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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Community members who want to celebrate the new year with an outdoor, physical activity can take advantage of two opportunities to participate in local orienteering events on New Year’s Eve and New ...

Scheper created a mile-long orienteering course at Pleasant Valley Park promoting environmental awareness and teaching basic ...

People of all ages are being invited to test their navigation skills at a summer orienteering event in Ramsey this weekend.