We will have an open event at Lake Crabtree County Park on August 3, 2025, (1400 Aviation Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560.). Registration will be at the White Oak Shelter. Look for the signage to White Oak Shelter (4405 Lake Crabtree Park) on your right just after you pass the visitor center on your left.

This event is open to all skill levels. Start anytime between 10 am and noon. Courses close at 1 pm when we start picking up controls. Be sure to check in at the shelter after your course so we know everyone made it back.

There will be 3 courses available and you can run one or all of them in any order:

Sprint A – 2.3 km (Orange-Yellow level)

Sprint B – 2.3 km (Yellow level)

Sprint C – 1.7 km (Yellow level)

Beginners may prepare themselves by watching the videos on our Newcomer Information Page. If you need additional instruction or have questions, please ask one of the BOK volunteers at registration.

We always appreciate help with control pickup.

Tatyana and Vladimir

We had a hot and very humid day for the sprints at Bond Park. Many people signed up for more courses than they actually attempted. Not surprising considering the heat and humidity but a lot of left-over maps. Special congratulations to the few people who ran all three sprints! Many thanks to Dave, Matt, William […]

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(revised 5 July 2025) We will have an Intermediate level sprint event at Bond Park in Cary on Sunday, July 13. The event is open to people who have done or are ready to do at least a yellow level course. There will be two medium sprint courses, and one short sprint course.

• Sprint A 3,7 km 15 controls
• Sprint B 2,7 km 11 controls
• Sprint C 1.7km 8 controls

Choose up to 3 courses to help us with map printing. Extra map fees do not apply to one person doing multiple courses. Someone with you on the courses should have their own map. One map fee covers a map or set of maps for one extra person.

We will start at the Challenge Course Shelter on Metro Park Drive. See Bond Park map for more overview.

Courses will open at 10:30am and close at 2pm. Last starts at 12:30pm.

Help with control pickup is always appreciated.

Ian and Paul

Umstead Park was again a fun host for a BackwoodsOK open event, with numbers of starts dominated by orienteers just learning or moving up to the next level of Yellow or Orange. 26 unique runners between White and Yellow and a total of 21 starts on Orange. Everyone was enthusiastic and we hope to see […]

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This was the first time we had regular courses set at Cane Creek Mtns, and they turned out to be rather challenging. Elevation, terrain, vegetation, weather and overabundance of rocks – all played a part. Kudos to all the runners who came and gave it all on the course. And of course, thank you to […]

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