Pinckney Recreation Area--Southern Michigan Orienteering Club O-Meet at Halfmoon Lake

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Orienteering is a sport that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain. Participants are given a map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points.

At a standard O-meet, participants must visit each control point on the course in the order indicated. The winner for each course is the person who successfully visits each control point on the course in the shortest time. There are courses for all skill levels.

You have three hours to complete your course, so you may want to begin closer to noon. To avoid an unnecessary search and rescue operation, you must check in with the Meet Director after you come back even if you did not finish your course!

Free instruction is available at all meets, just ask when you sign in. You may rent a compass for a nominal fee with collateral. Detailed topographic maps are available at each meet.

For more information contact Lew Kidder at 734-662-1000 or visit www.michigano.org.

Please Note: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources makes every effort to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information on the web calendar. However, dates occasionally change and events may be canceled for any reason. Please call the unit hosting the event to confirm dates and times prior to your arrival.

A Recreation Passport is required for entry into all Michigan State Parks and Recreation Areas. Check "YES" when you renew your license plate. Learn more at www.michigan.gov/recreationpassport.

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