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, Eno River, Sunday 13 March

Registration for this event has closed.

Everyone is welcome to our event at Eno River State park on Sunday, March 13. We will offer courses for all skill levels — from beginner (white) to expert (brown, green, red) — and they will be open between 10:00 AM and noon  Registration and map pickup will be at the shelter near the loop parking lot (GPS coordinates = 36.073582, -79.007013).  When you register, you must sign up here for a specific half-hour timeslot. When enough people have registered for a given timeslot, it will be closed. Register here. Please note that the only spaces currently available for the 10:00 timeslot are for beginners who want to take the class.

We will provide an in-person beginner’s class at 10:30. If you have never orienteered before, and would like to take this class, you should sign up for the 10:00 timeslot when you register.  Plan on arriving to the park with enough time to get your map(s) and any rental equipment before attending the class at 10:30.

Tentative course information:

Beginner (White):  1.9 km; 8 controls.

Intermediate (Yellow):  2.8 km ; 10 controls.

Advanced (Orange): 3.4 km; 10 controls.

Expert short (Brown): 3.7 km; 12 controls.

Expert medium (Green): 5.5 km, 15 controls.

Expert long (Red): 7.0 km, 17 controls.

Control pickup will begin at 2:00, and any help will be greatly appreciated.