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: Matt

  • Umstead Open Results 24 Sept

    For the start of a new orienteering season we had a great turnout, with both new people coming out and a number of people we hadn’t seen during the summer. The total unique starters was 85, but many of the NJROTC orienteers on the beginner course decided it was fun enough to try out a…

  • Open Orienteering at Umstead South, September 24, 2023

    Registration is now closed. On Sunday, September 24th, BOK is hosting an Open orienteering event at UmsteadPark at the Reedy Creek Entrance on Harrison Avenue. Follow the trail from theparking lot down the hill northwest of the parking lot to the big shelter,(35.838111, -78.760729). This event is open to all skill levels and there will…

  • Radio Orienteering World Championships

    This summer, BOK is proud to have athletes representing the United States in two international radio orienteering competitions. In late June, BOK sent a youth member to represent the US at the World Youth ARDF Championships. Check out her experience here. The adult US Radio Orienteering Team will head to Czechia for the 2023 World…

  • CNF Open May 14 – Results

    A good turnout of orienteers joined us at Carolina North Forest this Mothers Day to enjoy the opportunity for regular foot orienteering, radio orienteering and a new experiment with 10 100m dashes through the woods, dubbed “expressO”. We had 46 starts in total with several teams of 2, 3 or even 4 running on the…

  • Open Event – Carolina North May 14th, 2023

    May 14th, 2023 Backwoods Orienteering Klub will be hosting an Open event at Carolina North Forest. We will have courses for all abilities, beginner (White) to expert (Red), with starts from 11am to 1:30pm. There will be a beginner class at 11:45. Anyone taking the beginner class should arrive at 11:30 to check in and…

  • Results – Umstead South Feb 19th, 2023

    We had a great turnout for BOK’s latest open event at Umstead South; filled to capacity. There were about 7 no-shows, but the harrowing parking could have been partly to blame. Even when we arrived to set up at 8:30AM, the parking lot was one-third full. The weather cooperated, remaining cool enough to make running…

  • Open Orienteering at Umstead South, February 19, 2023

    On Sunday, February 19th, BOK is hosting an Open orienteering event at UmsteadPark, at the Reedy Creek Entrance on Harrison Avenue. Follow the trail from theparking lot down the hill northwest of the parking lot to the big shelter,(35.838111, -78.760729). This event is open to all skill levels and there will be a beginner class…

  • Results – Bond Park, August 27, 2022

    The turnout was good for this warm, humid summer night O; 32 starts with a few being teams of two or three runners. The JROTC cadets from Carteret County boosted the numbers and hopefully they made it home safely and not too late. Runners had 60 minutes to complete the course for 100 possible points.…

  • Night-O at Bond Park, Saturday 27 August

    Saturday, August 27th, 2022 we will be running a Night-O event at Bond Park in Cary. This one hour Score O will start near the Community Center’s parking lot 35.784622, -78.824880 This event is for anyone who has completed an advanced course. If you have never done a Night O before then Bond Park is…

  • Lake Crabtree Results 2022-06-26

    We had a good turnout for the middle of summer. Plenty of competitors decided to do more courses than they came prepared for, especially the Memory O, so that is worth trying again. It was fairly easy this time. The next Memory O event should offer an additional, more challenging version. Sprint A and B…