Seattle, Washington

Victoria, British Columbia	Bellingham	North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park	Seattle	Snoqualmie
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Today's Location: [Seattle, WA]

The Seattle, WA graticule is at latitude 47, longitude -122. It completely encloses the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia, as well as the surrounding large cities. This graticule encloses most of the Puget Sound and essentially encompasses the major hub of western Washington.

Land usage

38.44%	Other Land/Fields
30.46%	Water
14.73%	Settlements
4.88%	Natural reserves
4.75%	Industrial/Military
4.01%	Near roads
2.73%	Near highways

If the geohash is close to shore, be sure to check the Tide Chart before you go.

Expedition planning is primarily on the discussion page.

Geohashes

Most recent (and future) geohashes on top, Saturday meetups in bold.

2009-05-07 47 -122 -- First Thursday meetup?

2009-05-05 47 -122 -- An empty lot with an address in Tacoma.

2009-05-01 47 -122 -- The back yard (former small orchard) of a house-for-sale near Bothell.

2009-04-27 47 -122 -- A front porch just south of the Woodland Park Zoo.

2009-04-19 47 -122 -- Next to a pool near Northgate Mall.

2009-03-23 47 -122 -- Robyn achieved a birthday hash in Port Ludlum.

2009-02-28 47 -122 -- On a sidewalk in front of a home in Tacoma.

2009-02-11 47 -122 -- Near Patterson creek, off Union Hill Road between Redmond and Fall City.

2009-02-06 47 -122 -- The bus lane of I-405, just south of the NE 70th place overpass.

2009-02-03 47 -122 -- On a hillside path near Blackman's Lake northwest of Snohomish.

2009-01-22 47 -122 -- The heart of Ballard, near the Community Center and Archie McPhee.

2009-01-17 47 -122 -- Near Green River Community College.

2009-01-13 47 -122 -- Twin Ponds park in North Seattle, just off I-5.

2009-01-10 47 -122 -- A gazebo in a south Mukilteo park.

All 2008 geohash expeditions.

The Seattle, Washington graticule (47 -122) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement in the category total expeditions by being the location of 52 expeditions from the start of geohashing until December 2008.

The Seattle, Washington graticule (47 -122) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 35 successful expeditions from the start of geohashing until December 2008.

...along with several monthly awards.

Local Geohashers

• AeroIllini lives in the First Hill area of Seattle and will try to make some 4pm meetups this summer.
• Angelina lives on Capitol Hill and wishes she had a boat to facilitate accuracy.
• Aptenodyte
• Austin Spafford is getting a GPS receiver in the mail, and is eager to attend any local meetings.
• Bara
• Ben lives in Puyallup.
• Bluesheep would be happy to join in a few saturdays this summer!
• bmvaughn lives in Ballard but has only a simple GPS on his blackberry.
• Charles
• Cahlroisse is most often free Saturdays until around 6 or 6:30. I also know a few other people who read the comic who I'm sure I can rope into coming with me sometimes.
• Catherio moves to Boston in August.
• User:chronomex will come within reasonable busing range from central Seattle.
• Dave.haku
• Dave LeCompte Drove past [the May 28th] location. I might make Saturday meetups if they're convenient to 405.
• Christian Campbell
• Dravendaughter lives in Bellevue and is just plain amazing. She also has Apples to Apples.
• Drewloid lives near Duvall and nearer to the the border between the Seattle and Snoqualmie graticules.
• Eehk lives right on the border between this and the Snoqualmie graticules.
• Emperor is in the South Seattle area
• Farlox is in downtown and is willing to head out to any scenic route on a saturday.
• FiveOfOh attends SPU, and will be around occasionally during the summer, and just might make a meetup if it's convenient.
• geekxx has an airplane which could make for some interesting adventures, and the ability to travel to other graticules.
• Greg has a Twister set!
• grishnav moved to Seattle from Portland, where he dabbled in Geohashing before. Hope to see you guys soon!
• Harlequin lives halfway between redmond and the middle of nowhere.
• HarlequinsDad lives less than 1 mile from the July 3rd hash location. Probably older than you.
• Jack lives in downtown Seattle and has a very small boat for geohashes on Lake Washington.
• Jedipus is eagerly awaiting his geocaching time this summer.
• JenBoi
• Jim McKeeth is in the Everett area (north). Frequently busy on Saturdays, but willing when it works out.
• kckd wrote the Geohash application for the iPhone.
• Kevin would like to Geohash from his home in Bellevue, but gas prices say otherwise until he gets a better job.
• Leoger lives in Cap Hill and is willing to go a reasonable distance and maybe carpool.
• Litho lives in Bremerton and works in Seattle.
• Marcy lives in Olympia, and sometimes visits Seattle on weekends. She's hoping to find other xkcd people in the southern part of this graticule.
• Mizu is a geosciences major at PLU in Tacoma. She may be spotted mumbling incoherently about granitic intrusions while ambling about most of Western Washington.
• mrbene has a bicycle and a downtown location and a bus pass. I'm pretty good at converting satellite views into physical location, from memory, a habit that feeds into itself.
• Narfy Lives in Issaquah and may not have a free weekend for awhile.
• NMcCoy lives in Tacoma and has limited access to transportation, but needs to get out more.
• Nukewaste Lives in Bremerton, and refuses to talk about himself in third person. ...dammit!
• Peter thinks this is the most challenging graticules for metropolitan areas.
• Rainst0rm sometimes brings the party favors.
• RedBeard lives in Shoreline, and has a ballpit in his house.
• Rocketgeek just relocated from the high nothing of California.
• SalusaSecondus lives in Queen Anne and denies everything.
• Shriver lives in Roosevelt and neglects to mention his part in the military/industrial complex.
• Sparkamusprime lives in Duvall and denies that SalusaSecondus is in denial.
• SparroHawc lives in Bellevue. He agrees with Peter; the Puget Sound will make things interesting for us.
• Stalefries lives in Everett, but will attend WWU in the fall. So I'll be hopping between the Seattle and Bellingham graticules.
• T. Management lives in Port Orchard and works for Goodwill, which eats up most of his Saturdays.
• Thom lives in Ballard and works in Bothell.
• Tony
• Trevor lives in Auburn and hopes a meeting will be nearby someday.
• Tyson Just installed the geohash app on his iPhone and is looking to explore.
• Vinay lives in Renton and should be able to make the meetups if they're close by.
• Whiskers lives on Queen Anne and may come if the location can be reached by bus. Also, can bake delicious things.
• Widdershins has a reliable GPS. As far as games go, airsoft might be an extremely fun option for many locations.
• Kellsbells is a UW student, has quite a bit of geocaching experience (complete with GPS!), and a lot of free time.

First Thursday Club

On the first Thursday of each month, all the major museums in Seattle are free. This would be a good time to get some culture, and maybe meet up with some people who like XKCD. Check the websites for current exhibits, to plan which ones you care to visit.

• Seattle Art Museum Downtown Seattle 10 AM - 9 PM
• EMP and Sci-Fi Museum Seattle Center 5 PM - 8 PM
• Seattle Asian Art Museum Capitol Hill 10 AM - 9 PM
• Museum of History and Industry Capitol Hill 10 AM - 8 PM
• Burke Museum of Natural History University District 10 AM - 8 PM
• Henry Art Gallery University District 11 AM - 8 PM
• Museum of Flight South Seattle/Tukwila 5 PM - 9 PM

Everyday free museums that are free everyday

• Frye Art Museum First Hill Hours vary, mostly 10 AM - 5 PM
• Klondike Gold Rush Museum Pioneer Square 9 AM - 5 PM