Orienteering: A Great, Outdoors Scandi Adventure for ALL!
Welcome to the 2025 orienteering season in Columbus, Ohio, fellow Scandinavians! Central Ohio Orienteers (COO) will have its fourth 2025 event on Sunday, June 1 at Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus. Dress in layers, prepare for rain, and come with an extra pair of socks and shoes in your car because June can be a muddy month! We had a very good turnout in March, including new people! Let's keep it up!
COO's website is here: https://www.centralohioorienteers.org/ Always a good idea to check there for last minute info, like verifying the start locations in the parks.
Brain Benefits: In a study specifically done of orienteering and how good it is for our brains, they found orienteering makes us use so much of our brain to figure out where we are and how to get to the next place we want to go. Orienteering, for sure, gets us out into nature and outside of our daily routines.
2025 Events Schedule
- Sunday, June 1: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus
- Sept/Oct: Check back soon.
- Saturday, Nov 8 OR 15: Alum Creek State Park OR Delaware State Park. Check back soon.
- Sunday, December 7: Alley Park, Lancaster
Event Logistics
Look for conspicuous signage at events, typically a large white/orange square at the park entrance and another near the reserved shelter/park section where the club starts and finishes. Electronic punching on the long, advanced courses, will start with the May meet. We will still offer traditional, manual red "paper punches".
Start your walk or run between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Details are available on the COO website or COO Facebook pages. If possible, let's meet at 11 a.m. at the start or see you on the trail.
WHETSTONE PARK OF ROSES DIRECTIONS: From 71 take either the Broadway or Cooke Rd exit and head toward High St. Go north (if you take Broadway) or south (if you take Cooke) until you reach the Whetstone Park entrance on the west side. (The Library is there, also.)
After entering the park, follow the orange and white square at the entrance, continue to the start/shelterhouse, which has another orange and white square.
Contact
Annie Almstedt, your Intrepid Scandi-Orienteer-er Coordinator
ohioalmstedts@att.net
614-975-5949
Registration and Donations:
Please, RSVP online on the Scandi Club website so that Annie, our Coordinator, knows how many to expect. Hope to see you there.
At the meet, inform Annie of your attendance.
No charge for Metro Park events, but COO (Central Ohio Orienteers) accepts donations.
