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: Matt

  • Lake Crabtree Open Sprint, June 26th

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    On June 26th, we are having an Open Sprint at Lake Crabtree Park. Starts are at the Dogwood Shelter (35.838807, -78.792700). Courses will open at 10am with a beginner class at 10:30am. The last starts will be at 12:30pm and pickup will start at 1:30pm. Registration is now closed. Everyone is invited. There will be…

  • Results, January 1, 2022 New Years Relay

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    On a New Years Day that was 25 degrees warmer than normal and perhaps even a bit muggy, 22 orienteers/11 teams competed in an event so new it defies categorization; it’s a Relay while at the same time being a Score O. Everyone seemed to enjoy the event and despite a potentially-confusing set of rules,…

  • New Years Relay, January 1, 2022

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    The New Years Day Relay returns on Saturday, January 1, 2022 in Dorothea Dix Park at the Oak Room pavilion (35.768799, -78.651344) and in a new format with a mass start at noon (12:00pm). Everyone should come early to form teams, hear the race briefing and Q&A at 11:30am, and get their maps at 11:40am.…