Local naturalist Mary Ann Schlegel can't coax her 12-year-old daughter, Hyla, into taking a hike with her. But when mom suggests they do an orienteering course, the girl scrambles for her sneakers. "I ...

A 21st-century version of orienteering, geocachers rely on a GPS device, such as a smartphone, to discover waterproof containers known as caches. These are craftily hidden by other geocachers around ...

I waded through ankle deep mud on a hiking trail in Chili's Black Creek Park about three minutes into my first attempt at orienteering. Mud splattered across my legs, which I quickly learned was ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Finding a good spot for an orienteering course can be complicated. Mapping it can be complicated. Setting up equipment to record times - complicated. But Gary Kraft of Mill Valley, California says the ...

Take the Kids: Grab your compass and head to Harris Lake's orienteering course As staff at Harris Lake County Park in southwestern Wake County looked for ways to keep visitors engaged during the ...

The last time many of us took a compass and a map into the middle of nowhere and plotted a route back to camp was when we were in Scouts or Guides. Geoff Hollins introduces the sport of Orienteering - ...

They’re the type of people you want close by if you ever get lost in the woods. They participate in orienteering, the sport of navigating through the woods with map and compass. Those new to the sport ...

If you're looking to get out and about in a socially distanced way, you might want to check out Harris Lake County Park's orienteering course. Orienteering, for the uninitiated, is a sport that ...