MVOC Orienteering at Eastwood MetroPark
About this race
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
• NOT OFFERED - 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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Pick your distance
Adventure race
Orienteering Map & Compass
A fast-paced orienteering challenge designed for all experience levels—newcomers, seasoned navigators, runners, hikers, and families alike.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Dayton, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets at 8:31 PM local time (EDT) in Dayton on May 2, 2026 — 13h 56m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 51 Dayton events
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