The 23-marker course designed by Ken Thompson from Orienteering SA includes four separate routes ranging from easy to quite challenging. Groups and individuals are able to follow the trail free of ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

Local naturalist Mary Ann Schlegel can't coax her 12-year-old daughter, Hyla, into taking a hike with her. But when mom suggests they do an orienteering course, the girl scrambles for her sneakers. "I ...

Graham Baird of Greeley hates running on the road, though he used to run road races. When the associate geology professor found out about orienteering, he was hooked. Orienteering combines hiking, ...

Mike Minium, a Butler County resident, serves as the event director of Orienteering Cincinnati. He has been participating in orienteering for many years and has received top-level awards for the sport ...

MERRIMACK – Outdoor lovers could find themselves off the beaten path if a new orienteering course lands at Horse Hill Nature Preserve. Milford resident Matthew Linford, a member of Boy Scout Troop 48 ...

With more than a century of history, the modern sport of orienteering has a language all its own. Here are a few key terms one might encounter while preparing a route or competing on a course: Attack ...

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A COUNTRY park may soon have a permanent new orienteering course if a community group can secure vital funds. The Friends of Jubilee Country Park are investigating the possibility of setting up the ...