Orienteering, National and International
Orienteering. Midwest Regional Clubs
Other Running, Hiking and Outdoor Organizations
Orienteering Supplies and Equipment
Parks and Camps used by Orienteering Cincinnati
Orienteering, National and International
Orienteering USA (www.orienteeringusa.org/)
The national organization for orienteering:
Information for beginners, contacts for clubs nationwide,
national event schedule and much more.
IOF - International Orienteering
Federation (www.orienteering.org)
Site includes event schedule, IOF rules, various publications.
International Rogaining Federation (www.rogaining.com)
US Rogaine Directory (florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/rogaine/calendar.htm)
Rogaines are long duration events, usually 6, 12 or 24 hrs, usually done in teams of 2 to 5 people.
Billygoat.Org (www.billygoat.org)
National directory of "Goat" and other long course events.
North American Sprint Series (www.sprintseries.org)
Schedule, results, rankings, etc for sprint orienteering races across North America.
National Association of Competitive Mounted Orienteering (www.nacmo.org)
Horseback events; a little different structure than standard orienteering.
Oregon Cascades Orienteering Klubb (ORCA)
One of the best collections
of training and education tips, links, etc that I have seen.
Attackpoint.org is a collection of training tips & commentary:
an excellent resource for the serious orienteer who wants to improve.
Orienteering,
Midwest Regional Clubs
Indiana
Indiana Crossroads Orienteering (http://www.indyo.org)
central Indiana, with events from Lafayette to Bloomington.
Orienteering North East Indiana
Fort Wayne and surrounding area.
Kentucky / Indiana
Orienteering Louisville (http://www.olou.org)
events in Louisville area and southern Indiana
north to Bloomington, south to Mammoth Cave area
Ohio
/ Indiana / Kentucky
Orienteering Cincinnati (www.ocin.org)
Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky
Ohio
Miami Valley Orienteering (http://www.mvoclub.org/)
Dayton and west-central Ohio
Central Ohio Orienteers (http://centralohioorienteers.org)
Columbus and central Ohio
American Bushwhacking Club
See "Not So Fast Adventures".
Not So Fast Adventures (http://www.nsfadventures.com/)
Central & Southen Ohio: rogaines and adventure races.
NorthEastern Ohio Orienteering Club (http://neooc.com)
Akron, Cleveland and northeast Ohio areas
Badin ROKS
High school club at Badin High School, Hamilton, Ohio
University of Dayton Orienteering Club
College-based club at University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Wilmington College Orienteering Club
College-based club at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
Michigan
Southern
Michigan Orienteering Club (http://www.michigano.org)
Illinois
Chicago Area Orienteering
Club (http://www.chicago-orienteering.org)
Chicago and northeast Illinois
Illinois
River Valley Orienteering Club (http://www.il-orienteering.org/)
Peoria and surrounding communities.
Central Illinois Orienteering Club
Springfield, Bloomington and nearby communities. CIOC has now merged with IRVOC.
Northern Illinois Orienteering Club
Davenport/Moline/Quad Cities area.
Buckeye Trail Association
(www.buckeyetrail.org)
Maintains Ohio's 1400 mile
Buckeye Trail:
Information on hiking and trail work projects statewide.
Greater Cincinnati Trail Runner's Association (GCTRA)
Ohio River Road Runner's Club (www.orrrc.org)
Bob Roncker's Running Spot (www.runningspot.com)
Calendar page lists most
running events in Cincinnati area.
Orienteering Equipment Vendors
can be reached through the
O' Gear section of the
United
States Orienteering Federation web site.
Useful Orienteering Software
(This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list, See "O'Gear" link on USOF site for more).
OCAD mapping program; version 6 is now available free.
CLUE freeware for IOF course descriptions
CONDES course setting & description program.
(OCIN event directors contact Mike Minium for license info.)
Parks and Camps used by Orienteering Cincinnati
Ohio State Parks (www.ohiostateparks.org)
OCIN maps include
Caesar Creek,
East Fork and
Hueston Woods
Ohio Historical Society (www.ohiohistory.org)
Fort Ancient State Historic Site
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Mounds State Recreation Area, Garr Hill Area
Hamilton County Park District
(www.hamiltoncountyparks.org)
OCIN maps include Miami Whitewater, Mitchell Memorial Forest and Sharon Woods
Boone County Parks (www.boonecountyky.org)
OCIN maps include Middle Creek and England-Idlewild Park.
Metroparks of Butler County
(www.yourmetroparks.net)
OCIN maps include Indian Creek, Governor Bebb, Rentschler Forest, Indian Creek Pioneer Cemetery, and Sebald Park.
Cincinnati City Parks (www.cincinnatiparks.com/)
Mt. Airy, McFarlan, Burnet, Caldwell, French and Stanbery Parks
Cincinnati Nature Center (www.cincynature.org)
Camp Wildwood, Rowe Woods
Eaton City Park
Fort St. Clair
Fairfield City Park
Harbin Park
Hamilton City Park
Miami Woods, Joyce Park
Great Rivers Girl Scout Council (www.grgsc.org)
Camp Stonybrook near Waynesville
Dan Beard Boy Scout Council (www.danbeard.org)
Camp Craig / Friedlander & Camp Michaels
Salvation Army
Camp Swoneky
Miami University (www.muohio.edu)
Miami Univ. Natural Areas, Western Campus and Western
Woods, Middletown Campus
Orienteering Cincinnati