Events

Here are the upcoming events for the St. Louis Orienteering Club.  For events that are open for registration, please go to our Registration Page.  Please register in advance in order to reserve a map and epunch stick.

Greensfelder Permanent Orienteering Course Map is located here.

2026 Membership Registration is now OPEN.  Standard membership provides a discount at each event (even cheaper if registering 48 hours ahead of time).  Subscription membership provides free entry to most events.  Review the membership page for details.

  • 2026-04-25 Night O’ & 2026-04-26 Middle Distance

    Two orienteering events in one! 1) a Night-O event on Saturday evening. The navigation is harder but it’s a ton of fun. 2) Middle course distances on Sunday morning. A little shorter but technical orienteering.

    Registration is open. There are three registration options so you can register for just one of the events or both. If you’re planning to camp in the group campsite, just put a note “camping” in the comments note.

    Meet Director: Eric Buckley

    Location: Hawn State Park. Saturday night start at group campground. Sunday morning start at day use area.

    Meet Details:

    There is no official meet hotel as we hope most people will camp (for free) at the group site; we had a great time staying up waaaaay too late around the fire last year. For those who don’t want to camp, I would suggest Farmington. There’s a Hampton and Holiday Inn at the intersection of 67 & 32. More budget minded folks can find a Quality Inn and Baymont half a mile further south on 67. The gate OUT of the campsite is automated, so you can get out even after midnight.

    Saturday: Registration opens at 7:00PM. Feel free to arrive earlier and get your camp set up as you probably won’t want to do that in the dark. We’ll start folks on the beginner or intermediate course as early as 7:30PM but encourage waiting until the sun is down to get the full night-O experience. Advanced course will start at 8:30. All courses close at 11:00PM. Reg and start at the group campsite (just north of the main campground).

    Sunday: Registration opens at 10:00AM with starts following shortly after. Courses close at 1:00PM. Reg and start in the day use area just west of the main campground.

    Course stats:

    Night (standard distance):

    Note that the night courses are slightly shorter than they would be during the day, but they are not “dumbed down”. The Red course is very technical. Orange is solid intermediate (similar to Adventure Racing difficulty). Yellow is fairly straightforward, but you will go off trail.

    Day (middle distance):

    Middle distance is intended to be the most technical orienteering and these courses reflect that.

  • 2026-05-05 — Spring Board Meeting

    The SLOC Board spring board meeting will be held at the pavilion directly following the event. (~7:30 pm start) The Board meeting is open to all SLOC members and you are encouraged to attend and participate. At meeting, the business of the club is discussed and decisions are made – everything from creation of new maps, club merchandise, educational opportunities to support the community, and our financials. If you are interested in how the club operates, want to be more involved, have ideas that can make us better, please plan on joining us. It’s pretty casual – bring chairs or a blanket and your favorite beverage.

    Who are the Board Members?

  • 2026-05-05 Shaw Park – Summer Series #2

    Join us for the start of the Summer Sprint Series. As we get closer to summer, we move our events to smaller local parks sprint events which are intended to be shorter in length with more fine grained navigation.

    Registration Open

    For this event, there will be two separate sprints. Everyone can participate in both.

    The first will be a traditional sprint – a point to point course that is designed to have winning times between 15-20 minutes. If you are walking the course, it may take as long as 40 minutes.

    For those of you who know the race director, he sometimes experiments with other formats during the summer sprint series. This course is only for fun, and the exact details won’t be revealed until the event itself. But – you should bring your GPS tracking device for this event – your Garmin, your Apple watch, or even your phone with an app like Strava or LiveLox.

    AND there is more: The SLOC Board spring board meeting will be held at the pavilion directly following the event. (~7:00 pm start) …. See more detail here

    Date/Time: May 5, 2026 – 5pm first start (move up if you want to get both sprints in before the board meeting) Last start, 6:45

    Location: Shaw Park, Clayton, MO – North Shelter (https://maps.app.goo.gl/bQyJkdaYQnNUDRGb6)

    Meet Director: Bryan Niehaus

    We will use Livelox for sharing routes for this event. If interest in sharing and analyzing your route, get setup using these instructions. https://stlouisorienteering.org/livelox-publishing-my-route-virtually-watch-event/

  • 2026-05-19 Summer Series #3

    Weeknight Series – #3

    When: Tuesday, May 19, 6-8 pm

    Where: TBD

    Meet Director: TBD

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-06-09 Queeny Park – Summer Series #4

    Weeknight Series – #4. Z wanted to bring us back to Queeny to follow up on the early season event.

    When: Tuesday, June 9, 6-8 pm

    Where: Queeny Park

    Meet Director: Zdeneck

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-06-23 Summer Series #5

    Weeknight Series – #5

    When: Tuesday, June 23, 6-8 pm

    Where: TBD

    Meet Director: TBD

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-07-07 Summer Series #6

    Weeknight Series – #6

    When: Tuesday, July 7, 6-8 pm

    Where: TBD

    Meet Director: TBD

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-07-21 Summer Series #7

    Weeknight Series – #7

    When: Tuesday, July 21, 6-8 pm

    Where: TBD

    Meet Director: TBD

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-08-04 Summer Series #8

    Weeknight Series – #8

    When: Tuesday, August 4, 6-8 pm

    Where: TBD

    Meet Director: TBD

    Meet Info: This one is one of the summer weeknight “sprint” series. You don’t have to actually sprint – walking is fine too! We just call it that because it’s shorter and open (like a urban park, school campus, etc.) Tuesday evenings. *More information to be posted*

  • 2026-08-29 Creve Coeur 4 Adventure Race

    It’s back for year 2. This USARA sanctioned adventure race will be once again located in Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis. More details to follow but mark your calendar for the date which has been reserved with the park. Registration to open in the late spring.

  • 2026-09-19 David Frei Kirkwood Night-O

    Join the St. Louis Orienteering Club’s “flashlight” meet at Kirkwood Park. Designed for all ages, meet at the Lion’s Amphitheater and see how many check points you can find using your map and compass. Registration begins at 7:00 p.m. and the 45 minute meet starts at 8:00 pm with a mass start. There is a teaching session prior to the meet and awards following. Bring a headlamp or flashlight and a good sense of adventure!

    Note: This event is park of the Kirkwood Greentree Festival. Yep, it’s on the official schedule. So, the park will be busy. The amphitheater is in the center of the park off Amphitheater Drive (appropriately named).

    https://www.kirkwoodmo.org/recreation/greentree-festival

    Meet Director: TBD