The Downtown Louisville Urban-O/Scavenger hunt is back - Rain or Shine.
Starting location is the Northeast corner of Slugger Field's parking lot.
A detailed map is provided and each person or team has 3 hours to find the locations on the map of Downtown Louisville and then answer the questions provided.
Make sure to bring a pen and highlighter.
Registration: 8:30am for map pickup/route planning, clues distributed a few minutes before the start.
$15 non-members, $10 OLOU/OCIN/ICO members
Registration CLOSES Friday 9/26 @ NOON

Point to point classic orienteering. Register by Thursday night! Recreation Passport required - if you didn't check the box when you got your license plates, find a self registration kiosk. Registrar notes are not usually read until regular registration closes; for more urgent response, please contact us directly. +1s / team members don't need to sign up here, but rather should complete the online waiver here: https://smoc-runs.com/pages/219

Join us for a fun mini-rogaine/score-O at Gay City State Park and the adjoining Coop Sawmill property. Find as many controls as you can in either 1.5 or 3 hours. Those not registered by Sept 22 will need to register on the day and limited numbers of maps will be available. There will be controls for all levels from first-timers to advanced so everyone is encouraged to attend. Free instruction will be provided. Join everyone for pizza after the event and re-live your successes and challenges! You can participate solo or as part of a team. If team, each member must register separately and indicate the team name and members. Only one SI stick is needed per team.

The White River East Sno-Park event center is located next to Highway 35 at the southern base of Mt Hood. The event courses are in an area carved out by massive snow melts each year, so much of the environment is composed of many similar drainage ditches in an environment of scattered trees. We will have seven point-to-point medium distance courses (something for all skill levels) to choose from. If you camp overnight, you can spend the previous day hiking around White River West, which has many interesting areas to explore.

Regular orienteering meet with White through Red courses. For more information about the course colors, see our Event Types page.

Join us at Exploration Acres to explore the 18-acre corn maze at our 2nd Annual Corn Maze-O. Our flat rate registration includes admission to Exploration Acres for the day and at least 3 courses ranging from short and easy to long and difficult. We will have the maze to ourselves for the morning. Check-in opens: 9:00 am Starts open: 9:00 - 11:00 am Courses close: 11:30 am

Local Orienteering Event at Highlands HS and South Side Lions Park on 4 Oct 2025

This is a Score-O lasting 180 minutes (3 hours). Numerous controls are placed over a large area. Locate as many you desire in any order within the time limit. It is a great format for hard-core competitors who might finish in less than two hours and for casual hikers who will enjoy the extra time. Location: Erie County Bureau of Forestry (Sardinia); start location is the Visitor's Center, off of Genesee Road. Time: Check-in starting at 10:30; course start between 11:00 and 11:30. Participants must complete the course by 2:30 PM. Course: Single Score-O format course with 25 controls. Map scale is 1:10,000 and in 5 colors. Note that there is a significant penalty if the course is not completed within 180 minutes. Cost: $10 fee ($5 members and juniors, 12-20 years old; no charge for children 11 years old and younger) includes 5-color park map and event entry. Registration deadline is Thursday, October 2 at 10:00 PM. (Note: Each member of a group, including children 11 years and younger, must be registered and have a completed waiver. We recommend that a group leader complete the registration for all group members. Contact the event director if your group is larger than 4 people.)

Up North Orienteers, in cooperation with the Dartmouth Outing Club, is offering a full range of orienteering courses at Burnt Mountain in Lebanon, NH. Event location is on the south side of the parking lot for the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Registration and start window is 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, with courses closing at 2:30. UNO Members - DO NOT PAY ONLINE - the event is included in your membership Dartmouth Students - $5 fee regardless of age - if you were born in 2004 or earlier, use code 'Dartmouth' to get a $5 discount off the normal adult fee - or you can pay on site.

Come orienteer in the midwest's largest corn maze! Your registration includes admission to Sever's Fall Festival for the day, so stick around and enjoy all of the attractions they have to offer.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled

The Hudson Highlander is an ultimate test of navigation and endurance, in beautiful Harriman State Park. This metric marathon (26.2 km) is not for the faint of heart. You will battle rugged Harriman terrain, mountain laurel, and blueberry bushes while trying to keep your focus for navigation. It will be technical. Following is permitted. A lowlander will be offered.

The first Badger Orienteering Club event of the fall season will be in the Greenbush area of the Northern Kettle Moraine

The event will start at the shelter, Green Bush Recreation Area.

Four courses will be offered:
Short (2-3km) Beginner skill level,
Medium (3-5km) Intermediate skill level,
Short Advanced (3-5km) Advanced skill level,
Long Advanced (5-7km) Advanced skill level.

A group of 4 or less staying together and using one fingerstick (timing device) is considered one entry - only one person needs to register and pays one fee.

See www.badgerorienteering.com for more information about this event.

Badger Club members use code BGRMEMBER during check-out for a $5 discount.

For safety reasons all participants must carry a whistle on course, so look for the $2 whistle purchase while registering. They will also be for sale at the event.

Please note, you do not need a PayPal account to make payment. Clicking on the PayPal button at the end will allow you to pay by credit/debit card.

Special Event: Corn Maze Most of the $15 fee is the group rate for the corn maze and is PER PERSON unlike our usual per start, so please sign up everyone separately. The team leader can pick their course, and the +1s should be Teammate.

A MapRun event in the neighborhood around Linden Park. Show up on the day or do it on your own any time for two weeks afterwards.

The New England Orienteering Club (NEOC), Cambridge Sports Union (CSU), and Navigation Games (NG) invite you to compete October 11-13th, 2025 at the US Orienteering Championships (Middle/Long/Sprint) on new or fully updated maps of Rocky Woods, Powisset Peak, and Georges Island.

Enjoy a full weekend of orienteering! Start with a middle distance course plus bonus cell phone-o on Saturday, and finish with the Minnegoat on Sunday. The Minnegoat is a GOAT-style event with optional control skips. Choose the full Minnegoat or the half Mini-Minnegoat (or a 90-minute score-o). Saturday will be at Chester Park and Sunday will be at Lester Park, both in Duluth.

Class Starts at 10 am Expect to be finished by 12 Noon.
Entry is $5 per map. Please fill this out, so we can prepare a map for you!

Two separate 4-hour rogaines, one on Saturday, October 18 and one on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at the Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona.

Note: Please note, this event uses the OrienteeringUSA system for registration. You do NOT need to to become a member of OrienteeringUSA to participate in this GPHXO event.

Please join us on Saturday, October 18th at Cedar Hill Park for a fun Halloween-themed Score-O format orienteering event.

Legend of the SCARE-O. Last year two young orienteers didn't check back in from SCARE-O. Now locals tell tales of these woods being haunted by a young Darth Vader and a Mandolorian.
Beware, use caution, and keep your wits about you as you try to collect as many controls as you can before time expires...
(And obviously check back in when you finish)

This is a semi-mass start event. Participants will have ~3 hours to collect as many points as possible on the course. Each control will have a different point value. Highest total points wins, and ties will be broken by fastest time. See our website for a full schedule and precise meet location.
Start Time is 11 AM - Finish for everyone is 2 PM

Wearing a costume earns you a ten minute headstart. (10:50 AM)

Categories include:
Open Female
Open Male
Junior (under 21) Female
Junior (under 21) Male
ROTC/JROTC Female
ROTC/JROTC Male
Scout (BSA/GS)
Trail Life

Newly added! OPEN Mountain Bike O (MTB-O)!!! Mountain Bike Orienteering - this will use the same Foot Orienteering Maps, but you will be allowed to ride/push a Bike of any type. (Helmets required) Start will be 11:20 for costumed competitors and 11:30 for non costumed riders. Finish time for everyone is 2 PM. Controls will be set off trail, and will require dismounting. Same punch cards for all competitors.

If you are coming as a group* please let us know.
*(JROTC/ROTC/Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/Trail Life/Church/School/etc)
Event will only be canceled for severe weather or conditions prevent us from hosting the event.
***see club website for more details***

With a new 4.5 square-km map, the 2025 Mt Hood Orienteering Goat Stampede is a long-distance, point-to-point orienteering event at L. L. Stub Stewart State Park with 3 courses created from 3 distinct loops. • Scape Goat: Loop A (beginner, ~3.4 km) • Hill Billy Goat: Loop A + Loop B (intermediate, ~9.0 km) • Mountain Goat: Loop A + Loop B + Loop C (advanced, ~13.5 km)

One day NRE hosted by HVO at Sal Prezioso Mountain Lakes Park, North Salem, NY.

This site is for pre-registration of RECREATIONAL courses at Mountain Lakes only. This includes Beginner, advanced beginner courses (white, yellow) only. If you want to compete in the NRE courses held at the same event, please register here instead.

One day NRE hosted by WCOC at Brooksvale Park in Hamden, CT. Use this link to register for the NRE and recreational courses. Recreational runners can go in groups of 2 or 3 but each participant must register individually and will receive a map. Only one E-punch (SportIdent stick) is needed per group.

Regular orienteering meet with White through Red courses. For more information about the course colors, see our Event Types page.

Point to point classic orienteering. Register by Thursday night! Please be sure to have a daily or annual Huron Clinton Metroparks pass - if the entrance shacks are not open, try headquarters. Can be purchased online in advance as well. Registrar notes are not usually read until regular registration closes; for more urgent response, please contact us directly. +1s / team members don't need to sign up here, but rather should complete the online waiver here: https://smoc-runs.com/pages/219

Vampire-O is a fun twist on a score-O event! Find as many controls as you can, while avoiding the "vampires" who try to catch you and steal your control card.

4- and 8-Hour Rogaine event at Northwoods Park in Hot Springs, AR. This event will be a typical Rogaine format where there will be 20 to 30 checkpoints total that will each have a point value assigned based on the level of difficulty (physical and/or navigational). There will be 4 Hour and 8 Hour options, meaning either a 4-hour cut-off or an 8-hour cut-off. Racers must choose their route and strategy to try to earn the most points within the 4 or 8 hours. Racers on both courses will receive the same map and start at the same time (8:00 a.m.) but will be ranked separately. Open to Solos and Teams of 2-4 people. Each person must register separately. Solos will still be asked to provide a team name in the registration process. Pay at the event with check, cash, or PayPal. The Northwoods Trails park is just north of the city of Hot Springs and is known for its mountain biking trails (https://www.northwoodstrails.org/). Additional event details will be posted on the OCAR website and Facebook event page and emailed to registrants closer to the event.

The Portland Metrogaine is a long-distance, score-orienteering event in which you use a map and compass to find virtual control sites spread over a 30-square-kilometer area covering fun and interesting areas of NW Portland. Choose between a 2, 4, or 6 hour option. The MapRun® app will be used for timing, scoring, and to verify each control site found.

Regular orienteering meet with White through Red courses. For more information about the course colors, see our Event Types page.

The TROL Season Pass gives free entry to all OCIN TROL/WARS 2025-26 Season events, November through March 2026, as well as free or reduced entry to several non-TROL/WARS events in fall and spring.

PLEASE NOTE: Only high school and younger students may participate in the TROL season-long competition. College students, and adults, who wish to participate in TROL/WARS events, may purchase a WARS season pass.

TROL participants, however, are not limited to TROL classes; they may run in any class for which they are eligible, based on gender & age.

Middle, Sprint, and Long orienteering courses to determine state individual champions and North (BAOC + GCO + Nav-X + Truckee) and South (LAOC + SDO) team champions.

Bring your flashlight or headlamp and join us for orienteering in the dark at Knox Farm State Park just outside East Aurora. This year’s event will offer two courses: a Long Course of 4 kilometers, and a Medium Course of 3 kilometers. Both courses will have fairly easy control locations. There will be a mass start. The time limit is 90 minutes. Livelox will be available and SIAC will be enabled. The deadline for online registration is 11 PM Thursday, November 6. A few extra maps will be printed to accommodate last minute walk-up registrations. The cost to participate is $10 per person ($5 for members). Juniors who are part of a Family membership participate for free. Non-member youngsters, 11 and under, accompanied by a parent, participate for free using a coupon code. The map scale is 1:10,000. Check-in at the “Milk House” at the event site (42.776808, -78.641344) will be from 5:15 to 5:45 PM. The mass start will be at 6:00 PM. If you have any questions, call the Meet Director, Dave Cady, at 716-837-3737.

Join us and experience Orienteering on a new map at Montgomery Bell State Park.
You may start the course anytime between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.
Please bring water!
Event is held rain or shine!

5 Courses offered from White through Red. All skill levels welcome, including those new to the sport.
Registration closes Saturday, Nov 8th at 6pm.
*For minors, please ensure that the waiver is signed by a parent or guardian.*

The WARS Season Pass gives free entry to all OCIN TROL/WARS 2025-26 Season events, November through March 2026, as well as free or reduced entry to several non-TROL/WARS events in fall and spring.

PLEASE NOTE: Only adults and older juniors / college students may purchase WARS season passes. High school and younger students who wish to participate in TROL/WARS events, may purchase a TROL season pass -- but WILL be able to participate on WARS courses.

For the 2025-26 WARS season, age class is based on 2025 orienteering age (age on 12/31/2025), regardless of birth date -- including in 2026. When registering for individual events, the default age class will remain the same through the entire WARS season.

Test your navigation skills after dark with a headlamp! In honor of Veteran's Day, all veterans participate for free.

Middle Distance National Ranking Event and Susquehanna Stumble XXV
Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, 2025
Rocky Ridge County Park, York County, Pennsylvania

presented by the Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

November 15: Middle NRE at Rocky Ridge County Park
Standard OUSA courses, with assigned start times.

November 16: Susquehanna Stumble at Rocky Ridge County Park
The Susquehanna Stumble is a Billygoat-inspired event, with a twist or two. Competitors run between most controls in normal sequential order but occasionally enter a “window” where several controls can be visited in ANY order. There is a mass start for both the Long and Short Stumbles.

Recreational Courses
White (beginner), Yellow (advanced beginner), and Orange (intermediate) recreational courses will be available each day. Registration for these courses is available through a separate EventReg form.

Regular pricing for the NRE and Stumble applies until midnight on Thursday, October 23, when late registration begins. Registration for the NRE and Stumble closes at midnight on Monday, November 3.

Run/Bike/Paddle in the Phoenix Metro area in Arizona. (See ArizonaNavigationCompetition.com for details.)

General Location: Within 1.5 hours of downtown Phoenix.
Start/Finish announced ~1 month before the event.

6/12-Hour Adventure Race (run/bike/paddle)
3/6/12-Hour Rogaine (foot only)
Teams of 1-4. (Solos allowed in all events.)

Note: You are not required to become a member of Orienteering USA to participate in this event.

This is the registration for recreational (White, Yellow, and Orange) courses being offered during DVOA's Rocky Ridge weekend, November 15-16, 2025, at Rocky Ridge County Park in York County, Pennsylvania.

If you wish to register for the Middle NRE on Saturday, November 15, or the Susquehanna Stumble XXV on Sunday, November 16, registration is available through a separate EventReg form.

Registration for recreational courses will close at the end of the day (11:59pm) on Tuesday, November 11.

White course (on-trail beginners): $7
Yellow and Orange courses: $10 for orienteering club members and juniors; $15 for everyone else
Day-of registration: $10 for White; $20 for Yellow and Orange

If you are going out as a group (staying together and only using one timing chip), only one person needs to register and you only pay one fee. While registering, you will record the names of your teammates. The cost is $2 per additional person (kids under 10 are free), and everybody gets their own map.

If you are bringing a large group (e.g., JROTC units, scouts) and need help with registration or would like to arrange for instruction for your group, reach out to the registrar at joey.mcgarvey@gmail.com. The earlier you contact us and/or register the better—thanks!

Local event at Silas Condict Park in Kinnelon, NJ

Please join us on November 22nd, 2025 at Shelby Park, Nashville TN
Courses offered:
Beginner (Yellow) - Medium (1.5 – 2.5 km) Beginner skill level. Intermediate (Orange) - (3 - 4 km) Intermediate skill level. Advanced (Green) - (4-5 km) Advanced skill level.
Notes:
Parking and sign-in (outside) will be located adjacent to the Shelby Park Community Center at 401 South 20th Street, Nashville.
Course starts are between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Please be finished by 3:00 PM.
There is a 3 hour time limit for courses.
If you are coming as a group (JROTC / ROTC / Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts/ Church / School Group ), please let us know in advance.
***see club website for more details***

Please join us on Saturday, December 13th at Bell's Bend Outdoor Center for a 3 Hour Scatter-Orienteering Event.
This is a Mass start event. Participants will have 3 hours to collect as many points as possible on the course. Each control will have a different point value. Highest total points wins, and ties will be broken by fastest time. See our website for a full schedule and precise meet location.
Start Time is 11 AM - Finish for everyone is 2 PM. There will be a 5 point per minute penalty for finishers after 2pm
Check in Time starts at 10am. You will have one hour to plan the best route for this 3 hour adventure. We will try to be ready by 9:30 but no promises here.
Categories are all solo with the exception of Organized Groups, such as Scouts, JROTC, etc. If you are going out with others as a team please pick "Group". We strongly encourage your team size to consist of no more than 3 people.

• Female 20-59
• Male 20-59
• Jr Male 13-19
• Jr Female 13-19
• Senior Male 60 and over
• Senior Female 60 and over
• ROTC/JROTC/Military Team
• Scout Team (BSA/GS)
• Trail Life Team
• School Team (Same School)

If you are coming as part of an organized group such as Scouts, JROTC, etc. please let us know before signing up.
*(JROTC/ROTC/Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/Trail Life/Church/School/etc)
Event will only be canceled for severe weather or conditions prevent us from hosting the event.
***see club website for more details***

Renew or start your SMOC Membership. Members get $5 off races and access to training forums.

Membership in ICO supports the club and provides member benefits including discounts at local and regional orienteering events and a vote in decisions that affect the future of the club.

The 2025 Nav-X Club Membership gives you access to 24 archived Nav-X GPS courses: 2024 (6), 2023 (5), 2022 (5), & 2021 (8) + arm warmers + $2 discount to Nav-X GPS events and discounts to events put on by other OUSA clubs (e.g. BAOC and GCO). It's $35 for new members and $25 for renewing members, $10 off for juniors. We have also added an option to purchase preprinted maps for each GPS event this season (4 maps).

Tucson Orienteering Membership - One year of individual or family membership and discounts on event entry fees. Note: In the world of orienteering, each club is assigned a unique acronym. Our Tucson club is designated 'TSN'. Please do not unintentionally select 'TOC', which is Toronto.

JOIN US! Become a member of Nashville Orienteering Club!

Benefits:
- $4 discount for event entry.
- Eligible for free club merchandise when pursuing the Club Achievement Program.
- Access to select MapRun courses.
- Invitation to Club Annual Meeting and other Social Events.
- Opportunities to participate in members only events.

Cost:
$25 per individual
$45 per family of 4 $10 for each additional family member)
Memberships run for a year from the date of payment.

You have 4, 8, or 12 hours and a TriMet transit day pass to find virtual controls in multiple courses in the greater Portland Metro area. Use your time on buses and trains to rest, while planning how you'll find the controls around your next destination. Or skip the rest and run or walk between the different courses.  Do this as a team and have one phone running the MapRun® app and another phone running the TriMet app to find out when and where to get your next transit ride.

Orienteering Cincinnati Membership - One year of individual or family membership and discounts on event entry fees.