May 19th, 2026
We will have an open event at Lake Crabtree County Park on June 7, 2026, (1400 Aviation Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560.). Registration will be at picnic table between Beech Shelter parking lot, the boat house and volleyball court. Follow BOK signs – take a trail from the parking lot down to the lake and you won’t miss the start.
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This event is open to all skill levels. Start anytime between 10 am and 1.30 pm. Courses close at 2 pm when we start picking up controls. Be sure to check in at the shelter after your course so we know everyone made it back.
There will be 2 sprint courses available and you can run one or both of them in any order:
Sprint A – 1.5 km (White-Yellow level)
Sprint B – 1.7 km (Yellow level)
In addition to the sprint courses, we’ll have a 45-minute Memory-O course/challenge. It works just like Score-O, but you won’t be given a map. Instead, a map with the controls will be placed on a table at the start, and you’ll need to memorize it to find the controls in the park. You can return to this stationary map as many times as you want (within your 45-minute time limit) to refresh your memory. Each control you find is worth 2 points. However, there will be more controls in the park than on the Memory-O map — if you punch one that isn’t on the map, you’ll get minus 1 point. The penalty for being late is 1 point per minute. If you choose to do Memory-O, you must do it before running the sprints.
Beginners may prepare themselves by watching the videos on our Newcomer Information Page. If you need additional instruction or have questions, please ask one of the BOK volunteers at registration.
We always appreciate help with control pickup.
Tatyana and Vladimir
May 19th, 2026
We had great weather for our three-day event, featuring a full set of Radio-O and Orienteering. As usual, the expert runners said the courses were particularly challenging. Is that why it takes 3 days to set out all the courses? Of course the two Radio-O controls that had problems were the furtherst out, so many […]
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May 18th, 2026
Hot and dry conditions greeted about 50 regional orienteers on Sunday to one of our historically lesser-used venues, Raven Rock State Park. The park’s distance from the Triangle and its aging map have, over time, rendered it a once-per-year orienteering venue. All that changed on Sunday, as we unveiled a brand new map of the […]
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May 10th, 2026
Nice, warm day, open woods, relatively fast courses using rarely used north east side of the map. We had good turnout with several walk-in families exchanging their planned trail hike for a much more exciting orienteering course 🙂 Huge thanks to Matt Craig, Mirabel Shafrath-Craig and Alan Morris for helping with controls pickup. Tatyana and […]
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May 7th, 2026
On Sunday, May 17, 2026, we will host an OPEN orienteering event at Raven Rock. We will have all regular courses from beginner to advanced, White through Red. We’re pleased to introduce a brand new professional re-mapping of this area by Will Dickinson of Wild Terrain Navigation.
Upon arriving to the park, use the southern parking lot on the east side of the main road. Registration and starts for will be in the large shelter to the east of the parking area. (GPS = 35.461882, -78.911587)
Start any time after 10:00 AM and everybody must finish by 2:00 PM when we’ll start control pickup.
If you are new to orienteering we recommend that you check out these short videos to prepare for the event. We will have members of the club available to answer questions and help get you started if this is your first event.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Click the following button to go directly to the registration page. Register before 10pm on Friday, May 15.
We will use LIVELOX so you can see your route on the map after the event, along with everyone else on your course. LIVELOX is great because you can learn a lot about route choice, and it is fun to see how others’ choices affect their runs. The easiest way to use LIVELOX is to download the LIVELOX app to your phone. Then, when you start your course, open the app on your phone, click “Start Recording,” and then “Stop Recording” at the end of your run. Later in the day, the event will be published on livelox.com, where you can select your course for viewing. Uploading your route from your Garmin or Strava account is also possible.)
If you’re able, we always appreciate help with control pick-up.
Dave and Brian
