Spring break beginner orienteering do-it-yourself course
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Topic created by chand on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 2:35 pmhttp://hats4toads.com/public/spring%20_break_2021_mckaig.pdfFrom now till Easter Sunday April 4th, there's a white/yellow orienteering course set up in the McKaig Nature Center in King of Prussia.Real orienteering flags.No punches ; bring a pen to write down the codes at the controls. [Spoiler alert - codes in order from 31 - 41 are T-H-E-B-I-G-P-A-R-K-! ]Free to download the map and do the course.This is part of a bigger do-it-yourself thing for school ages kids at: https://www.enjoymckaig.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&&item_id=1410659There's some new beginner level geocaches, some scavenger hunts, etc.Doing the orienteering course by itself is free for DVOA peoples since it's using DVOA's map.
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Reply by camperpat on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 2:59 pmdo we have to pre register or just show up any time any day?
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Reply by chand on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 7:47 pmJust print the map and go anytime
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Reply by jjkalicki27 on Tue Mar 30, 2021 at 10:05 pmJust wanted to thank you for all the work in this. Did it this morning. Had a blast. Never knew this gem was even there. Thanks again.
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Reply by chand on Tue Apr 6, 2021 at 8:01 pm@jjkalicki27 - glad to hear it - it's a great placeI had 11 flags in obvious spots for 10 days and nobody moved/took the flags thankfully.Flags are now taken down.
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Reply by kathyu on Sat Apr 10, 2021 at 11:46 amThanks for doing this. Dave and I had nice hikes -- we broke up and I did backwards and he did forwards.