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: misa

  • Lake Crabtree Results – May 7, 2023

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    What a fantastic day for orienteering! We don’t get a lot of days in May with low humidity and mild temperature. We had a decent number of people run both sprints, which were of comparable length and relatively short. General comments: Many thanks to Imre for vetting and adding streamers to the courses, and to…

  • Results – Umstead North, April 9, 2023

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    This event has been a true team effort. History: this event had been planned for April 2nd. However, the Park management noticed a conflict with the big Umstead 100 race, so we were forced to change to a different date. Easter Sunday was not ideal, but since we didn’t have an alternate location ready for…

  • Open Orienteering at Umstead North, April 9th, 2023

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    On Sunday, April 9th, BOK is hosting an Open orienteering event at UmsteadPark. Enter the park from Glenwood Avenue and follow the road past the Visitor Center, and the directions to parking for Potts Branch and Sycamore Trail. We will start from the Crabtree Shelter (35.8717237,-78.7591062). This event is open to all skill levels. There…

  • Results for Umstead North event on November 8

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    I (Mihai) apologize for posting the results so late. The event was run in parallel with a NJROTC event in the same area of the park. The advanced courses reused some of the controls set by Dave for the other event, which made the organization much easier (thanks Dave!). Also, not having seen the controls…

  • Umstead North Open Event, Saturday, October 8th

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    Everyone is welcome to the North side of Umstead State Park on Saturday, October 8th.Enter the park from Glenwood Ave./US 70; park here; and check-in at the large shelter, here  (GPS = 35.871668, -78.759166).  Registration is now closed. As a reminder, our annual passes expire at the end of August. It is a good idea…

  • Schenck Forest Results, August 14, 2022

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    We had a very mild summer day for our event at Schenck Forest – the cooler temperatures and the lower humidity were much appreciated! A few participants had so much fun, they decided to go for seconds (running a second course). Some observations: Courses White and Yellow: the control descriptions were not printed textual. Courses…

  • Open Event, Schenck Forest, Sunday 14 August

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    We will have an Open event at Schenck Forest. Please register before midnight Friday, August 12 so we can print the proper number of maps. We will have the usual assortment of courses: White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red. You can start any time after 10AM – this is our typical summer schedule as an…

  • Results for Schenck Forest, Mar 20

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    A nice cool day for orienteering. The vegetation at Schenck is ever-changing. A large section that was cleared within the last two years turned out to be fairly confusing for runners not expecting it. Many thanks to Will and Dave for the control pickup. Schenck 2022-03-20 Brown 3.7 km (13 Controls) 1 Jonathan Kross  …

  • Expert Event, Schenck Forest, Sunday 20 March

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    After a fairly long hiatus, we will be back at Schenck Forest for an Expert event. Please register before midnight on Friday so we can print the proper number of maps. We will have Brown, Green and Red courses. You can start any time between noon and 2PM. Courses close at 3PM, so please plan…

  • Open Sprint at Bond Park on Sunday, June 13th

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    We will have an Open Sprint at Bond Park on Sunday, June 13th. You can choose between a White course (1.7km) and one or both of the Sprint courses (around 2.3km each). The start will be at the Kiwanis shelter. If the parking lot is full, please be ready to park in any other parking…