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Training Course - New!

From Beginner to Intermediate Orienteering In Just Three Days! Bob Turbyfill's "Zero to Orange in Three Days" course is designed to take you from knowing nothing about orienteering to the skill level you'd need to compete on an orange (intermediate) level course.

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday 4-5 May 2019 with day 3 on Sunday 19 May and again in the Fall of 2019 (watch for future details).!

EVENT: Zero to Orange Training Course

LOCATION: Mason Neck State Park on Saturday 4 May, and Gunston Hall on Sunday 5 May in Lorton, VA and Pohick Bay Regional Park on Sunday 19 May

Calling All Junior Orienteers

The Mid-Atlantic Junior Orienteering Team is looking for young orienteers seeking to improve!

ICA Goes Orienteering

This article is an enjoyable take from a cartographer's perspective on orienteering at Fountainhead this last summer - we encourage QOC orienteers to read it.




US 2017 Classic Champs

The 2017 US Two Day Classic Orienteering Championships will be hosted this year by our very own club on November 11-12. We encourage all local orienteers to take advantage of this great opportunity to participate in a national event; registration is open now!

WHERE: Two new (and newly mapped) areas of the Quantico Marine Base will be used for this event. These areas are not normally ever open to the public for recreational use, and they represent some of the finest orienteering terrain among all of the 50,000 acres on the Base.

Annual General Meeting Notice

The Quantico Orienteering Club will hold its Annual General Membership Meeting on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 11:35am, in conjuction with the "Chase" orienteering event being held at Jug Bay, The Caretakers House Area, Bristol, Md. The purpose of the meeting will be to elect the Club Officers to serve one year terms from June of 2017 to June of 2018. For directions and further information about the event, please see the event webpage.