drive in Hamburg
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*[[2021-10-15 42 -78]] - Outer Harbor
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*[[2021-09-30 42 -78]] - Allegany State Park, near Holts Run Road
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*[[2021-09-25 42 -78]] - Next to Precision Scale & Balance in Lancaster
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*[[2021-08-25 42 -78]] - In the woods, near Cold Creek State Forest
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*[[2021-08-22 42 -78]] - In a field, off Reading Road in West Falls
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*[[2021-08-15 42 -78]] - Near the Northern edge of McCarty Hill State Forest
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*[[2021-08-14 42 -78]] - Golden Hill State Forest
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*[[2021-08-05 42 -78]] - Softball diamond at Walden Pond Park
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*[[2021-07-31 42 -78]] - Median of South Parkway on Grand Island
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*[[2021-07-22 42 -78]] - In the woods near a proposed Rails-to-Trails in E. Aurora
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*[[2021-06-24 42 -78]] - Middle of Kenmore Ave in Tonawanda
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*[[2021-06-12 42 -78]] - Sidewalk of Delevan across from Forest Lawn
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*[[2021-05-06 42 -78]] - Near the edge of Golden Hill State Forest
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*[[2021-04-19 42 -78]] - Just off North Road in a Driveway in Freedom, NY
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*[[2021-04-10 42 -78]] - Middle of Jennings Road south of Eden
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*[[2021-04-06 42 -78]] - On Girard Ave, near N Willow St in East Aurora
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*[[2021-03-04 42 -78]] - In the Marshes of Tifft Nature Preserve
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*[[2021-02-28 42 -78]] - Old Bethlehem Steel Site near Lincoln Ave and Beech St
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*[[2021-02-20 42 -78]] - Near the back of Hunter's Creek County Park
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*[[2021-02-16 42 -78]] - At the back of Tifft Nature Preserve
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*[[2021-01-24 42 -78]] - Off Wolf Run Road on the edge of Allegany State Park
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*[[2021-01-23 42 -78]] - In the Woods off Versailles Plank Road in Angola
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*[[2021-01-21 42 -78]] - At a house on Partridge Rd in Colden
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*[[2021-01-11 42 -78]] - In a field on the West Seneca Development Center Campus
 
*[[2020-12-28 42 -78]] - At a Residence, on the corner of Transit and Rt 20A
 
*[[2020-12-28 42 -78]] - At a Residence, on the corner of Transit and Rt 20A
 
*[[2020-12-25 42 -78]] - Behind a Law Firm, off Sheridan Drive in Clarence
 
*[[2020-12-25 42 -78]] - Behind a Law Firm, off Sheridan Drive in Clarence

Latest revision as of 22:26, 16 February 2024

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Today's location: not yet announced

Home of the Chicken Wing, The Buffalo, New York graticule is at 42 degrees north, 78 degrees west. In the Northwest corner is the Eastern tip of Lake Erie and the City of Buffalo with most of the surrounding suburbs. The Eastern edge is a little past Batavia and almost includes Leroy. The Southern line is the Pennsylvania border and most of the middle is rural; farmland and County/public forests which also includes Allegany State Park and the Southern tip of Letchworth State Park (The 'Grand Canyon of the East'). Overall, Geohashes should land in accessible areas most of the time for enthusiastic Hashers.

Some Villages and towns in the Graticule include Warsaw, East Aurora, Springville, Salamanca and Olean.

Notable Events

  • 2024-02-03 - First Water Hash
  • 2023-09-29 - Features a Success and a No Trespassing at the same time!
  • 2022-05: The Buffalo graticule breaks into the top 10 graticules for number of expeditions
  • 2016-11-04: First expedition to Canada for the graticule (Successful too).
  • 2016-10: Wins The Most Active Graticule for the first time with most expeditions and coordinates reached.
  • 2014-03-22: The Globalhash was in the Waterloo Graticule next-door to Toronto, but doesn't look like anyone went.
  • 2012-10-10: The Globalhash was in the Corning Graticule and some Hashers were successful.
  • 2010-12-17: The hash lands on Grand Island for the first time in the Buffalo Graticule.
  • 2008-09-02: First landfall of the hash in Canada for the Graticule.
  • 2008-06-07: Bunsen has the honor of the first hash in the area.

Geohashes

Most recent on top

Local Geohashers

Alphabetized

Active

(Users with expeditions in the past year)

Historical

Visitors

Please add yourself here if you have, are or will be visiting the area


Graticule Ribbons

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Buffalo, New York earned the Largest geohash achievement
by congregating at the (42, -78) geohash on 2008-06-21 with a participation of 7 geohashers.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of October 2016 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 9 expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of October 2016 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 6 successful expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of January 2017 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 6 expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of June 2017 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 3 successful expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of June 2017 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 3 expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of June 2020 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 4 successful expeditions.
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The Buffalo, New York graticule (42 -78) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of June 2020 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 6 expeditions.
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Buffalo, New York earned the Two to the N achievement
by being the location of 27 attempted expeditions on 2018-03-31 42 -78 and is promoted to Level 7 (Expeditions).
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Buffalo, New York earned the Two to the N achievement
by being the location of 27 expeditions on 2020-02-24 42 -78 and is promoted to Level 7 (Coordinates reached).