Your Adventure Starts Here!
Hosted by the Miami Valley Orienteering Club
Event Director: Scott Lefgren scotjlefg@gmail.com
Join us for a fast-paced, fun, and family-friendly orienteering adventure! Perfect for beginners, seasoned navigators, runners, hikers, and first-time explorers alike.
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🧭 What Is Orienteering?
Orienteering is an outdoor navigation sport where you use a detailed map and compass to locate checkpoints across varied terrain. It combines strategy, speed, problem-solving, and exploration—think of it as a real-world treasure hunt!
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🗺️ How It Works
Participants have up to two hours to find controls on the course of their choice:
• White – Beginner
• Yellow – Novice
• Orange – Advanced
• Green/Red – Elite
We provide everything you need:
• High-quality course maps
• Chip timing
• Loaner compasses
• One-on-one beginner instruction
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Own the Terrain. Master the Map.
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🌧️ Rain, Snow, or Shine!
Dress for the weather and come ready to run, hike, navigate, and explore. The adventure goes on in any condition!
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🌟 Choose Your Challenge
Whether you’re racing competitively or enjoying a leisurely scavenger-hunt-style walk through the park, this event has something for everyone.
Test Your Skills. Trust Your Compass.
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May 02, 2026
Distance — 10K
Type — Others
11:00
$8.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for May in Dayton.
Learn more about the host city, Dayton.
Dayton is the birthplace of aviation: the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, lived here and perfected their design for the first practical aircraft. It is also home to one of the few multi-site National Parks in the U.S., the Dayton Aviation Heritage Park. There are several things to do and see in the city and its suburbs.
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