Resources

Web & Video

There are many web sites, books, and videos about Orienteering. The top two websites are:

• Orienteering USA

• International Orienteering Federation

Search "orienteering" on YouTube for helpful videos.

There are clubs in Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, and other surrounding states if you're traveling and want to keep orienteering. 

Listed below are some other websites and apps to learn more about orienteering.

• Online map skills test

• Online International Control Symbols test

• oSymbols is an iOS app to learn both control symbols and map symbols. It has pictures as examples. Find it in the App Store for $0.99

• orienteer.co is a browser based course design interface

Compass & Map Info

• How to use a compass.

• Map Legend (symbol key):

Other

While technically not Orienteering, Geocaching can be a fun intro to maps and a great navigation based family activity. A couple links we recommend:

• Geocaching - global hide and seek with GPS

• GPS and Geocaching 101 - helpful intro and lots of additional links about Geocaching