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Harris Lake County Park Advanced Orienteering Nov 15, 2026

NEW VENUE! NEW MAP! NEW EVERYTHING! Harris Lake County Park has been mapped and BOK will host its first event there as an advanced meet, open to any who have previously successfully completed an advanced or expert course. Orange, Brown, Green, Red, and yes, even a diabolical Blue course will all be available as options. […]

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Results for open orienteering at Umstead Park North on Nov 1, 2026

Our apologies for the late production of the results and the accompanying LIVELOX results.We had a lovely day for orienteering at Umstead N on Sunday. There was a good turnout and the weather was perfect. Not so the organiser, as I managed to leave our box of rental finger sticks at home and had to […]

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BOK Annual Meeting Nov. 11, 2026

Our Annual Meeting will be Wednesday, Nov 11, 2026. We have a Pizza Dinner at 6 and Meeting at 7. We will plan our 2027 event schedule.

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Results – Schenck Forest October 25th, 2026

We had a beautiful sunny day at Schenck Forest, with temperatures in the mid-60s, perfect weather for orienteering! Alan and I were a little nervous about sharing the roads and potentially parking with NC State Fair traffic, but thankfully, it didn’t seem to cause much trouble for most people. We had prepared six courses and […]

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Open orienteering at Umstead Park North on Nov 1, 2026

We will have an open event at Umstead Park North on Sunday November 1, 2026. Enter from 8800 Glenwood Ave. From 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 E of the […]

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Results – Gray Owl 3 day Oct 16-18

This was a terrific weekend. It went from summer through fall into winter. Friday was HOT. One person came back with heat stress. Then it poured Friday night for a cool drizzly Saturday morning clearing up in the afternoon, and a cold Sunday. We built a fire in the fire pit and stood around for […]

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Open Orienteering Schenck Forest Sunday, October 25th, 2026

We will have an OPEN event at Schenck Forest on Sunday, October 25th, 2026. Register HERE before Friday, October 23rd, at 6:00 PM. Registration is now closed. Updated 10/24/2026: Directions and parking: Directions from I-40: Take Edward Mills Exit and head north on Edward Mills Rd. Turn left on Reedy Creek Rd and another left […]

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Results — Old Skool 2026

Most of our region’s best adventure racers came out to Falls Lake to enjoy 8 hours of trekking, paddling, and biking. With a hurricane passing to our west, the weather was iffy and we learned the night before the race that the park would be closing the mountain bike trails. Bikes could still be used […]

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Old Skool Adventure Race, 2026

On Sunday, October 11 we will hold our annual 8-hour adventure race at Falls Lake State Recreation .
Registration Deadlne 5PM October 8

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Results Oct 4 – Umstead S Open-Orienteering & 2m Radio-Orienteering

On Friday, the forcast was for rain all day, and by Sunday it stopped before 10am and stayed cool and “dry” for the rest of the day. OK, the humidity was about 100%. Those who commented thought the courses were tough, there were some, but not too many DNFs. A big thanks to Dave Waller […]

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