Donna DeLuca has discovered that getting lost in the woods can be good for you-and the kids, too. Like a growing number of northwest and west suburban sports enthusiasts, the Rolling Meadows resident ...

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 ...

You will get lost. That is part of orienteering, a race where you have to read the wavy contour lines of a map and pick your way along natural terrain until you find a hallowed "control point," then ...

Aiming off: To deliberately aim to one side of a control or feature so that you know which way to turn upon hitting the feature before seeing the control. Attack point: An obvious feature near the ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A new orienteering course at Locust Lake State Park in Barnesville takes visitors on a walk around ...

The five-day event was hosted by The Big 5, in collaboration with volunteers and is also known as Big 5 O-Week, which takes ...

Tramping uphill through ankle-high grass under a searing late September sun, one wonders if taking that narrow path off the main road at Nissequogue State Park in Kings Park was such a good idea, ...

CORNWALL — The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will hold an orienteering meet, in partnership with Hudson Valley Orienteering (HVO), on Sept. 18 at the museum's Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Drive, ...