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: (12/8) Today's geohash takes us to Morganville in Middlesex County.  It's behind the backstop of a baseball/softball field at Marlboro Little League athletic complex, on Tennent Road.
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: Close to Lambertville again!  This time it's in the D&R Canal State Park north of the city, close to the river.  If you follow the trail north from town, it will take you over the canal and out to a break in the trees toward a boat landing; the geohash is 20m north of the break and 30m from the river itself. Also, check out the fun image interface artifact in Google Maps on the Pennsylvania side of the nearby 202 bridge. On one hand, you can avoid the tolls to cross the river, on the other hand, there might be some trouble.
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: Close to the Delaware again: At a bend in the road on West Avenue, in Delanco Township, Burlington County.
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: A farm in the Holcomb Mills neighborhood of Raritan Township, west of Flemington, in Hunterdon County.
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Revision as of 17:10, 9 December 2009

NewarkRiverside.jpg
Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA Newark New York City
Philadelphia, PA Atlantic City 39,-73

Today's location: not yet announced

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.

Daily Locations

For 2024-05-17: 40.8436556, -74.0066635

(12/9) Behind the houses on Locust Avenue in Emerson, Bergen County. Extreme northeast corner of the graticule would have been convenient for New Yorkers or Nutmeggers who wanted to visit, but it's on private property.


Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps (with Bird's Eye view)]

[Zillow] real estate valuation site so know if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey New York Pennsylvania
Newark Staten Island New Hope
Jersey City Lower Manhattan Levittown
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Langhorne
Trenton    

Local Geohashers

Attempted geohashes -- 2009

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
  • Saturday, October 10: I don't know why I thought one hour was enough time to find a geohash in a swamp. Even in Woodbridge.
  • Tuesday, June 2: The geohash is only a couple of miles from Jevanyn's house, so he's going to try to bike there, if the weather cooperates.
  • Monday, May 11: Jevanyn planned on a bicycle geohash 7 miles from work, but he didn't plan on getting squished by traffic on the way there.

2008 geohashing expeditions have been archived.