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UNO - Up North Orienteers

We are a dynamic and friendly orienteering club, noted for welcoming newcomers, for our families with children of various ages, and for our top-level national competitors. Our objective is to foster and promote orienteering as a recreational and competitive sport.

We offer a full schedule of orienteering in New Hampshire. Our event schedule is dominated by local meets (designed for beginners, casual orienteers, and competitive types). Please check for additional events in the orienteering web sites from our neighboring states:

  • MA,RI,CT:
  • NEOC New England Orienteering Club
  • West CT
  • WCOC Western Connecticut Orienteering Club
  • Boston:
  • CSU Cambridge Sports Union
  • Vermont:
  • GMOC Green Mountain Orienteering Club
  • USA:
  • USOF Orienteering USA Offical Calendar

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    Up North Orienteers
    50 Epping Road
    Exeter, NH 03833

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    2013 Boulder Dash in Bear Brook SP

    BoulderDash Patch

    Sat - Sun, Oct 19 - 20, UNO Boulder Dash 'A' Meet
    Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown, NH

    2013 Boulder Dash Flyer (.pdf)
    Orienteering USA Event Registration Site
    Maps and Terrain: 1:10,000, 5 meter contours. IOF standard. Photogrammetry: Sterling UK 2009. Field Check and Drafting: Alexey Zuev 2009 and Marcello Pradell 2012 Bear Brook State Park is an area of intricate contour with plentiful rock detail. Vegetation varying from mixed open woods to thicker undergrowth. This area was originally the first color orienteering map in New England in 1972!


    The Next Events:

    Saturday, Jun 8, Mendum's Pond, Barrington, NH
    The Mendum's Pond event has been cancelled. Sorry!

    Saturday, Jun 29, Ahern State Park, Laconia, NH
    Starts 10:00 – 1:00. Courses close at 3:00. White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green and Red Courses offered. May be a mix of classic, middle, or woods sprint formats/lengths for the advanced courses. Beginner instruction will be offered at 10:30, 11:00: 11:30 and 12:00. Registration and start/finish will be right next to the beach – feel free to jump right in as you finish. Good launch spot for canoes and kayaks.
    Directions: From I-93, take exit 20. Go north about 7 miles on Rt 3 to just past the Belknap Mall, then continue straight on Rt 11A to downtown Laconia. At the first light in Laconia, go left onto Main St/Rt 106 (Landmark Inn will be on your left). Follow Main St/Rt 106 north 2.4 miles, turn left onto Right Way Path. Take an immediate left onto the dirt road at the Ahern State Park sign, we will be at the southern beach (left turn at the bottom of the hill). From the seacoast area, take Rt 11 north past the Laconia Airport, then Business Rt 3 towards downtown Laconia. At the light at Lakeport Square (Fratello's Restaurant on your left) take a right onto Elm St. Go 1.7 miles to the light, turn left onto Parade Road/Rt 106 south. Take the first right (0.5 miles) onto Right Way Path. Take an immediate left onto the dirt road at the Ahern State Park sign, we will be at the southern beach (left turn at the bottom of the hill).
    Event Director: Jim Arsenault 603-520-1873

    Saturday - Sunday, Sep 7 - 8, UNO Camping Weeked, Pawtuckway State Park

    Sunday, Sep 22, Fort Rock, Exeter, NH

    Saturday - Sunday, Oct 19 - 20, UNO Boulder Dash 'A' Meet
    Orienteering USA Event Registration Site

    Any Time, Sewall Woods Permanent Course, Wolfeboro, NH
    Get the Instructions (.pdf) and the Map (.pdf)

    Any Time, Tucker Brook Permanent Course, Milford, NH
    See Tucker Brook, Milford, NH O-Course (.pdf)

    Any Time, Beaver Brook Permanent Course, Hollis, NH
    See Beaver Brook, Hollis, NH (.pdf)