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|n = [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]]
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|ne = [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury, CT]]
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|w = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA (North)]]
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|sw = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA (South)]]
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  | name = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
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The Newark [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=40&long=-74 40 N, -74 W].
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[[Image:NewarkRiverside.jpg|border|320px|left]]
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<!--[[Image:40 -74 easter egg.JPG|border|240px|left]]-->
  
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==Cities in this Graticule==
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== Our Graticule ==
  
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* Newark, NJ
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The Newark [[graticule]] is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous 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 ([http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/90den_stco.txt 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.
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* Jersey City, NJ
 
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* Trenton, NJ
 
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* Portions of New York, NY (Staten Island, Western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan)
 
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* near Philadelphia, PA (includes the Far Northeast)
 
  
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This may very well be the most densely populated graticule in the United States.  It is mostly New Jersey territory, and New Jersey is the mostly densely populated state{{fact}}.  In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.
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The New York Stock Exchange, where Geohashes are generated, is located in this graticule.  On {{egl|2019-02-04|40|-74|text=2019-02-04}}, the hash location fell approximately six blocks from it.
  
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== Local Geohashers ==
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{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 40 | longitude = -74 | date = 2008-06-16 | name = [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF]]  }}
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{{Most active graticule|month=May 2010|count=3|reached=true}}
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{{Most active graticule|month=August 2010|count=4}}
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{{Most active graticule|month=December 2013|count=4|reached=true}}
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{{Most active graticule|month=December 2013|count=5}}
  
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* [[User:Madalis|Madalis]]
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=== Quotable quotes ===
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* [[User:bjimba|bjimba]]
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*<b>A rum keg tapped at both ends.</b>
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* [[User:krip|krip]]
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::''-- Benjamin Franklin''
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* [[User:trntr|trntr]]
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*<b>The Tollbooth State</b>
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* [[User:TorsionalMetric|TorsionalMetric]]
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::''-- George Carlin''
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* [[User:Direwulf|Direwulf]]
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*<b>Only the Strong Survive</b>
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* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]]
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::''-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt''
  
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== Daily Locations ==
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== Suggested Meetup Locations ==
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Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up.  The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.
  
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=== 6/8/08 ===
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Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through [http://www.activegeohasher.com/ activegeohasher.com].
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Massachusetts Ave., Lakewood NJ. Near the US 9 / NJ 70 interchange.
 
  
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=== 6/7/08 - Saturday ===
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Meetups are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)
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Water.  Raritan Bay.
 
  
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=== 6/6/08 ===
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The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it [[2005-05-26 40 -74|here]]!
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Mallard Cove Road, Middle Valley NJ.  Looks like a BIG house on a BIG piece of property, overlooking the South Branch of Raritan River.   Steep ridge to the NW, looks like a great place for pictures.
 
  
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=== 6/5/08 ===
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* [[2023-07-16 40 -74|The Duke Island Park meetup]] didn't work out. Watch here for future suggestions.
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Vassar Ave, Lakewood NJ.  It's behind a big-box store, in the shopping center between Lakewood Airport and First Energy Park.
 
  
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=== 6/4/08 ===
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== Cities in this Graticule ==
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Auburn Road, Fairless Hills, PA.  Missed someone's driveway by about 2 feet.
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{|style="border-top:2px solid silver; border-right:2px solid gray; border-bottom:2px solid gray; border-left:2px solid silver;" cellpadding=6 width=360
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|'''New Jersey'''
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|'''New York'''
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|'''Pennsylvania'''
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| Newark
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| Staten Island
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| Torresdale, Philadelphia*
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| Jersey City
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| Lower Manhattan
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| New Hope
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| New Brunswick
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| Parts of Brooklyn
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| Levittown
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| Trenton
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| &nbsp;
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| Langhorne
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=== 6/3/08 ===
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&nbsp;* - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.
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Glen Ave, Glen Rock NJ, just south of Maple Avenue.  Looks like an undeveloped lot between two houses, a stone's throw from a NJ Transit line. Can anyone identify the school just north of there, is it Glen Rock High School?
 
  
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=== 6/2/08 ===
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== Active Geohashers ==
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Barclay Ct, Franklin Township NJ, just outside the Quail Brook Golf Course.  Wonder if anyone lost a ball there....
 
  
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=== 6/1/08 ===
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* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[Image:Minesweeper_geohash_6.png|20px]]
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Chestnut Hill Drive West, Indian Lake, Denville NJ.  I'm almost sure this is someone's back yard.  (My parents used to live on this street.)
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* [[User:Signore_Galilei|Signore Galilei]]
  
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=== 5/31/08 - Saturday ===
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::''See also: [[Newark, New Jersey/inactive|inactive or retired geohashers]]''
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Glennon Farm Lane, Califon?, NJ.  Near I-78, almost to PA border.
 
  
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=== 5/30/08 ===
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== Attempted geohashes ==
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Parking lot of Bristol-Myers Squibb offices on Route 206, just south of Princeton University.
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This list includes known expeditions from the current year. Apparently, any expeditions (?) from 2017 and 2018 were never recorded. Previous years are archived (see below). Click [[:Category:Meetup in 40 -74|here]] for the automated list.
  
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=== 5/29/08 ===
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* [[2019-05-26 40 -74|May 26, 2019]]: [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] rolls to South River.
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Water.  In Sandy Hook Bay.
 
  
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=== 5/28/08 ===
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* [[2023-07-16 40 -74|July 16, 2023]]: [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] ([[User talk:Jevanyn|talk]]) and [[User:Signore Galilei|Signore Galilei]] ''almost'' had a meetup in Raritan.
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Stanton Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ.
 
  
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=== 5/27/08 ===
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Archived geohashing expeditions: [[Newark, New Jersey/2008|2008]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2009|2009]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2010|2010]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2011|2011]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2012|2012]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2013|2013]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2014|2014]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2015|2015]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2016|2016]].
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Woods off Garden State Parkway Southbound, just past exit 100, Tinton Falls, NJ
 
  
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=== 5/26/08 ===
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== Links ==
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Just below I-287 near Far Hills, NJ.
 
  
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=== 5/25/08 ===
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{{egl|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|40|-74|text=Geohashing.info map}}
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In Haledon, NJ.
 
  
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=== 5/24/08 - Saturday ===
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[http://tjum.anthill.de/geohash.html Small Hash Inquiry Tool]
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Near Kirby's Mills, NJ  [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&output=html&hl=en&q=40.126648%C2%B0,+-74.547534&zoom=0&zp=OOOOOI | 40.126648°, -74.547534 ].
 
  
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=== 5/23/08 ===
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[http://www.bing.com/maps Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.
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Near Blawenberg, NJ.
 
  
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=== 5/22/08 ===
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[http://www.zillow.com Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.
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Berdan Avenue and Valley Road, Wayne, NJ.  Right next to the Point View Reservoir.
 
  
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[http://www.njtransit.com NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes
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A backyard in Fairless Hills, PA.
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And of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)
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[[Category:North America]]
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:Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.
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Wanted: a good bike-map website.  [http://www.njbikemap.com NJ Bike Map.com] is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.
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:Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.
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[[Category:New York]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:56, 20 March 2024

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

Today's location: not yet announced

NewarkRiverside.jpg

Our Graticule

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous 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.

The New York Stock Exchange, where Geohashes are generated, is located in this graticule. On 2019-02-04, the hash location fell approximately six blocks from it.


Graticule unlocked.png
 LangleyLGLF earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -74) graticule, here, on 2008-06-16.
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 This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of May 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 3 successful expeditions.
Mostactivegraticule.png
 This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of August 2010 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 4 expeditions.
Mostactivegraticule.png
 This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of December 2013 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 4 successful expeditions.
Mostactivegraticule.png
 This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of December 2013 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 5 expeditions.


Quotable quotes

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

Suggested Meetup Locations

Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up. The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.

Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com.

Meetups are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but 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 Torresdale, Philadelphia*
Jersey City Lower Manhattan New Hope
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Levittown
Trenton   Langhorne

 * - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Active Geohashers

See also: inactive or retired geohashers

Attempted geohashes

This list includes known expeditions from the current year. Apparently, any expeditions (?) from 2017 and 2018 were never recorded. Previous years are archived (see below). Click here for the automated list.

Archived geohashing expeditions: 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016.

Links

Geohashing.info 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 :-)

Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.

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

Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.
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