Even in an age of GPS devices and smartphones, about 20 people attended an orienteering class Sunday afternoon to return to the basics. In the class, which is given about four times in November at the ...

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 ...

NAVIGATION – A day of orienteering classes and activities geared to novices is set for Sept. 21 to celebrate National Orienteering Week at the Gonzaga University campus. Orienteering is a wild-land ...

It’s easy to pinpoint your location in a city. Just grab a map and look for the nearest street sign. But how do you know which way is which when you’re out in nature? My kids got a lesson in losing ...

Area residents can get an introduction to the sport of orienteering through a "Navigation: Orienteering for Beginners" class offered by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. "Orienteering is ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Saturday for six weeks there will be coaching sessions and exercises to test map reading and navigation skills. Harlequins orienteering club will be running the events. A spokesman said: "A ...

NAVIGATION – A day of orienteering classes and activities geared to novices is set for Sept. 21 to celebrate National Orienteering Week at the Gonzaga University campus. Orienteering is a wild-land ...