The Central Virginia Orienteering Club is a group dedicated to orienteering in the Richmond and central region of Virginia.  Orienteering is the sport of navigation with map & compass.

Head out into the woods to find specific locations shown on your map, making choices along the way of the best routes between them.  Orienteering is great for improving your map reading or wilderness navigation skills or preparing for adventure races.  Race against the clock for the shortest time or do it as a fun walk in the woods!

People of all ages and skill levels are welcome. Come join in the adventure!

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  • May 5 at 12:15 PM, 7 Orienteerers attended

    Volunteer opportunity for May meet

    They rated it 5.00 5.002 (2 ratings)

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    Super

    —Tim Gilbert

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    Once again,a wonderful afternoon not getting lost in the woods!To all those who put the event on-GOOD JOB! See you next month.

    —timothy a. guju

  • May 5 at 12:00 PM, 57 Orienteerers attended

    May Meet

    They rated it 4.50 4.5011 (11 ratings)

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    Had a great time! I even saw one of my students out with the whole family to try it for the first time! ...

    —Jennifer Laubenthal

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    Tough work out! It was fun regardless of my unable to find 2 control points. ...

    —Don Ames

  • April 20 at 6:00 PM, 10 Orienteerers attended

    Meet & Greet

    They rated it 5.00 5.005 (5 ratings)

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    Meeting everyone there was great. I missed seeing Kristi there. I learned much about the group and orienteering!

    —Jeremy Robarts

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    So nice to talk to members with a great deal of experance...and still feel comfortable and part of the group...thanks to all of you ...I ...

    —Karen Oprandy

  • April 1 at 12:15 PM, 4 Orienteerers attended

    Volunteer opportunity
      Here's a way to get more involved with the club, meet other members, or even get in some more orienteering practice:  Volunteer to help with the April Fool's Day meet... Learn more

  • April 1 at 12:00 PM, 83 Orienteerers attended

    April Fool's Orienteering

    They rated it 4.50 4.507 (7 ratings) and uploaded 10 photos

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    Great, although some of the clues were confusing.

    —Tim Gilbert

    “

    Thought it was outstanding!Met some very nice people and it was a beautiful day to walk the woods.Lets do it again !

    —timothy a. guju

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    Mark Ross Mark Ross joined
    Yesterday at 9:35 PM
    Mark Ross
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    Alec Alec started Volunteer to help at Soggy Bottom Boys (SBB) Racing Adventure Races June 9-10th
    Monday at 11:49 PM
    Alec

    "See the below message from Mark Montague, the founder of SBB. Hello CVOC members. This is Mark Montague, Founder of SBB Racing. We have an upcoming Adventure race (actually 2 races simultaneously running) June 9-10th, 2012 in 2 weeks...."

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    Victoria Voight Victoria Voight joined
    Saturday at 8:50 PM
    Victoria Voight
    "A senior that enjoys the outdoors and hiking. Would love to become more proficient with my limited compass skills. This meetup provides a great opportunity to combine some of my favorite activities with like minded people!"
  • New Member
    Mark Mark joined
    May 22 at 3:57 AM
    Mark
    "I'm looking forward to exploring VA and what a better way to do that than with a map on foot!"
  • New Discussion Reply
    James Steincamp James Steincamp replied to 2012/05/05 Harry G Daniel Park
    May 11 at 4:03 PM
    James Steincamp

    "Thanks for putting on the event. My son and I had fun finding the hidden controls -- even though he was a bit impatient with the fact that I'm not quite in shape to run the course...."

  • New Discussion
    Alec Alec started 2012/05/05 Harry G Daniel Park
    May 11 at 12:50 PM
    Alec

    "On May 5, 2012, the Central Virginia Orienteering Club held an Orienteering meet at Harry G Daniel Park at Iron Bridge in Chesterfield County...."

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  • New Rating
    Don Ames Don Ames attended May Meet
    May 9 at 8:37 PM
    Don Ames

    "Tough work out! It was fun regardless of my unable to find 2 control points. I think this is my first meet that I was unable to find CPs over 18 months. It is always challenging to read map even though it is not perfect...."

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  • New Rating
    Jennifer Laubenthal Jennifer Laubenthal attended May Meet
    May 9 at 4:51 PM
    Jennifer Laubenthal

    "Had a great time! I even saw one of my students out with the whole family to try it for the first time! And got to see some great examples of people helping out those who needed it."

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  • New comment
    Jeremy Robarts Jeremy Robarts commented on May Meet
    May 9 at 8:21 AM
    Jeremy Robarts

    "We had rain, rain and more rain in Goochland. Did you have rain during the course?"

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  • New Rating
    Ellen Ellen attended May Meet
    May 8 at 12:31 AM
    Ellen

    "Great day to be out in the woods!"

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Central Virginia Orienteering Club http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/2/f/c/global_54114012.jpeg
Midlothian, VA 23112
Founded Sep 7, 2011
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