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: Joseph

  • Schenck Forest Open Orienteering May 6, 2018

    Everyone is welcome at our Open Schenck Forest Event on May 6, 2018.  The event starts at noon and there is an introductory class at 12:30. We will have the following courses: White: 8 controls, 1.8km Yellow: 10 controls, 2.3km Orange: 8 controls, 2.9km Brown: 10 controls, 4.7km Green: 12 controls, 5.7km Red: 14 controls,…

  • Open Orienteering & ARDF events April 21-22

    On the weekend of  April 21-22, 2018 we will have an Open Orienteering event with all the courses on SUNDAY, and a Radio-Orienteering event (ARDF) on SATURDAY. Both days will be held on the Birkhead Wilderness map starting from 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC  (Turn around on the gravel pad at the end of the…

  • April 8 Open event at Carolina North

    We will have an OPEN event at Carolina North Forest on Sunday April 8, 2018. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Park at the parking lot of Orange County Health Department (2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) and follow BOK signs to the start, which is on a…

  • October 14 and November 11 schedule changes

    Chapel Hill Street-O now on Saturday 11/10/18, 10:00 AM The Chapel Hill Street-O is being moved from Sunday November 11 to 10:00 AM on Saturday November 10, 2018.  This will give us access to the bathrooms at the park. Open Event at Umstead North on Saturday 10/13/18, Noon Umstead Park has a conflict with our…

  • ARDF Training Week(s) Feb 17 to March 4th

    Illia Ivanko put on the most intense ARDF training camp in the US ever. We had 12 events over 16 days at 7 venues.  That was 6 Classics, 2 FoxOring, and 5 Sprint events. (One day we had 2 sprint courses.)  We had 6 new people try the sport and a couple of them are…

  • Eno River Open Event Feb. 18, 2018

    Everyone is welcome to our first public orienteering event at Eno River State Park, on Sunday, 18 February. Registration will be at the Fews Ford shelter, just west of the loop parking lot at the end of Cole Mill Road.  (GPS coordinates = 36.073616, -79.007005).  IMPORTANT:  DO NOT PARK IN THE LOOP PARKING LOT.  Instead,…

  • Umstead South Open Event Feb 4

    The event is going on as planned.  We will have a fire in the shelter to warm up at the shelter, but you should plan to carry a warm jacket and your cell phone in case you suffer an injury. Hypothermia is a possibility if you are hurt – be prepared! Umstead South is the…

  • Everyone Welcome Jan. 21 Umstead North

    We expect our “Open” January 21 event at Umstead Park to go on as scheduled. Umstead Park is supposed to open late today, Friday, 1/19/18, so there should be no problem for our event on Sunday.  Their closure information is on the Umstead Park Facebook page. We will have a full selection of courses from…

  • Advanced in-the-Forest Instruction

    The Classes are Full Here is an update with the Class Outlines.  There are still a few spaces left in both classes.  Registration is at the end of the article. Expert Class (Dave Waller) For people beginning or in the Brown, Green, or Red courses. Review of how to use a compass to (a) determine…

  • New Years Day Relay 2018

    This is our annual Members New Years Day relay.  There will be a mass start at Umstead West at 10:00 AM, so arrive early for the briefing.  Come with a partner or pick one up at the event. Be sure to register. Here is how the relay works…  Each team is composed of 2 runners,…