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: David Waller

  • Results — Eno River (17 Feb 2019)

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    FOUND: A turquoise Marmot jacket was left in the shelter. Claim it by identifying what was in its pocket. A cold and rainy Sunday saw about 80 orienteers enjoying the north and east side of Eno River State Park. The woods were open, and courses were very fast, rewarding strong running at least as much…

  • Pre-pay Open event at Eno River, February 17, 2019

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    Everyone is welcome to our event at Eno River State Park on Sunday, February 17. Check-in 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, just before getting to the…

  • Results for Ft. Macon

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    It was a pretty perfect day for orienteering in a brand new location, on a brand new map. Orienteers were treated to some deceptively technical control locations among the dunes at Ft. Macon. It was a very fun and unique event that we’ll hope to do again next year. We used a new SI system…

  • Members event at Ft. Macon State Park (Saturday, February 2)

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    This Saturday, February 2nd, we will have a special members-only event at Ft. Macon State Park in Atlantic Beach, NC.  Come orienteer among the dunes, and along the beach!  Carl Briscoe has designed beginner, intermediate and advanced courses as training for his cadets, plus a 90-minute score course including all of the controls.  BOK members,…

  • Results — Umstead Score-O

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      After a one-week snow delay, about 20 orienteers gathered at the multi-purpose trailhead at Umstead park for our fifth annual December score-O. Although the weather was generally perfect (mid 50’s and sunny), the ground was very soggy and creek levels were high. In some areas, creek crossings that are typically ankle-deep were up now…

  • Umstead Park, “Score” Orienteering, December 9th

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    ** Update:  This event has been successfully rescheduled for Sunday, 16 December.  All aspects of the event will be identical to what was originally planned — we’ll just start exactly one week later.  Thanks to Bill Duke and park management at Umstead State Park for letting this happen.  You can still register for this event…

  • Results for Chapel Hill Street-O

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        Chapel Hill Street-O, 10 November 2018  A chilly and clear day brought out several dozen orienteers to try their hand at an urban score-O in the streets and greenways of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.  It was especially great to see nearly 20 JROTC cadets from Davie Co. come out for some urban navigation…

  • Chapel Hill Street-O, November 10th

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    On Saturday, November 10 at 10:00 AM we will have an open urban orienteering event on the streets and greenspaces of Chapel Hill.   This will be a “score-O” in which competitors can chose which controls they visit and in which order, with different controls being worth different point values.  The competitor with the highest score…

  • Results for Eno River night-O

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        06 October 2018, Eno River State Park BOK’s very first event on a new map of the north side of Eno River State park was a night-O that featured two courses: an intermediate course, and an advanced one. Orienteers hiked out to the group camping area in the afternoon, and camped outside on…

  • Members Event, Eno River, 6/7 October

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    UPDATE:  The footbridge that crosses the small creek on the way to the camping area is closed because of hurricane damage.  Don’t plan on crossing this stream via the southern route — instead use the northern route (see map below). On Saturday and Sunday October 6 & 7, BOK will hold two Member events at…