Patuxent
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October 7
Sunday
Welcome to one of our most favorite, least steep parks! Our course setter Craig Shelden has prepared a full range of courses from White (Beginner) to Blue (Advanced) and every other color course in between that QOC normally has available as well as long and short "contours-only" training courses. Register at the event anytime between 10:45am - 1:15pm, start any time between 11 - 1:30, and be back at the finish no later than 3pm. Water, snacks, restrooms, and all the other usual amenities will also be available.
New to orienteering? We will hold beginner clinics continuously during the event; just tell the friendly folks at registration if you'd like to be in one and they'll take care of you. Also, make sure to check out our Your First Event and For Beginners webpages, and if they don't answer any question you have, just use our Contact Us form and ask away!
Leaders of any youth groups or large groups: please contact Meet Director Dave Levine so that we can coordinate pre-registration for your group; the group registration and waiver form is part of the information on our Group Leaders page.
Special Notes for this event:
- Start and Finish will be near the registration area at the Pavilion.
- All maps will be at a scale of 1:10,000.
- Dogs are welcome but must be on leash at all times.
Location | Patuxent River Park, Barn parking area, Upper Marlboro, MD (Classic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registration | No advance registration required. Just show up and have fun! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start Times | Start any time between the specified times (usually 11am - 1:30pm). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule | Sunday, October 7
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Course Details | Classic
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Course Notes | Classic These notes reflect a complete update based on site surveys and control vetting. The map continues to hold up pretty well. As a consequence of holding this event in early fall, indistinct trails may have some leaves covering portions – and – visibility will be less than we might enjoy in a late fall or early winter event. Creeks often have sheer, deep sides of about 3 – 5 feet. They're not deep enough to require a contour, but they are deep enough to warrant crossing caution. As usual, linear marshes and gullies may have water present depending on recent rainfall.
Site Comments:
Classic Course Comments: Yellow provides a few more route choices, but remains pretty straight forward. Yellow is also sufficiently different from the White course that early White finishers might want to give it try. Orange is intended to provide opportunities for route planning, collecting features, as well as catching features to help keep everyone mostly on track. Unless really aggressive, most Orange runners should be able to use bridges for stream and large marsh crossings. See site notes regarding indistinct trails. All Orange controls are located south of Croom Airport Road, the main road entering the park from the west. See Contours-Only comments below. The Advanced courses try to use as much of the park as feasible.
Contours-Only Course Comments: My goal was to enable those for whom Pax River Park is old hat to give it a try in a new light. Due to the large stream and marsh features in the contours-only area, I added the three bridges with stream snippets most likely to be useful for these courses, especially for those orienteers whose first instinct is to not plunge headlong into the first marsh that presents itself along the course. Within each control circle I've reviewed the available data and attempted to accurately portray the features within and near the circle. Make no mistake: these are contours-only maps, not terrain feature, not trail, not vegetation, and not water feature maps. No kidding, contours-only. The Contours-Only courses use much of the Orange course terrain and some of its controls, so Orange participants might want to consider trying one of the contours-only courses to get a different perspective on that part of the park. Bragging rights go to those who can find the contour differences between the older map and the contours-only. There are a few, but their impact should be minimal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Entry Fees | Individual Entries
Note: juniors = under 21
Team or Group Entries Participants are welcome to compete together as a single team entry. Teams containing one or more nonmembers are charged the nonmember individual rate. Teams containing one or more adults are charged the adult individual rate. For teams to receive member or junior rates, all members of the team must be members or juniors, respectively. Each extra team map beyond the first is an additional $2. Individuals or teams desiring to compete on a second course can do so for a reduced fee of $2/map. Important Notes
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