Beginners are always welcome and people are always available to share information on
how to register, start and complete a course! For more information about how our meets
work, see the general information page.
| Winter 2010 |
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Sunday, January 10
12 pm | Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
Sunday, February 14
12 pm | Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Lake, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
Monday, March 15
7 pm | REI Roseville | Intro to Orienteering
| Free class. A donation to the MNOC map fund would be appreciated. |
Wednesday, March 24
7 pm | REI Bloomington | Intro to Orienteering
| Free class. A donation to the MNOC map fund would be appreciated. |
Saturday, March 27
12 pm | Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MN | Three Rivers Parks/MNOC/REI Orienteering Skill Development Clinic
| Meet Results |
| Spring 2010 |
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Saturday, April 3
12 pm-1:30 pm | Terrace Oaks Park, Burnsville, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
Saturday, April 17
9:30 am-12 pm | Wirth Park, Minneapolis, MN | Earth Day Park Clean up | Earth Day Clean Up with REI and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. |
Sunday, April 18
12 pm-1:30 pm | William O'Brien State Park, near Marine On St. Croix, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
Sunday, April 25
9 am | River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, MN | AR Tune-up and Orienteering Event
| Meet Results |
Saturday, May 1
12 pm-1:30 pm | Sand Dunes State Forest, near Zimmerman, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
Sunday, May 16
12 pm-1:30 pm | Afton State Park, Afton, MN | Regular | Meet Results |
| Summer 2010 |
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Saturday, June 5
3 pm | Nerstrand Woods State Park, near Northfield, MN | Members Only | Members Only meet with family-friendly short courses, socializing, potluck and tent camping Saturday night at the group camp. Open to MNOC and other O-club members, and their guests.
Preregister now. . More details at
Members only meet info |
| Saturday, July 10 | TBA at 7pm July 8th REI Bloomington Meeting | 9th Annual Adventure-O
| Meet Results |
Saturday, August 14
8:30 am | Rock lake Area, Cable , NW Wisconsin | 8th Annual Rogaine
| 6-hour rogaine long-distance orienteering event. Location: Rock Lake National Recreational Trail , 7 miles E of Cable , WI on cty rd M . Camping available on Friday and Saturday nights for $14/tent /night. Mountain biking available in the area on Sunday.
830am Meet at Rock lake Trailhead for transport to remote start (2 miles away); 9:00 am mandatory prerace meeting at remote start; 9:30 mass start ; 3:30 pm event ends; 4 pm course closing
More details and registration at
Aug 14th 2010 6-hour rogaine information info
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| Fall 2010 |
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Saturday, September 11
12 pm-1:30 pm | Lebanon Hills East, Eagan, MN | Regular | Preregister now. |
Sunday, September 26
12 pm-1:30 pm | Willow River State Park, near Hudson, WI | Regular | Preregister now. |
Wednesday, September 29
7 pm | REI Maple Grove store | Intro to Orienteering
| Free class (approx 1 hr 15 min ) . A donation to the MNOC map fund would be appreciated from attendees.
REI Maple Grove map and directions
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Sunday, October 10
12 pm | Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage, MN | Regular | Minnegoat long distance event and regular meet. |
Saturday, October 23
Sunday, October 24 | Camp Ripley North, near Little Falls, MN | Regular | Event on Saturday and Sunday. Exact start location to be announced. Dormitory accomodation on Sat night will be available.
Sat Oct 23 afternoon 12 noon to 3:30 pm starts; course closing 4pm
Short sprint 1.3km, Sprint 2km, and Middle courses (2.4 km, 3.2 km, 3.8km) (epunch)
Pot luck picnic close to the orienteering action (bring a dish to share)
Sat Oct 23rd evening 7 pm mass start 45 minute Night score O (manual punch)
Sun Oct 24th morning 9:30 to 10:30 starts ; courses close at 12 noon. Blue (8km-advanced), Red (advanced), Green (advanced), Brown (advanced short) (epunch) and Orange (2.6 km intermediate -manual punch) courses.
Registration will open soon on this website
NOTE: This event is set to take place at Camp Ripley - an active military training area- and as such pressing military needs may require that the MNOC event be moved to another location off base. A back up location for the same weekend will be arranged and publicized in due course if that becomes necessary. |
Thursday, November 11
6 pm-7 pm | Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MN | Regular | Veteran's Day Night-O. Free entry to veterans.
Preregister now. |
Saturday, November 20
11 am | Lake Maria State Park, Monticello, MN | Score-O | Registration at 11 am for 11:30 am mass start. 90 minute score-O format.
Preregister now. |
| Permanent Courses |
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| Year-round | Various locations | Permanent | More information. |
