Local Schedules
Hundreds of local orienteering meets are held throughout the United States each year, organized by local clubs. They are held in state parks, national forests, town recreation areas, and other sites with easy access. Along with traditional foot orienteering, many club schedules also include special orienteering events — such as ski-O, canoe-O, and mountain bike-O — and some clubs offer trail-O, a form of orienteering geared for people of all physical abilities.
Find out more about Rogaines and "goat" races.
Local orienteering events are inexpensive, casual, and open to everyone. Most offer several different courses, from string-O for toddlers to advanced courses for experts — and beginners' instruction is always available. To find out more about events in your area, check the schedule of the club nearest you.
National and Regional Schedules
Orienteering USA standard entry form (if you choose not to register online for an event)
U.S. Championships, O Festivals and Major Events
NOTE: In this section, dates in bold underlined text
indicate Sanctioned Events
2012
- March 10-11 - U.S. Two-day Classic Championships, Birkhead Wilderness Classic, Uwharrie National Forest, near Asheboro, North Carolina (BOK)
- March 17 - Sprint Black Diamond, 2 A-meet Sprints (direct link to registration) NOTE: Provisionally sanctioned
- March 30-April 1 - Flying Pig XVI, Burlington and Union, Kentucky (OCIN) with Eastern States Interscholastics Championship (Friday middle; Saturday sprint and middle; Sunday middle; all races sanctioned/A events)
- April 13-15 - U.S. Individual Championships in Sprint / Middle / Long / Trail O, Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, and Chattahoochee Bend State Park, Newnan, Georgia
- April 21-22 - U.S. Interscholastics and Intercollegiates Championships, "Orienteering, FTW!" (COC)
- April 29 - Billygoat XXXIV, Moreau Lake State Park, Gansevoort, NY (EMPO)
- May 5-6 - West Point A-meet, Sprint / Middle / Long, West Point, New York (USMAOC)
- May 26 & 27 - Western Mass 5-day, including 2 A-meet Middle Distance races on May 26, Holyoke Range State Park, Massachusetts
- September 1-2 - Laramie Daze with Two-day Classic A-meet, east of Laramie, Wyoming (RMOC), including Western States Championship
- October 7 - Hudson Highlander XVII, Harriman State Park, Stony Point, New York
- October 13-27 - North American Open Training Camp, Stony Point, New York (U.S. Team)
- October 19-21 - North American Championships (Middle / Long / Sprint), Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area near Bushkill, Pennsylvania
International Schedules
World Ranking Event Calendar
World of O event calendar
2012
- February 26 - Stars Winter Adventure Race - Mansfield, Ontario, Canada (rescheduled)
- February 25-27 - Andalucia O Meeting - Canos de Meca, Spain (Sun-O Week)
- April 7 - Giant's Rib Raid - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- June 2-4 - Irish 3-Day - Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland
- June 2-3 - Norte Alentejano O Meeting - Maryao, Portalegre, Portugal
- June 16-17 - Jukola - Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
- June 30-July 14 - North Atlantic Orienteering Championships 2012 - Greenland, Iceland, Faro Islands
- June 30-July 7 - World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC), Alicante, Spain
- July 1-7 - World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) - Bad Harzburg, Germany
- July 7-14 - Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) - Kosice, Slovakia
- July 7-14 - Swiss O Tour (preceding Swiss O Week and WOC)
- July 14-22 - World Orienteering Championships (WOC) - Lausanne, Switzerland
- July 22-27 - O-Ringen 2012, Halland, Sweden
- September 5-9 - South East European Orienteering Championships (SEEOC) and Bursa Open, Bursa, Turkey
- September 10-12 - ARDF World Championships, Kopaonic, Central Serbia, Russia
- August 11-19 - Canadian Orienteering Championships, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- October 6-7 - Ontario Orienteering Championships, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
2013
last updated 20 February 2012
