WPOC
Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club

WPOC offers this orienteering event for public attendance during 2025


Date Location Start Times Courses Cost
01 Jun North Park 1, Grant Shelter Tentative 11 am to 2 pm  Advanced courses will have a "goat" format Tentative Beginner; Novice; Intermediate; Advanced short and long; Bike-O $6 per map*

If you are planning to come to this event, please preregister at  http://www.wpoc.org/preregistration.php   Preregistration does not involve paying any money until you come to the event.  Also, the cost is waived for preregistered kids; so they are free*.

*Anyone who is NOT preregistered (including kids) pays $1 more than the normal cost and is NOT guaranteed a preprinted map. Each preregistered person/group is guaranteed one preprinted map. If a group wants multiple maps, it should preregister in pieces.

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


  

From the East:  At turnpike (I-76) exit 39, take Route 8 south (1.3 miles). Turn  right onto Wildwood Rd.  This  will become Ingomar Rd; continue on it for 2.9 miles to parking just before the traffic light where Babcock Blvd crosses Ingomar.  The Grant Shelter is on the south side of Ingomar Rd; look for the WPOC banner.

From the South (on I-279):  Take McKnight Road (exit 4) and follow McKnight Rd 6.4 miles north to Ingomar Rd.  Bear right at the exit and follow Ingomar Rd about 2.1 miles until it crosses Babcock Blvd.  Parking is just beyond this intersection.  The Grant Shelter is on the south side of Ingomar Rd; look for the WPOC banner.

From the South (on Route 28): Take Route 8 north (exit 5) about 7.4 miles.  Turn left onto Wildwood Rd.  This will become Ingomar Rd; continue on it for 2.9 miles to parking just before the traffic light where Babcock Blvd crosses Ingomar.  The Grant Shelter is on the south side of Ingomar Rd; look for the WPOC banner.

From the Northwest:  At turnpike (I-76) exit 28 (or at I-79 exit 78 via Route 228 west), take Route 19 South (7.7 miles) to Ingomar Rd.  (Don’t follow Truck Route 19.)  Turn left and follow Ingomar Rd about 2.7 miles until it crosses Babcock Blvd.  Parking is just beyond this intersection. The Grant Shelter is on the south side of Ingomar Rd; look for the WPOC banner.  
  

Here is a Google maps link to the Grant Shelter

 The GPS coordinates of the Grant Shelter are  40.593680 N, 79.995738 W