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   | n  = [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
 
   | n  = [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
 
   | ne = [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]
 
   | ne = [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]
   | w  = [[Columbus, Arizona]]
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   | w  = [[Columbus, New Mexico]]
 
   | name = [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]
 
   | name = [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]
 
   | e  = [[Fort Hancock, Texas|Fort Hancock]]
 
   | e  = [[Fort Hancock, Texas|Fort Hancock]]
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The El Paso, Texas [[graticule]] is located around [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=31&long=-106 latitude 31, longitude -106].
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The El Paso, Texas [[graticule]] is located around {{Today's location|lat=31|lon=-106|text=latitude 31, longitude -106}}.
  
Most of the graticule is in Mexico and the city of Juarez. Fort Bliss and desert occupy much of the land that actually is in the US, making El Paso not the best place for geohashing.
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Most of the graticule is in Mexico and the city of Juarez. Fort Bliss and desert occupy much of the land that actually is in the US, making this graticule not the best place for geohashers without a [[border geohash achievement|passport]].
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This is the northernmost graticule containing the part of the international boundary defined by the course of the
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[[:category:Rio Grande]].
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== Local Geohashers ==
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* Drew
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* Leila
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== Notable Dates ==
  
==Notable Dates==
 
 
*2009-08-18: The [[globalhash]] was in Juarez City, north of the airport in the Del Real neighborhood.
 
*2009-08-18: The [[globalhash]] was in Juarez City, north of the airport in the Del Real neighborhood.
  
==Local Geohashers==
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== Expeditions ==
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* [[2013-08-26 31 -106]] -- 2 local geocachers have a try at geohashing, and succeed at the graticule's first documented expedition.
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* [[2015-09-05 31 -106]] -- [[User:Stadekxiel|stadekxiel]] gets lost in the desert on his first geohash.
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* [[2017-04-09_31_-106]] -- [[User:Gefrierbrand|Gefrierbrand]] finds the hash without GPS
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* [[2019-01-12 31 -106]] -- [[User:mwwilsons|mwwilsons]] first geohash in Anthony, TX
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== Achievements ==
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{{graticule unlocked
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|latitude = 31
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|longitude = -106
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|date = 2013-08-26
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|name = GPSMen and Updraft58
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}}
  
[[Category:Texas]]
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[[category:Texas]]
[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
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[[category:New Mexico]]
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[[category:Chihuahua]]
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[[category:inactive graticules]]
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[[category:Rio Grande|L]]

Latest revision as of 07:32, 20 March 2024

Deming, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico Alamogordo, New Mexico
Columbus, New Mexico El Paso Fort Hancock
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico Villa Ahumada, Mexico Hueso, Mexico

Today's location: not yet announced

The El Paso, Texas graticule is located around latitude 31, longitude -106.

Most of the graticule is in Mexico and the city of Juarez. Fort Bliss and desert occupy much of the land that actually is in the US, making this graticule not the best place for geohashers without a passport.

This is the northernmost graticule containing the part of the international boundary defined by the course of the category:Rio Grande.

Local Geohashers

  • Drew
  • Leila

Notable Dates

  • 2009-08-18: The globalhash was in Juarez City, north of the airport in the Del Real neighborhood.

Expeditions

Achievements

Graticule unlocked.png
GPSMen and Updraft58 earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (31, -106) graticule, here, on 2013-08-26.