Virtual Orienteering Courses

Why you should try a Virtual Orienteering Course!

Rather than running the same route every day, challenge yourself to complete a Virtual Orienteering Course. 

Virtual courses have no infrastructure on the ground – it's a time trial rather than a race so you can run any course, any time you want! The beauty of the challenge is deciding your own route and capturing control points.

There are 3 main types of courses;

• Score course – this is where you have to find as many controls as you can in the time limit (often 45-60mins). Each control is worth a number of points; they may all have the same value or they may vary. The highest number of points wins. You will lose points if you are late back
• Line course – your aim is to find all the controls in the right order as quickly as possible
• Scatter course – where you have to find all the controls in any order as quickly as possible

So why not have an adventure and find towns and parks to explore with an accessible, flexible and fun Virtual Orienteering Course.

Please note participants use virtual courses at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety, and we recommend under 16s should not go out unaccompanied when in an urban setting.  Commercial reproduction and use of the map is not permitted without prior permission.

Note: If you are looking for Virtual Orienteering Courses in Scotland, a complete list, including links to downloadable maps, is available from the Scottish Orienteering website here.

Watch this short video which tells you more about our Find Your Way Project and gives you a taste of what to expect at a virtual orienteering course.