WPOC
Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club

WPOC offers this orienteering event for public attendance during 2025


Date Location Start Times Courses Cost
21 Sep Hartwood Acres, Near the Mansion Tentative Beginner: 11 am and 1 pm; Intermediate: Noon; Advanced: 11 am to 2 pm;  Free for everyone; Details Tentative Beginner and Intermediate Instruction; Advanced exercises FREE

If you are planning to come to this event, please preregister at  http://www.wpoc.org/preregistration.php   There is NO COST for anyone to participate in this event.

If you would like to find out more, go to our Web site   www.wpoc.org

Or call Jim Wolfe at 814 255-6606 or e-mail jlwolfe@atlanticbb.net


Directions to Hartwood Acres (east side - the mansion)

From PA Turnpike exit 48.  Exit onto Freeport Rd toward Pittsburgh. Follow Freeport Rd for about 0.5 miles to Route 910. Turn right onto Route 910 west and go for 5.0 miles to Saxonburg Blvd. Turn left on Saxonburg Blvd and go for 1.9 miles to Hartwood Acres entrance. Turn right into Hartwood Acres and follow the red and white orienteering signs to parking.

From downtown Pittsburgh.  Take Rt 28 north  to exit 5B on the left, Route 8 toward Butler.  Go 1.4 miles on Route 8 and take a right on Saxonburg Blvd.  Follow Saxonburg Blvd for 4.7 miles to the entrance of Hartwood Acres. Turn left into Hartwood Acres and follow the red and white orienteering signs to parking.

Alternative: Take Route 28 north or south to Route 910 (exit 11). Follow Route 910 west for about 4.5 miles to Saxonburg Blvd. Turn left on Saxonburg Blvd and go for 1.9 miles to Hartwood Acres entrance. Turn right into Hartwood Acres and follow the red and white orienteering signs to parking.
 
  Here is a Google maps link to the Hartwood Acres entrance.

The GPS coordinates of the entrance are 40.56467 N, 79.90472 W