Orienteering Merit Badge 2021
McDowell Nature Preserve & Park
35.104503, -81.026378
09 Jan 2021
James K., Peyton N., Ethan S., and Gavin S. completed the McDowell Nature Preserve and Park, located in Mecklenburg County, COK Orange course, hosted by the Carolina Orienteering Klubb. The Orange course (intermediate level) consist of 15 controls over a total course length of 4.0 km. Weather was cold at start with frigid temperatures near freezing! Recent rain created muddy, wet and slippery conditions on the course!
Each Scout took four consecutive controls to locate, with Peyton going first (controls 1-4), followed by James (controls 5-8), Ethan (controls 9-12) and then Gavin (controls 13-15 + finish)
Keep working on developing your map reading skills and learning the control symbols. Refer to the Introduction to Orienteering post for recently added hyperlinks.
