Durand Eastman Park is a 977-acre park located in the northern section of Rochester, NY and contains 5000 feet of coastline on Lake Ontario. This park started out as a summer camp owned by Dr. Henry Strong Durand in the early 1900s. George Eastman (of Kodak fame) purchased land surrounding the summer camp and both... Continue Reading →
Bradford Woods
This past weekend brought us to Indiana University’s Bradford Woods for orienteering. Bradford Woods is an interesting place. The land was settled in the 1850s, by Joseph and Martha Bradford. Their family discovered a type of sand that could be used to create steel molds in the late 1800s and began mining and selling the... Continue Reading →
Orienteering in Story
Hi everyone! During this past weekend. We took advantage of the unseasonably mild weather and tried our hand at a permanent orienteering course located in the Hoosier National Forest (HNF) near Story, Indiana. And, the whole town is apparently for sale! This is a 25-control course that was created in 1993 and lies within a... Continue Reading →
Mendon Ponds Park
Happy Holidays everyone! As we are on the road for Christmas visiting family in Rochester, NY, and we thought we’d post about an orienteering course we did during an uncharacteristically mild and sunny day for December in western NY. Our travels took us to Mendon Ponds Park on 23Dec2019, which is in Monroe Country, NY... Continue Reading →
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