Backwoods Orienteering Klub

Have Fun in the Woods Orienteering… with the best maps in the world

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.

Author: Gheorghe Fala

  • Results-Dorothea Dix Sprint June 27, 2021

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    Almost 40 orienteers braved a hot June day in Raleigh to enjoy some short, fast sprints.The early starts had the advantage of relatively lower temperatures and more cloud cover, but everyone had plenty of humidity. Those who started later got to see the Pride parade down Umstead Dr. There was one obvious mistake by the…

  • Dorothea Dix Sprint June 27, 2021

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    On June 27, we will be holding an Open Sprint orienteering event at Dix Park in Raleigh. Everyone is welcome. We will not be offering beginner classes or instruction, but some courses are easier by virtue of being shorter. For those new to orienteering we can provide textual control descriptions. Register near the gazebo on…

  • Results-Sprint at Bond Park on Sunday, June 13th

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    Apologies for publishing results so late. The weather was absolutely perfect for mid-June. We had a good number of starts. There were several interesting coincidences: Jeff and Imre were separated by exactly 16 seconds for both sprints, and Imre was tied on second place with exactly the same time by Matt. Many thanks to everyone…