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(3/29) In a parking lot two blocks west of the Point Pleasant train station. Reachable. Shame the weather is lousy today.
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(3/30) In the woods west of Wolf Lake, near the Roseville section of Byram Township, Sussex County. Reachable, but again, the weather will be a factor.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:58, 30 March 2010

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

Today's location: not yet announced

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This page is maintained by Jevanyn. Automatic updates are not desired.

A rum keg tapped at both ends.
Benjamin Franklin
The Tollbooth State
George Carlin
Only the Strong Survive
Popular New Jersey T-shirt

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.

Locations

2024-05-17

Coordinates: 40.8436556, -74.0066635

(3/30) In the woods west of Wolf Lake, near the Roseville section of Byram Township, Sussex County. Reachable, but again, the weather will be a factor.


Retrohash

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

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

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
  • Tuesday, March 2: Geohashing party of sorts at Friendly's in the Princeton area.
  • Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.

Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out 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.

Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.