Hartford, Connecticut

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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.)

2010-03-17: 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)

2010-09-29 41.70099°, -72.91356° 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)

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, adjacent to St. Paul Catholic High School, in Bristol, CT. (I'm going to do a dash, over my lunch break, today -- and bring a "The internet was here!" poster with me to leave behind. This will be my first Geohash; the geohash point is just about 15 minutes from my job, so I almost have enough time to go there and back!! I wonder if there is a Geohash Dash Badge?)

Active Geohashers in Graticule

Records

Consecutive Arrivals - 0
Consecutive Saturdays - 0
Most People - 4
Geohashers with most arrivals - Pixel, Sara, and Sara's Son have all been to three hashpoints in this graticule.