Please check back later for a more complete 2026 Schedule.
e-punching is now available on advanced courses.
All Events Subject to Park Approval.
To Volunteer for Meet Director or assistance at a meet please contact
Ann Almstedt.
ohio.orienteering(at)gmail.com
Register and Start anytime between 11AM and 1PM, unless otherwise noted
Double event planned for 4/25/2026
Battelle Darby Indian Ridge area
Grove City High School's Navy JROTC group is hosting a multi-school cadet orienteering event, which will start early Saturday morning.
The COO event that is open to the public will have start windows as usual, from 11 to 1.
If you are available to assist with either, and want to see how to work a larger orienteering event behind the scenes, please sign up at the SignupGenius link below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044BA9A82EA5FCC61-63418205-april
Please LMK if additional questions remain! Looking forward to this!
-- Annie / COO Pres
Courses:
White: 1.4 km, 7 controls
Yellow: 2.5 km, 9 controls
Orange: 3 km, 75 m, 13 controls
Brown: 3.6 km, 110 m, 14 controls
Green: 4.6 km, 140, 15 controls
Red: 7.2 km, 275 m, 24 controls (2 maps)
White and Yellow courses: Pin-Punch
Orange to Red courses: E-Punch
Note to "Red" course runners. Please start by noon as we are having a JNROTC event early Sat. morning.
DIRECTIONS:
Battelle Darby Creek Indian Ridge Area,
2705 Darby Creek Drive,
Galloway, Ohio 43119
From I-270 take the West Broad St. (US 40) exit west. Go about 5 miles on Broad St. to Darby Creek Drive. Turn left onto Darby Creek Drive and go about 4 miles. The Indian Ridge Area is on the right, just after crossing the railroad track/bike path.
March 29 (Sun) -Three Creeks Metro Park
April 25 (Sat) - Battelle Darby Indian Ridge area
May 30 (Sat) - location TBD
June 14 (Sun) - Park of Roses
August 22 (Sat) - Urban Orienteering Event, location TBD
September 20 (Sun) - location TBD
October 17 (Sat) - Alley Park
November 22 (Sun) - Alum Creek State Park
Three Creeks Metro Park Orienteering Results
Sunday, March 29, 2026
59 Total Participants
34 Total Starts
What an interesting day we had orienteering on Sunday, March 29th!
The park ranger showed me several areas of high water early that morning, and we drove across flooded trails. The river had flooded overnight quite far from its banks and muddied-up the terrain for orienteering. Two spots intended for controls were completely under water and near fast-flowing water - no way should a control go there in those conditions. The park ranger ended up closing some trails, and I ended up not putting out all the controls intended for the day!
The other surprise for the day was that we had a MASSIVE turnout for the RED course! Usually this course has very few runners, as it's typically over 5 km long and just really not a great choice the first time trying orienteering. Of 20 Red course maps printed for the day, 19 were used! It was a shorter course than intended due to so many of its controls being removed, but a whole bunch of people decided to go for a Red course! It will likely NOT be half-flooded-out the next time you try one!
We updated our sign-in sheet to ask about adding your email to our mailing list, asking if OK to publish pictures on social media (images with or without names), and asking if you'd like to become a member of COO. If we have more members, we can add more events to our calendar. If you'd like to see MORE orienteering in the Central Ohio area, please think about joining Central Ohio Orienteers. It takes people to put on events! We meet about once per month.
Many thanks to everyone who helped out! Thanks to Todd for helping folks figure out which map was a good one for their group, to Nich for lending me a fresh Sharpie so I could edit the maps before people went on their courses, to Alan for getting people signed in and started on the White & Yellow courses, and to Michelle and Chiori for assisting with control pickup.
Next event is Saturday, April 25th, 2026, at Battelle Darby / Indian Ridge area. The entire Club hopes to see you next month, because we really like orienteering! Bring friends, too - it's always good to get outside!
Battelle Darby Creek Results
Nov 2, 2025
11022025 Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park Meet results.xlsxAlley Park - Results - Oct. 11
We had a great turnout for the Alley Park meet this past weekend. There was a total of 39 starts across the 5 courses. The weather cooperated and it was a nice day for racing through the woods.
Thanks to Annie for helping with the registration, and thanks to all the volunteers who helped pick up, it made it go much quicker than I could have managed by myself.
Results for White, Yellow and Orange are listed below and the Brown and Green summary results are below, with split time are posted on attackpoint.org. (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_60065)
-- Alan
Brown Course
Split Times
Christopher Hodkinson 35:15
Jim, Amanda, and Lyric Hays 1:46:29
Earl Reisinger DNF - 2:23:13
Green Course
Split Times
Benjamin Hart 54:28
Jason Martin 56:40
Ron Enson 1:06:10
Knights who say nee 1:06:57
Stephanie Orienteering Cincinnati 1:16:36
Joe 1:23:49
Steve Robinson 1:27:25
Deb and Kyle 1:51:20
Hamster 2:14:22
Aaron Shambrock 3:11:11
Central Crossing DNF
Mike Storck DNF
Highbanks Results
Sept 7, 2025
Thank you to everyone who came out and made our first event of the fall season at Highbanks a success!
The weather was perfect, and we had a great turnout: 49 people started AND finished White, Yellow, and Orange courses. We had 8 starts on Green, 5 starts on Red and 8 starts on Blue.
We also rolled out a few new features with electronic controls and online registration. Many
long-time supporters were excited to see this development as we incorporate new
technologies.
The courses also had a few extra features. In addition to the standard beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses, we offered a stacked-course option for folks who wanted to take on an extra challenge by running both of the advanced courses back-to-back (and navigating the second course on the fly without a break to pre-plan their route)! A few brave folks also took on a surprise challenge by tracking down an optional hidden control for an extra time bonus!
We also offered a complimentary wardrobe decoration service for folks who went off-
trail, courtesy of the Highbanks flora. Many people returned with an impressive layer of seeds and burrs from their torsos to their toes. (Hopefully the time saving for taking the direct route was worth it!)
Our next event will be at Alley Park, just south of Lancaster, on October 11, 2025. It's only a short drive from Columbus and has some rugged hills and picturesque ponds. And hopefully we'll start to have some fall colors showing!
Chris Haas / Course Setter for Event
Detailed Split times Green link.
Green Time
Annie Hartley 1:02:49
Uriah 1:16:23
Michelle Snaveley 1:26:58
John Bailey 1:37:49
Nolte 1:37:55
Bearmoose 2:19:56
Hampster 2:30:53 (MP)
Annie Almstedt 1:04:01 (MP)
Detailed Split times Red link.
Red Time
Sam Richardson 1:06:05
Ron E 1:28:20
Shin S 1:41:39
Aquila 1:58:56
Chiori S DNF 1:38:56 (MP)
Detailed Split times Blue link.
Blue Time
Jason Martin 2:29:08
Deb & Kyle Stout 2:34:35
Sam Hartman 3:03:54
Ann & Nathan 3:30:52
Daniel L 337:40
Steve Robinson DNF 3:01:26 (MP)
Laura Comptois DNF 2:53:30
Mike Storck DNF
Whetstone Park of Roses Results
Due to city regulations the results cannot be posted publicly. If you would like to see your results, provide an email address and we will send you your time.
SLATE RUN Metro Park Results
May 10, 2025
White Course
1 Team Coley 35:45
2 Grant Shepherd 42:00
3 Luke Rospirn 45:07
4 Team Tartell 50:30
5 Team Watson 51:30
6 Team Hope 52:45
7 Four Panthers 56:20
8 Team Nightingale 1:03:00
9 Gary and Ingrid 1:05:45
Yellow Course
Orange Course
Green Course
Red Course
What is Orienteering?
(from the Orienteering USA website.)
Orienteering is a competitive international sport that combines racing with navigation. It is a timed race in which individual participants use a specially created, highly detailed map to select routes and navigate through diverse and often unfamiliar terrain and visit control points in sequence. Courses also can be enjoyed as a walk in the woods, with difficulty levels from beginner to expert offered at most events.
