As staff at Harris Lake County Park in southwestern Wake County looked for ways to keep visitors engaged during the pandemic last year, they dusted off an orienteering trail that an Eagle Scout ...

Google Maps, MapQuest and even Waze won’t help here. The Los Angeles Orienteering Club is inviting the brave — or at least those willing to put their smartphones away for a day — to take on its ...

With a map tucked under his arm and a compass held out at waist level, Scott Smith of East Rowan High School twists the compass dial until the hollow, arrow-shaped indicator lines up with the red ...

Residents who want to get their bearings in the new year might want to check out an orienteering activity that Trout Lake Nature Center in Eustis is putting on at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Orienteering is a ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

With more than a century of history, the modern sport of orienteering has a language all its own. Here are a few key terms one might encounter while preparing a route or competing on a course: Attack ...

The sport of orienteering is the survival of the fittest. Participants in meets compete against the clock with only a compass, topographical map and their senses as a guide. An orienteering meet is ...

Sometimes finding your way can be a way of finding fun. Such were the findings of dozens of Missoulians last week in the hillsides above Pattee Creek who turned out for Grizzly Orienteering’s third ...

“OK, start!” calls the man with the clipboard, nodding toward a portable clock. That’s my cue. Compass in hand, I dash out of the starting gate and up a grassy slope to the west of Lake Balboa, on a ...

To the editor — Wouldn't it be great if the Yakima Valley had a full-functioning orienteering course with a guide on how to use a compass and a list of checkpoints to find your way? A fun maze to ...