Orienteering is the outdoor sport of navigating a designed course through the forest using only a map and compass and the Northeastern Ohio Orienteering Club will be offering “Orienteering 101” Feb. 8 ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Land in an unfamiliar country and race from checkpoint to checkpoint with no phone, no flights and limited funds. This is the premise ...

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 ...

Mike Minium, a Butler County resident, serves as the event director of Orienteering Cincinnati. He has been participating in orienteering for many years and has received top-level awards for the sport ...

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 ...

Sometimes finding your way can be a way of finding fun. Such were the findings of dozens of Missoulians last week in the hillsides above Pattee Creek who turned out for Grizzly Orienteering’s third ...

MIDDLEVILLE -- Mike Keating was running through the mosquito-infested woods at Yankee Springs Recreation Area, map and compass in hand. On the fly, he checked his compass bearing and quickly changed ...

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, ...