I know I'm joining this party late, but I brought an extra one: 128 as follows row num cumulative side length 1 11 0.000 2 11 528.000 3 11 1056.000 4 11 1584.000 5 10 2041.261 6 11 2498.523 7 10 2955.784 8 11 3413.046 9 10 3870.307 10 11 4327.568 11 10 4784.830 12 11 5242.091 128 Now the real question, in light of the earlier discussions around "power trails"... is this a "power grid" ;) Tim Team AZFastFeet >After I corrected my dumb error, I came up with 127. You can make >one of the inbetween rows 11 as well and skip the triangles, but I >don't think there is enough to do it twice, so it only adds one. > >Bill > > >From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com >[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf >Of David Thompsen >Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:05 PM >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Major League Cacher and Cache Density > >Bill's right : there's room to double up some square rows in the >middle of the equilateral grid - probably enough to push the total >to 128 or 129. Mathematicians will have to provide the best answer. >Maybe I'll dump the question into the GC.com forums. > >--Dave, The Cow Spots > >Also, did you know?- >The maximum number of caches you can fit in a square mile is 100? >Well, that is IF GC.com actually stuck to their .1 >"ahem"..."guideline". > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.com > > >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Small Business - >Try >our new resources site! > >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.com