Description
Located just outside Asheville, NC at 35.49144473573905, -82.6276373047387 in Bent Creek Experimental Forest. Click here for Google Maps driving directions.
MapRun is a smartphone app for orienteering that runs silently in your pocket while you navigate with a paper map and compass. It tracks your progress with GPS and keeps score of your orienteering session. You can learn about MapRun here – https://maprunners.weebly.com/
There are NO MARKERS IN THE FIELD. You are navigating with a map and compass to GPS locations instead of flags.
This is for SMALL GROUPS ONLY.
- Suitable for all experience levels.
- Four courses included:
- “Baker’s Dozen” Scatter Course – 13 control points. Visit as many as you like (at least one) in any order and return to the Start.
- Yellow Classic Course – 4..0km, 5 control points
- Orange Classic Course – 4.7km, 8 control points
- Red Classic Course – 6.4km, 13 control points
- Strava upload and all-time leaderboard (optional)
- Your purchase confirmation email will contain relevant download links for all courses and additional materials to get you started.
- How many maps to buy?
- You are welcome to bring friends and family with just one $5 map purchase, but please limit MapRun smartphone instances to the number of maps purchased. Self-print maps should be purchased per device. For example, if you purchase a single $5 map, you can print out your courses, go out there with your friends and family and run MapRun on a single device to track your group’s result. If you want to run MapRun on multiple devices, though, please purchase that many maps.
About the Map
- 1:15,000 scale LiDAR, OpenStreetMap and Strava Global Heatmap base map of the Lake Powhatan Recreational Area in Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Pisgah National Forest just west of Asheville, NC.
- Elevation contours are 5m and though these mountains are very steep in places, a lot of the course can be done on relatively flat hiking trails and gravel roads.
- The map is NOT FIELD-CHECKED. It has SOME field-checking done, but it should not be regarded as a field-checked map. The vegetation depicts rhododendron and mountain laurel and denser thickets, but underbrush is not accurately depicted. Use at your own risk.
Needs updated post Helene
Thanks for letting me know! If you’d please message me directly about which parts were inaccurate, I will update the map appropriately. There is fresh LiDAR available post-Helene, which I will process to update the vegetation, and I’ll pull some fresh Strava data to update the trails. You’ll receive an updated version ASAP. Everyone who’s purchased it will. Thanks again for the heads up. — Chris
Great course! I used this course to teach someone about land navigation. This map and the area are great for learning to read terrain.
Peggy Marks and I had a great time today on the Orange. Only got lost once! Keep them coming Chris!
Love, love, love the Bent Creek Course. Some trails, some bushwhacking, some stream crossings and a beautiful park. There is nothing better than running around in the woods on a beautiful day looking for no flags.