The Dalles, Oregon
The central area of The Dalles graticule is taken up by Oregon's Hood River Valley, a lightly settled agricultural and orchard district. Its main town, Hood River, is set in the narrow Columbia River Gorge, as are White Salmon, Washington and The Dalles, Oregon, the other two larger towns in the area.
Although the Gorge is a transportation corridor and US highways 26 and 95 both cut through the graticule, much of the area is difficult to find access to. Hashpoints seem to often be on the other side of the creek, river, or cliff from the geohasher. Mountains of the Cascade range, including towering Mt. Hood, dominate the western half of the quadrangle, with the eastern edge starting into the dry canyon-cut wheatlands of North Central Oregon and Eastern Washington.
Expedition History
As of August 2011, this graticule has been hashed twice, both times on the Oregon side.
2011
2011-07-31 45 -121 -- Michael5000 makes an early morning visit to a hashpoint just off Highway 26.
Kydlt tried to visit a hash on 2011-05-22 but it was just north of where I was, that is, across the river. I was about 100 ft short. I see a pattern here.
Kydlt tried to visit a hash on 2011-03-02 but it was just south of where I was, that is, out in the river. I was about 100 ft short.
Kydlt tried to visit a hash on 2011-02-10 but missed. It was over the cliff & the other side of the creek. Does that make this an active graticule?
- I believe a graticule is considered inactive if it hasn't had any expeditions, even thwarted ones, in 6 months. So, it could be active. However, neither APR nor I considered it active after we hashed there since there's a small part of it we consider very accessible for us. You, however, are welcome to mark it active if you wish, since it is close to you. Jiml 15:07, 12 March 2011 (EST)
2010
Jiml and Aperfectring visited a hashpoint here on 2010-02-15, if you visited a hashpoint on an earlier date, award yourself the Virgin Graticule achievement, and let Jiml and Aperfectring know.
