Jefferson Barracks County Park isn’t really back in the woods, but it’ll have more woods than our summer events. Note: this event is on Sunday. If you show up on Saturday, you’ll encounter 200 cross-country runners!
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Time: Courses open 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. You can start at any time.
Location: Jefferson Barracks County Park. General Atkinson Shelter at the southeastern corner of the park. Use navigation software to follow directions to the shelter or look for orienteering signs along Grant road near Hancock Ave.
Meet Director: Mark Geldmeier
Courses: There will be three “point-to-point” courses. You have to go in order. -Yellow Course (Beginner) – 2.1 km, 7 CPs -Orange Course (Intermediate) – 3.4 km, 10 CPs -Green Course (Advanced) – 5.9 km, 17 CPs
About: Jefferson Barracks has a bit of everything. Open grassy fields, wooded depressions, a small but challenging open woods section, a paved trail, prairie, and some sections of thick green. Plus museums, monuments, and lots of military history.
With the late summer drought, the vegetation has dried out. Some of the green areas are more runnable than usual (mainly where there is bush honeysuckle).
Questions: Contact Mark Geldmeier (mgeldmeier@earthlink.net)