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Orienteering Field Trip
Event Details
Time: May 16, 2009 at 2pm
Location: Crowders Mountain State Park Visitor's Center
Street: 522 Park Office Lane
City/Town: Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Website or Map: http://crowdersmountain.com
Phone: 7048411640
Event Type: field, trip
Organized By: Leslie Wieser
Latest Activity: May 12
Event Description
Come on out and enjoy a nice Spring afternoon as we head up to Crowders Mountain (just 25 miles west of Charlotte) for a Ranger led Orienteering program. Learn to read a compass and find your way through a 3/4 mile orienteering course comprised of 14 different compass degree bearings. Terrain is easy to moderately difficult. Wear comfortable hiking clothes and shoes. Group is limited to 15 and those interested in carpooling should notify event coordinator.
***THIS EVENT IS FULL AND CLOSED FOR RESERVATIONS****
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Comment
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Comment by Jim Stegall on May 10, 2009 at 6:27pm - Leslie, I can't make the orienteering on the 16th. My daughter needs me to help her move.
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Comment by Jill Palmer on March 7, 2009 at 9:57pm - Native Plant Certification class has come up as the same time - sorry- next time.
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