Originating in Scandinavia in the early 1900s as a military training tactic, orienteering is a sport that has blossomed in Europe and is just beginning to bloom in the United States. “It’s really ...

If getting lost in the woods sounds like fun to you, you’d love orienteering. The sport involves navigating through unfamiliar terrain, often in a forest, to locations circled on a detailed ...

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, ...

About 500 people will be scurrying around Lakewood’s Fort Steilacoom Park on Sunday morning (March 6), finding their way from target to target using just a map and compass. Some will be kids. Some ...

A group of young athletes from the Seattle area took home hardware in a national tournament over the weekend, but this story has nothing to do with March Madness. Members of Maple Valley’s Tahoma ...

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 ...