They’re the type of people you want close by if you ever get lost in the woods. They participate in orienteering, the sport of navigating through the woods with map and compass. Those new to the sport ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sara Bednarcik consults her map shortly after reaching one of the checkpoints during the Grizzly Orienteering event at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Asher, Anna and ...

Locals who take advantage of the crisp temperatures to explore Harrison Bay State Park's wooded areas or take in the changing scenery can also take advantage of an offering unique to the park: an ...

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 ...

A 21st-century version of orienteering, geocachers rely on a GPS device, such as a smartphone, to discover waterproof containers known as caches. These are craftily hidden by other geocachers around ...

Take the Kids: Grab your compass and head to Harris Lake's orienteering course As staff at Harris Lake County Park in southwestern Wake County looked for ways to keep visitors engaged during the ...