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.

Open Orienteering at Umstead North – Nov 5, 2023

We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, November 5, 2023.

Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at noon.

Sign up for this event before the deadline at 5:00pm on Friday, November 3rd. Registration is closed

Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the east of the parking area. (GPS = 35.871668, -78.759166)

The event starts at 11.30 am and everybody must finish by 3 PM.
We will have all regular courses from beginner to advanced, White through Red.

Help with control pick-up would be greatly appreciated.

Vladimir and Tatyana