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Prospect Park Memorial 

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Start Times

10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Control Pick-up

3:30 pm

Location

Prospect Park, Carousel, Brooklyn, NY

WELCOME to Prospect Park, to HVO local meet in memory of orienteer Mark Bekker!

 

Location
 

To avoid hassle with parking your car, take Q subway to Prospect Park station, which is only 5 minutes walking distance from the start/finish.

The subway ride takes only 6 minutes from the Atlantic terminal of LIRR and less than 30 minutes from Times Square.

I case you opt to drive, try to park your vehicle on Flatbush Avenue (either side) between Empire Blvd and Grand Army Plaza

 

Registration
 

Pre-registration is closed. Please register on-site. 

 

Cost
 

Standard HVO fee schedule applies.
 

HVO Member / Non-Member

Individual Adult $7 / $15

Individual Junior (under 21) $5 / $10

Family Maximum $20 / $30

Group (2 people) $10 / $20

 

Course setter notes
 

Prospect park is a beautiful urban park in the heart of Brooklyn, of more than 2 square km of area. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who also helped design Central Park. Participants may enjoy a carousel ride and visit Brooklyn Zoo. Both located within close proximity to the start/finish area. 

The area is very complex and difficult from an orienteering point of view - with many winding paths, trails and roads with  bridges and underpasses, which run over terminal moraine type of terrain. Patches of open fields, semi-open areas, woods and water surfaces are mixed thus the park.

There are numerous fences in the park. Fences are mainly of two kinds: a) 4-5 feet tall difficult to pass light wire fences, which are often poorly visible. On the map they are shown by a special symbol – thick line (as uncrossable fence) with single tag (as crossable fence symbol has). We advise to run them around. An example of such a fence will be presented at the start area. b) solid 6+ feet tall fences shown on the map by symbol “uncrossable fence."

 

ATTENTION !!!  Courses pass the park’s main inner circle with heavy bicycle traffic. Be extra cautious crossing it. Also some courses may cross horse trails. If you see horse riders, do not approach them closer than 20 meters.

Maps’ scale – 1:6,000 for all courses, except White. Scale of White maps – 1:5,000. Contours interval – 10 feet. White and Yellow/Brown2 maps are printed on 8.5”x11” paper, all other maps – on 11”x17”.

Updates to the map were made in May 2024.

All courses are preprinted. Clue sheets are printed on the map and also - if requested - may be given separately. 

 

COURSES

WHITE (very easy) - 7 controls 1.1 km 10 m

YELLOW/BROWN2 (easy) - 10 controls 2.5 km 45 m

ORANGE/BROWN1 (intermediate) - 11 controls 4.5 km 80 m

GREEN (difficult) - 20 controls 5.9 km 115 m

BLUE* (very difficult) - 27 controls  10.7 km 195 m

 

* Upon reaching control #12 on the Blue course, turn the map over and continue. 

 

Event director: Anna Bekker

Course setter: Stefan Slutsky

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