Orienteering Raleigh NC

Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.

We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.

Open event at Umstead North – Sept 30

We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park North on Sunday September 30, 2018. Everyone is welcome.

The event starts at noon. We will have a beginners class at 12:30. Last starts at 2 PM. Everybody must finish by 3 PM.

We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White through Blue.
White 1.7km 10 controls
Yellow 2.7km 12 controls
Orange 3.5km 11 controls
Brown 3.8km 7 controls
Green 5.3km 9 controls
Red 7.3km 12 controls
Blue 9.3km 14 controls

If you are bringing a group of 5 or more people please preregister for this event NO LATER THAN 5pm Friday September 28.

We have a fillable PDF entry form which you can save on your computer and print to bring with you to the event. You can always find links to these in “BOK Information” links on the right of most BOK pages.

If you are stepping up to Orange, note that the control descriptions use images rather than words. See Control Descriptions and Map Symbols Explained for some help and an online quiz.

As always, help with control pick-up would be greatly appreciated.

Membership runs from September through August, so if you didn’t renew or join at the last meet, please do so at this one. Members also need to sign the annual waiver.

Directions

Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the E of the parking area.