Orienteering Course

Allegheny National Forest

Orienteering is a recreation and competitive sport that involves using a map and compass to find your way in unfamiliar terrain.  The object is to select and follow the best route to a series of designated points where markers (controls) will be located.  The challenge results from the fact that the course is marked in no other way than the controls themselves. The fun, and the test lies in determining the best and fastest route. In competitive form, the controls must be found in the least possible time, and the course itself is not known beforehand. Orienteering provides an opportunity for full involvement by every member of the family improving your knowledge of geography and practical navigation, and enhancing physical and mental fitness as well.

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Directions:

The Orienteering course is located at the Hearts Content Recreation Area, 15 miles southwest of Warren, PA. From the traffic signal at the intersection of US 6 and TR3005 (Pleasant Drive) in Warren, turn south off US 6 and bear to the right. Follow TR 3005 abut 11 mles to its junction with signed township road TR 2002 which leads 4 miles to Hearts Content. The Orienteering course starts at the picnic area.