Difference between revisions of "Newark, New Jersey"

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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

Coordinates for 2024-05-17: 40.8436556, -74.0066635

(2/4) A wooded field near Griggstown, Somerset County. It looks like a field that was once cleared, but was sown with rows of trees to re-fill the land. There do not appear to be any buildings within the property lines. It might be an orchard, part of a nearby farm, but I don't see an access road; I'm going to say it's unoccupied and reachable, perhaps an abandoned farm.

Best approach is from the end of Rosewood Ct, across the drainage area, and into the woods to the east.

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

Madalis
bjimba
krip
trntr
TorsionalMetric
Direwulf
Jevanyn
LangleyLGLF (When @Rutgers)
Esteban
Science Works!
sve
Zubenelgenubi
Mike
darko
jimpoz
RminusQ
Brandon 20px and his father
GISninja
BlastOButter42, but probably only if it's near the city and New York's isn't closer
AlexF
Knitting Duck
Flashbullzeye
Kyukket

Attempted geohashes

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Monday, February 1: A chilly evening geohash, but only two towns from home for Jevanyn.

Saturday, January 23: Saturday's geohash was a walk in the park, literally!

Tuesday, January 5: Jevanyn tried for a birthday geohash with his new GPS, but the location was not reachable.

Earlier geohashing expeditions have been archived here and here.

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-(2/3) Uncleared woods behind a farm on Bartley-Drakestown Rd., in Drakestown, Washington Township, Morris County. A few miles east of Hackettstown.
+(2/4) A wooded field near Griggstown, Somerset County.  It looks like a field that was once cleared, but was sown with rows of trees to re-fill the land.  There do not appear to be any buildings within the property lines.  It might be an orchard, part of a nearby farm, but I don't see an access road; I'm going to say it's unoccupied and reachable, perhaps an abandoned farm.
+Best approach is from the end of Rosewood Ct, across the drainage area, and into the woods to the east.
 <!-- For weekends, use fixed dates so that all three are available

Scranton, PA	Newburgh, NY	Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA	Newark	New York City
Philadelphia, PA	Atlantic City	39,-73
Today's location: not yet announced