Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Tuesday, January 20, 2004 N is for new areasPart of the fun of orienteering is exploring new areas, areas that might be good for orienteering. Sometimes you find a great place. Sometimes you're disappointed.This weekend I was on Long Island, New York, and I had a chance to explore a new area. The place is Rocky Point. As far as I can tell, the Long Island O' Club hasn't mapped the area. But, if they can get access for orienteering, it might be worth mapping. I was not disappointed. I went for two runs in the area carrying the U.S.G.S. map and exploring the forest. The vegetation is wonderful. The forest is open and runnable, but there are also some changes that would show up as vegetation boundaries on the map. Some of the forest is a little thick -- not enough to be unpleasant, but enough that it might make for some interesting route choice possibilities. You can run through the forest fast. The terrain is mostly flat, but there are some interesting low contour features. Take a look at this area with some depressions and knolls. Check out another area with some larger hills. The area has a fairly dense trail network with horse trails, hiking trails and mountain bike trails. The only problem I saw with the area was that there aren't many good control location features. While there are lots of trails, with bends and junctions, there aren't a lot of small features (man made objects or reentrants) that'd be good for advanced courses. Access might be a problem. The area seems to be heavily used by hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and hunters. Orienteers probably wouldn't disturb any of the existing activities, but you might have to work to sell the park managers on that point. posted by Michael | 1:38 PM 
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