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.
Everyone is welcome at this event. There will be two orienteering sprits with Long and short versions as well as a full Radio-O sprint.
We had a good turnout for an advanced event on a day that was great for orienteering. A little cool with occasional bursts of sun. We did have an issue with maps. They should have been printed at 100% (no scaling) on landscape orientation paper. Although I emphasized the need for not using shrink-to-fit, the […]
Read MoreOn 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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