Next Events

• Lake Crabtree Open Sprints and Memory-O – June 7, 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 […]

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• Dorothea Dix Park Sprints, Saturday, June 27, 2026

  • Event Type: Open Sprints
  • Event Date: June 27, 2026
  • Event Director: Mihai

  On Saturday, June 27, we will be holding a Sprint orienteering event at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh. You can start any time between 10:00AM till 12:00 noon, and everybody must finish by 1:00PM. The start and finish will be near the gazebo on Umstead Drive (35.771244, -78.661292), 125m West of Hunt Dr. All skill levels […]

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• Radio Orienteering Umstead West 11 July 2026

  Get ready for Mount Hood! Practice Radio Orienteering at this 2m Classic short course and Sprint!

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• BOK Information

  • Annual Pass Information
  • BOK Store – Register for Events & Purchase Annual Passes & Finger Sticks
  • BOK's Radio Orienteering Page
  • Electronic Punching
  • Event Locations
  • Event Results
  • Finger Stick and Equipment Information
  • Join the BOK Notice List
  • Latest News
  • Newcomer Information
  • Payment & Registration for Events that Require Registration or Pre-Payment
  • Understanding the Results
  • What Does it Cost $

• Radio Orienteering - ARDF

  • BOK's Radio Orienteering Page
  • Radio-O Course Setting Guidelines
  • Radio-O Course Types Explained
  • Radio-O Training Exercises
  • Radio-O USA Rules
  • Roccy, The Radio Orienteering Cyber-Coach
  • Subscribe to the ARDF-USA mailing list
  • The ARDF International Championship Rules (Region I)
  • The ARDF Region II Home Page
  • The History of ARDF in North America

• DogScent Orienteering

  • DogScent Information Page

• External Links

  • IOF – International Orienteering Federation home page
  • National "A" Meet Event Calendar
  • Orienteering USA
  • Orienteering USA – Rules of Competition
  • Orienteering USA Club Resources
  • Rogaine home page
  • Vendors of Orienteering Equipment

• Learn Orienteering Skills

  • Advanced Class Syllabus – Yellow to Orange
  • An Orienteering Class (Video 14:24)
  • An Orienteering Map Explained (Video 3:52)
  • An Orienteering Thumb Compass Explained (Video 1:26)
  • Course Characteristics & Design Details
  • Map and control symbols
  • Online book to teach kids Orienteering
  • Orienteering Videos on the OUSA website
  • Training resources from Orienteering USA
  • Training resources from Orienteering USA

• Help Run an Event

  • Attaching the SI-box to a control
  • Guide to Hosting a BOK Event
  • How to time-synchronize the SI start, finish and control boxes.
  • Orienteering Site Selection
  • Using SI-Droid event equipment

• BOK Tidbits

  • BOK’s Early History
  • How BOK Checks Controls for a National "A" Meet
  • Index to BOK Meetings
  • Results Index including Old Archived Event Results
  • The Story of Cliff Robertson (Written in Control Descriptions)

• O-Blogs from Members

  • Vladimir Stemkovski – Orienteering in NC

• Other SE United States Clubs

  • Carolina Orienteering Klub
  • Central Virginia Orienteering Club
  • Florida Orienteering Club
  • Georgia Orienteering Club
  • Quantico Orienteering Club
  • Soggy Bottom Boys Racing – Rogaine Events
  • Vulcan Orienteering Club
  • Western North Carolina Orienteering Klub