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.

Members event at Carolina Friends School, 22 October

On Saturday October 22, BOK will hold a Member event on a brand new sprint map of Carolina Friends School in Chapel Hill. This is event is open only to: (a) BOK members or (b) students, family, faculty, or staff of Carolina Friends School. Members of the school community will be charged $2 per person, to cover BOK’s costs. Please pre-register for this event here, preferably before Friday, October 21, so that we know how many maps to print. Two short (2.5 km) sprint courses will be offered on a brand new 1:5000 map. The school is located on Friends School Road, and registration will be in front of the main gym (GPS coordinates: 36.007172, -79.022180; Map here). Starts can be accommodated between noon and 2:00, with control pickup beginning around 3:00.