On Sunday March 9th, BOK is hosting an Advanced orienteering event at Umstead Park West. The entrance is on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This event is open to participants with some experience.

Registration will at 5PM. Friday March 7. Please don’t count on registration being open much beyond the deadline as we have a lot to do on Saturday. Remember that daylight savings starts this weekend!

This is the first time we have set an Orange course on this part of the map and it will be technically harder than most Orange courses, although somewhat shorter. There are no paths (more so it is more like a short Brown). The main linear features will be streams and re-entrants. A description of what level of difficulty to expect can be found on our newcomer’s page. 

If lost, head North-west until you hit the gravel road and then turn South.

Start window: 11:00am – 1:00pm. Remember that daylight savings starts this weekend!

The courses will close at 2:30pm.

The available courses are:

Orange (2.8km)
Brown (3.5km)
Green (5.4km)
Red (6.8km)

Location: 2337-2307 Old Reedy Creek Rd, Cary, NC 27513
GPS: 35.844772, -78.777725
Park on the shoulder on the east side of the road. Do not park at the gate or in front of the house at the gate on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This is a private residence.

There are no bathrooms or water at this location. The nearest bathroom is by the Old Reedy Creek Road Trailhead, 0.5 miles away. This is also the best place to park any buses as turning space near the registration point is limited.

Help with control pickup is always greatly appreciated.

Hope to see you there,

Ian Shields & Paul Emmerson

Livelox should be available. See QR code below.

On Sunday March 9th, BOK is hosting an Advanced orienteering event at Umstead Park West. The entrance is on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This event is open to participants with some experience. This is the first time we have set an Orange course on this part of the map and it will be technically harder, but shorter, than most Orange courses, as there are no paths (more like a short Brown). Instead the main linear features will be streams and re-entrants. A description of what level of difficulty to expect can be found on our newcomer’s page. If lost, orienteer North-west until you hit the gravel track and then turn South.

Registration will open soon and close 6.00pm, Friday 7 March 2025

Start window: 11:00am – 1:00pm.

The courses will close at 2:30pm.

The available courses are:

Orange (2.8km)

Brown (3.5km)
Green (5.4km)
Red (6.8km)

Location: 2337-2307 Old Reedy Creek Rd, Cary, NC 27513
GPS: 35.844772, -78.777725
Park on the shoulder on the east side of the road. Do not park at the gate or in front of the house at the gate on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This is a private residence.

There are no bathrooms or water at this location. The nearest bathroom is by the Old Reedy Creek Road Trailhead, 0.5 miles away. This is also the best place to park any buses as turning space near the registration point is limited.

Help with control pickup is greatly appreciated.

Hope to see you there,

Ian Shields & Paul Emmerson

Chilly, yet sunny day, difficult courses, fields of blooming wild daffodils.Also first time we used 2.5m map (thank you, Dave!), that revealed true steepness and ruggedness of this place. Huge thank you to Brian Pike, who finished Red course and immediately went back to pick all far away controls, and that’s extra 5K on top […]

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Everyone is welcome to our event at Eno River State Park on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
Please register here before 6:00 PM on Friday, February 28, to ensure we have enough maps.

On the day of event, you will first head to check-in at the Fews Ford shelter, just west of the loop parking lot at the end of Cole Mill Road (6101 Cole Mill Rd, Durham. GPS coordinates = 36.073616, -79.007005). Check-in is open between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.  This is where you pick up your map.

Beginner courses (White and Yellow) will have their start and finish at the shelter. All other courses will have a remote start. The remote start is about 300 meters from Fews Ford shelter, and you must cross the pedestrian hanging bridge to get there. Please do not run on this bridge.

You can start any time between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Make sure that you finish by 3:00 PM because we will begin clearing the courses at that time.

If you’re new to orienteering, you may want to attend our Beginner Q&A at noon. Make sure you give yourself enough time to check in and pick up your map before the Q&A. In the meantime, beginners can prepare themselves by watching our introductory videos at the top of this page.

The control descriptions for the beginner (white) and intermediate (yellow) courses will be in English. Advanced and expert-level courses will use symbolic control descriptions. If you need to brush up on what these symbols mean, you can do so here.

You must return to the check-in area at the Fews Ford shelter after completing your course. This is where we will download your results.

• Beginner (White) 1.6 km, map scale 1:5000
• Intermediate (Yellow) 2.2 km, map scale 1:5000
• Advanced (Orange) 3.9 km, map scale 1:10000
• Expert Short (Brown) 3.4 km, map scale 1:10000
• Expert Medium (Green) 5.6 km, map scale 1:10000
• Expert Long (Red) 7.4 km, map scale 1:10000

2m Radio-O

• We will also be holding a practice 2 meter Radio-O event
  • 2 available courses or you can combine both
    • 3 constantly transmitting transmitters on 3 different frequencies
    • 3 cycling transmitters on the same frequency
    • Start, finish, and beacon will be the same for both courses
  • Frequencies
    • TBD. Will be printed on the map.
  • 500m exclusion zone for start instead of normal 750m
  • Maps are landscape letter (8.5x11in) size. 1:10000 scale.
• There will be no scheduled beginner class. If you would like to try Radio-O we will be able to give some basic instructions.
• Radio-O LIVELOX: TBD

LIVELOX

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. You will be offered an event to choose from so you can see your and everyone else’s routes. (Instead of using the app, uploading your route from your Garmin or Strava account is also possible.)

Sunday was a great day for orienteering, and we had about twice as many competitors as we anticipated. Thankfully, there is plenty of parking at Jordan Lake and people enjoyed one or two middle-distance courses on its new map. Our attendance was aided by three always-welcomed JROTC units who came out (Pamlico, Carteret, and Cary) […]

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