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'''[[2008-07-07 41 -72|2008-07-07]]''' 41.481984°, -72.357908° Coordinates located in backyard off Tater Hill Rd. in Millington CT near the Devils Hopyard State Park (One visit by [[User:Pixel|Pixel]])
 
'''[[2008-07-07 41 -72|2008-07-07]]''' 41.481984°, -72.357908° Coordinates located in backyard off Tater Hill Rd. in Millington CT near the Devils Hopyard State Park (One visit by [[User:Pixel|Pixel]])
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'''[[2011-10-09 41 -72|2011-10-09]]''' 41.403°, -72.618° Coordinates located in the woods to the east of Emanuel Church Road in Killington, CT. (One visit by [[User:asmiller-ke6seh|Seth]])
  
 
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'''2011-05-09:''' 41.7665°, -72.17898° Today's geohash is a perfect opportunity to achieve the Drive-by Geohash award. This geohash point is in the middle of the Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield Center, CT, as you travel eastward from Connecticut Route 195 before crossing Mansfield Hollow Lake.
 
'''2011-05-09:''' 41.7665°, -72.17898° Today's geohash is a perfect opportunity to achieve the Drive-by Geohash award. This geohash point is in the middle of the Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield Center, CT, as you travel eastward from Connecticut Route 195 before crossing Mansfield Hollow Lake.
  
'''2011-10-09:''' 41.403°, -72.618° Coordinates located in the woods to the east of Emanuel Church Road in Killington, CT. We traveled from home by car to Killington, Emanuel Church Road where we parked and crossed the road, entering into the woods. There where no trails, so we bushwacked as we followed the GPS, correcting direction as we advanced. We came upon a boggy stream which appeared to be too wide to cross without wading into deep mud. Walking a few feet southwards Rita decided that she was up to taking a reasonable risk, followed Seth across the narrowest place, crossing a rotting and mossy log, to a moss covered rock, and onto the other side. We then clambered up to a ridgeline overlooking a valley which descends steeply into a ravine with a small river, or large stream.
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'''2011-10-09:''' 41.403°, -72.618° Coordinates located in the woods to the east of Emanuel Church Road in Killington, CT.  
 
 
Paralleling the stream, traveling northward, we came upon the geohash point. We spotted a long abandoned green automobile. After posting the geohashing poster ("the Internet was here!") we proceeded along the old dirt road, only to discover that it entered the backyard of a private home. We begged the indulgence of one of the property owners and walked the rest of the way out, along their driveway and back up onto Emanuel Church Road, turning left and walking a little more than a tenth of a mile back to the car.
 
 
 
We stopped at Dairy Queen in Kensington on our way back home and had much deserved ice cream sundaes.
 
  
 
== Active Geohashers in Graticule ==
 
== Active Geohashers in Graticule ==

Revision as of 23:08, 9 October 2011

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Today's location: not yet announced

The Hartford, CT graticule is at latitude 41, longitude -72. In Connecticut the graticule includes all of Middlesex County and portions of Hartford County, New London County, Tolland County, and New Haven County. The graticule includes a large portion of Long Island Sound which may result in 'unattainable' spots, as well as portions of Long Island, NY.

Today's Location: [Hartford, CT]

Notable Dates

(Enter dates that have visits with links to the visit page here.)

2010-10-22: Coordinates located in the parking lot, on the east side of the Dunkin Donuts, across the street from the McDonalds, on Tolland Turnpike on the east side of Interstate Route 84 and west of Buckland Street, in Manchester, Connecticut. Actually, the geohash point is about three feet shy of the stop sign as you prepare to exit the parking lot next to the Dunkin Donuts. Drank my Starbucks while waiting to see if anyone would show. (One visit by Seth)

2010-10-09: Coordinates located in the woods of Sunset Rock State Park within site of the blue-blazed trail. The well-worn track detailed in the hash point description (see the section, below) is actually a natural gas pipeline right-of-way. (One visit by Seth)

2010-10-04: Coordinates located in the parking lot behind United Food and Commercial Workers Union 919 building, entry on Hyde Road, in Farmington, CT, just off of US Route 6. Posted "NO TRESPASSING". (One visit by Seth)

2010-09-29: Coordinates located across the street from the driveway of the Visiting Nurses Association, adjacent to St. Paul's Catholic High School, in Bristol, CT. (One visit by Seth)

2010-03-17: Coordinates located in a mowed lot near the airport in Windsor, CT (Sara and her son visited)

2010-03-07: Coordinates located in the trees near a road in Lebanon, CT (Sara and her son visited)

2009-11-03: Coordinates located in the trees at the edge of a field in East Windsor, CT (Sara was foiled by No Tresspassing sign)

2009-10-10: Coordinates located off the side of a road in East Haddam, CT. Most people at a hash in this grat so far - four people (Sara, her two kids, and Aunt Ruthie)

2008-05-26: 41.673128°, -72.607309° Coordinates located in South Glastonbury near CT River (One visit.)

2008-06-28 41.6581110°, -72.3656342° Coordinates located on Route 66 about 50 yards east of the intersection of Routes 85 & 66. (One visit by Pixel as part of a Four hash in one day 400 mile roadtrip)

2008-07-07 41.481984°, -72.357908° Coordinates located in backyard off Tater Hill Rd. in Millington CT near the Devils Hopyard State Park (One visit by Pixel)

2011-10-09 41.403°, -72.618° Coordinates located in the woods to the east of Emanuel Church Road in Killington, CT. (One visit by Seth)

Daily Locations

2008-06-14: 41.806746°, -72.038887° Coordinates located in Pomfret, CT, in the middle of the woods near Route 97. (No visits.) An alternate location was suggested at 41.794864°,-72.594910°, an empty lot in East Hartford, CT. (Two visits.)

2008-06-16: 41.401592°, -72.189481° Coordinates located beside someone's pool in Waterford, CT. (No visits. Unknown if the homeowner went swimming that day.)

2008-06-21: 41.979317°, -72.613963° Coordinates located in someone's front yard at 118? East Street, Suffield, CT. (No visits, though chances are that the lawn was mowed, as it is a Saturday.)

2010-09-24: 41.462504°, -72.647579° Coordinates located west of Higganum Road in Durham, CT in Miller's Pond State Park. Google Maps arial photo indicates that it is a stone's throw south from a dirt track which crosses Higganum Road.

2010-09-25: 41.14739°, -72.602228° Coordinates located approximately 9 miles south of Madison Center, CT, in the middle of Long Island Sound, south of the New York State border. (Anyone have a large boat?)

2010-09-26: 41.238791°, -72.419204° Coordinates located south of Salt Works Bay, near Westbrook Center and Saybrook Manor, CT, approx 2.6 miles out to sea. (TWO days in a row in Long Island Sound!?)

2010-09-27: 41.98771°, -72.44524° Coordinates located in Somers, CT, northeast of CT routes 83 and 190, in a field. (This looks to be just about the most northern Geohash in our graticule.)

2010-09-28: 41.76539°, -72.35183° Coordinates located in Nathan Hale State Forest, north of the red blazed trail running west of the Nathan Hale homestead, and south of South Street. (Rats! I wish I was off from work, today.)

2010-09-29: 41.70099°, -72.91356° Coordinates located on Maltby Street, across from the driveway to the Visiting Nurse Association, adjacent to St. Paul's Catholic High School, in Bristol, CT. (There is now a "The internet was here!" poster hanging from a vine in the bushes.)

2010-09-30: 41.65815°, -72.33515° Coordinates located in a wooded area in Columbia, CT, south of State Route 66 and east of State Route 85. (appears to be accessible from SR 85 by going past the end of Kinney Road, and along what seems to be likely a dirt road extension of Kinney Road)

2010-10-01: 41.9964°, -72.61091° Coordinates located in a field south of Thompsonville Road in Suffield, CT, north and east of CT Route 190.

2010-10-02: 41.34213°, -72.23755° Coordinates located north of West Society Road in East Lyme, CT behind what appears to be private property behind a McMansion. (Suggest that we consider the sidewalk, adjacent to the rock wall, be the meet point.)

2010-10-03: 41.83627°, -72.69149° Coordiantes located on E Wintonbury Ave in Bloomfield, CT, in the stand of woods between two homes, about 90 feet NNW of the road and about 180 feet ESE of Parents Way. (The approach from E Wintonbury Ave is less likely to disturb area residents.)

2010-10-04: 41.70334°, -72.85405° Coordinates located in the parking lot behind United Food and Commercial Workers Union 919 building, entry on Hyde Road, in Farmington, CT, just off of US Route 6. Posted "NO TRESPASSING".

2010-10-05: 41.01606°, -72.52995° Coordinates located among a group of boats, in a vineyard apparently owned by Sherwood House Vineyards, SE of Oregon Rd, off of Elijahs Ln, in Mattatuck, NY, on the North Fork of Long Island. (Either you take a long drive around Long Island Sound, or take the ferry from New London, CT to Orient Point, LI, NY.)

2010-10-06: 41.73399°, -72.2197° Coordinates located approximately 420' west of the track, lacrosse, and field hockey field at Eastern Connecticut State University, off of Mansfield City Road and north of US 6, in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. (If there where more geeks and nerds on this campus, we could have had a record-setting day in our graticule, today.)

2010-10-07: 41.55174°, -72.65019° Coordinates located adjacent to 2-98 Glynn Ave, in Middletown, Connecticut, in the area south of Wesleyan University and Middlesex Hospital, just west of Connecticut State Route 17.

2010-10-08: 41.83289°, -72.93655° Coordinates located in the roadway of Village Lane in front of the second to the last home on this road, in Canton, CT. This is a dead end road, south of US Route 202 and west of Powder Mill Road. (Here's an opportunity for earning the SPEED RACER Achievement.)

2010-10-09: 41.64274°, -72.83596° Coordinates located within Sunset Rock State Park, approx 400' WNW of a well-worn track which proceeds north from N Shuttle St/Reservior Rd. This is also accessible from the north from adjacent to the rock quarry visible from the I-84/State Route 72 interchange. (This was a perfect weekend for a meetup at this location. While you are going, be sure to stop at Rogers Orchard for apple cider - YUM!!)

2010-10-10: 41.94518°, -72.8512° Coordinates located in a stand of evergreen trees, almost 500' south of Weed Hill Road in West Granby, Connecticut. There appears to be a well-worn track (maybe an old dirt road) a stone's throw from the left-hand turn on Weed Hill Road which is about 500' west of the geohash point. (Another good meet point for Sunday, if you are so inclined.)

2010-10-11: 41.72455°, -72.28202° Coordinates located in a small body of water, adjacent to a natural gas pipeline in Coventry, CT. Pipeline is accessible NW of the geohash point from the Hop River State Park Trail, which runs along a former rail line. (This is a good opportunity to approach the hash point by bicycle ... you might need to wade into the water to get to the hash point - ha ha.)

2010-10-12: 41.75473°, -72.39806° Coordinates located adjacent to Hutchinson Road in Andover, CT. This road runs parallel to US Route 6. It is a rural farm area.

2010-10-13: 41.80883°, -72.07656° Coordinates located just outside of Natchaug State Forest, and about 1200' off of Airline North State Park Trail (a former rail line) in Hampton, Connecticut. (Beware! This may be on private property. This is another opportunity to approach the hash point by bicycle.)

2010-10-14: 41.67603°, -72.0185° Coordinates located in woods to the east of a farming field, adjacent to Water Street in Canterbury, Connecticut. (This may require trespassing on private property - be aware of signs or other indicators of such.)

2010-10-15: 41.51548°, -72.40156° Coordinates located about half a mile from the Moodus Reservoir, about a quarter mile north-northwest of E Haddam-Colchester Turnpike in Moodus, Connecticut. (It appears to be on private property at the back end of a large lot with access off of Mott Lane.)

2010-10-16: 41.69376°, -72.81756° Coordinates located west of Interstate Route 84, in a largely inaccessible area east of Batterson Park, in Farmington, Connecticut. (This one will be a real challenge. While it is less than two miles from my home, I am glad that I have an excuse to not try this one: we are having an engagement party for our older daughter at our house that afternoon. -Seth)

2010-10-17: 41.634°, -72.87076° Coordinates located in the far right eastbound lane of Interstate Route 84, Queen Street exit, in Southington, Connecticut. (I pass through this point every weekday evening on my way home. -Seth)

2010-10-18: 41.33636°, -72.30262° Coordinates on private property to the west of a driveway off of Whipporwill Road, in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

2010-10-19: 41.14171°, -72.2072° SPLASH! Coordinates located east of Southold, Long island, New York. (You'll need a boat.)

2010-10-20: 41.39012°, -72.97131° Coordinates located east of Connecticut State Route 69 (Litchfield Turnpike), in a stand of woody scrub forest, in Woodbridge, Connecticut. (Downs Road, just to the east of the geohash point, was the turn to my home in Mt. Carmel when approaching from the west. Lake Watrous was named after the great grandfather of a childhood friend, Wayne Watrous.)

2010-10-21: 41.11144°, -72.85612° !!BIG SPLASH!! Coordinates located in the middle of Long Island Sound, south of New Haven Harbor, just over the New York state line. (You're going to need a pretty big boat for this one; anyone know Tiger Woods?)

2010-10-22: 41.79706°, -72.55502° Coordinates located in the parking lot, on the east side of the Dunkin Donuts, across the street from the McDonalds, on Tolland Turnpike on the east side of Interstate Route 84 and west of Buckland Street, in Manchester, Connecticut. (Meet at Dunkin Donuts?)

2010-10-23: 41.09983°, -72.54847° Coordinates located in the eastern end of Long Island Sound, about 7 miles offshore of Peconic Bay, New York on a line out to Guilford, Connecticut. (Do you still have the boat from Thursday?)

2010-10-24: 41.82263°, -72.01833° Coordinates located in a wooded area almost a mile southeast off of Connecticut State Route 97, accessible off of a farm road off of Carter road (farming country).

2010-10-25: 41.0693°, -72.67627° Coordinates located approximately 6.5 miles north-northeast of Mattituck, Long Island, New York. (We could be good friends with Tiger Woods, by now.)

2010-10-26: 41.11884°, -72.05943° Coordinates located about two miles northeast of Gardiners Island, off the east end of Long Island, New York and south of New London, Connecticut. (Where is Tiger when you need him?)

2010-10-27: 41.82209°, -72.29692° Coordinates located off of the campus of the University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus, near a home on Forest Road, west of the University campus area.

2010-10-28: 41.04494°, -72.1481° Coordinates located at the eastern end of the south fork of Long Island, in Easthampton, New York, in the vicinity of Springs Fireplace Road and Old Fireplace Road a short walk from the northeast facing beaches. (If this were summer, you'd have the chance of a snowcone on an August sidewalk of getting near the place.)

2010-10-29: 41.63817°, -72.40527° Coordinates located in a small wood approximately a a half mile south of Connecticut State Route 66 (W Main St, Amston, Connecticut). May be accessible through the end of Papermill Road, along an old road track and then east for about two to three hundred yards.

2010-10-30: 41.82777°, -72.26249° Coordinates located north of the center of the University of Connecticut in the town of Storrs, Connecticut, behind a private house along the south side of US Route 44 (Middle turnpike), just east of Connecticut State Route 195 (Storrs Road). Too bad Kathy-Johns is closed down.

2010-10-31: 41.47923°, -72.62181° Coordinates located east of Foot Hills Road, east of Durham, Connecticut - and though accessible through a driveway at the end of Oxbow Road, I would advise you look very carefully for NO TRESPASSING signs, here-abouts.

2010-11-01: 41.89971°, -72.46252° Coordinates located at Kloter Farms furniture company (http://www.kloterfarms.com/) in the back, near the intersection of Connecticut State Route 83 (Somers Road) and Connecticut State Route 286 (Main Street) in Ellington, Connecticut. (This appears to be an inventory area for outbuildings - and may be accessible to the public ... but you probably have to ask.) Where to eat: Chuck Wagon Restaurant, 12 Church St, Ellington, CT 06029-3302,(860) 872-3950 ‎

2010-11-02: 41.72158°, -72.06958° Coordinates located adjacent to 325 Pudding Hill Rd (Connecticut State Route 97) in Hampton, Connecticut, to the right of a driveway and several steps off of the road. Where to eat: No place nearby, so plan on heading in to Willimantic to eat.

2010-11-03: 41.72073°, -72.19248° Coordinates located in a parking lot at an apartment complex on Jeffrey Road, in Willimantic, Connecticut, less than a mile east of Eastern Connecticut State University, southeast of Connecticut State Route 66 (Boston Post Road). Where to eat: Olympic Restaurant, 58 Boston Post Road, Willimantic, CT, (860) 450-0555. Two-tenths of a mile from the hash-point.

2010-11-04: 41.77852°, -72.64665° Coordinates located in a wooded area, east of the Connecticut River and west of US Route 44. Best access is from Village Street or Jerrick Stree, in East Hartford, following a cleared grassy area which parallels the river, heading north and then east, crossing the railroad tracks, and then northeast, approaching the hash point from the northwest, and then about 100 feet into the woods. Where to eat: Triple-A-Restaurant, 1209 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, (860) 289-1685. Less than a half mile from the hash point.

2010-11-05: 41.47144°, -72.41446° Coordinates located in somebody's back yard, on Connecticut State Highway 424 (Mt. Parnassus-Millington Road), about three miles east of the Connecticut River and about a mile south of Bashan Lake, in Haddam, Connecticut.

2010-11-06: 41.40257°, -72.12557° Coordinates located in the woods, near the edge of a field on what appears to have been a working farm, off of Millers Pond Road, about a half of a mile west of Connecticut State Route 32 in Central Waterford, Connecticut.

2010-11-07: 41.76098°, -72.55106° Coordinates located in an industrial area on what appears to be the property of a construction materials company on Bidwell Street, in central Manchester, Connecticut, south of Interstate Route 384. Take the Kearney Street exit, south, to Bidwell Street on the right.

2010-11-08: 41.59813°, -72.25207° Coordinates located in a field on private property in front of a large home on McCall Road between Connecticut State Routes 2 and 207, in Lebanon, Connecticut. Probably not a good idea to trespass on private property.

2010-11-09: 41.34766°, -72.46008° Coordinates located in the back yard of a private home on Brooks Lane (dead end road), in Ivoryton, Connecticut, south of Bushy Hill Pond, west of Connecticut State Highway 602 (North Main Street), less than a mile west of the Ivoryton Playhouse.

2010-11-10: 41.76314°, -72.96217° Coordinates located west of Nassahegon State Forest, in a backyard of a home on Cornwall Road, off of Geroge Washington Turnpike, east of Connecticut State Route 69 (Milford Street) and south of Connecticut State Route 4 (Spielman Highway), in Burlington, Connecticut.

2010-11-11: Veterans Day 41.60997°, -72.42288° Coordinates located in the Salmon River Forest, east of the Salmon River, and north of Connecticut State Route 2, approximately 200 yards west of Jerry Daniels Road and about 500 yards north of South Main Street, in Marlboro, Connecticut. This will probably require a bushwack through a little bit of forest.


Daily entries curtailed for the off-season. Only strange, unusual, and notable hash points will be entered during this time.


2010-11-23: 41.94969°, -72.6727° Coordinates located just off the side of Runway 24 at Bradley International Airport. This is a high security area, so you will be hard pressed to reach this point, unless you work for airport security or are on a jet which runs off of the side of the runway, in which case you would be lucky to walk away.

2010-11-24: 41.46165°, -72.56389° Coordinates located on the western sidelines of the football field of Haddam-Killingworth High School, Little City Road off of Connecticut State Route 81. The hash point is at the 25 yard line at the northerly end of the field. This is an easy geohash.

2011-01-24: 41.46151°, -72.25055° Coordinates located in the middle of a pond on the southwest of Route 85 (New London Road), in Salem, Connecticut. Normally this would require a short swim, or the use of a boat, canoe, inner tube, or other floating device. Today you had the rare option of walking on the water. I didn't take advantage of this opportunity because it was REALLY COLD today. This could be considered an easy geohash ... if you are a polar bear.

2011-03-13: 41.94352°, -72.68502° Deja Vu! (see 2010-11-23) Coordinates located just off the side of Runway 24 at Bradley International Airport. This is a high security area, so you will be hard pressed to reach this point, unless you work for airport security or are on a jet which runs off of the side of the runway, in which case you would be lucky to walk away.

2011-05-09: 41.7665°, -72.17898° Today's geohash is a perfect opportunity to achieve the Drive-by Geohash award. This geohash point is in the middle of the Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield Center, CT, as you travel eastward from Connecticut Route 195 before crossing Mansfield Hollow Lake.

2011-10-09: 41.403°, -72.618° Coordinates located in the woods to the east of Emanuel Church Road in Killington, CT.

Active Geohashers in Graticule

Records

Consecutive Arrivals - 0
Consecutive Saturdays - 0
Most People - 4
Geohasher with most arrivals - Seth just passed you guys up with FOUR hashpoints in this graticule. Sorry Pixel, Sara, and Sara's Son, all who have been to ONLY three hashpoints in this graticule.'