French Creek Hopewell OPC 2015
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SCALE CONTOURS 1:10,000 5 meters Orienteering on this self-guided course allows you or your group to follow, at your leisure, a permanently marked route as an introduction to the sport. After completing this course, please try one of our local weekend events for a complete orienteering experience! 0 meters 250 Copyright 1995 - 2012, Delaware Valley Orienteering Copyright 1995 - 2012, Delaware Valley © Association (DVOA). All rights reserved. This map is an All rights reserved. Association (DVOA). original work produced from aerial and field surveys may only be reproduced for use on this permanent orienteering course. Portions of the land depicted may be private, and possession of this map does not imply right access. Please respect the rights of landowners. Park Road National Historic Site Historic National ORIENTEERING | PERMANENT COURSE Hopewell Furnace Hopewell 8 ennsylvania P y, t A French Creek Central 1999: Olaf Helgesen Photogrammetry, Ed Scott; 2012: Scott 1999: Eric Weyman, Field Survey, 1999: J-J Coté, Pat Dunlavey Cartography, Vladimir Zherdev Fieldwork & Drafting, 2011: Course Design, 2001: Ed Scott, Matt Marcinik Agosta Brochure Design & Production, 2015: Bob C South Entrance Road B Blue meridian lines point to Magnetic North. No correction required for declination. Delaware Valley Orienteering Association 14 Lake Drive, Spring City, PA 19475 [email protected], 610.792.0502 Hopewell Lake Course / Elverson, Chester Coun French Creek State Park www.dvoa.org Map scale is accurate when printed on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet size. 09/2015 French Creek / Hopewell Lake Course French Creek / Hopewell Lake Course Permanent Orienteering Course Control Sheet Permanent Orienteering Course Control Sheet Short 3.1 km distance 40m climb Long 4.3 km distance 105m climb Course (1.93 miles) (130 feet) Course (2.67 miles) (344 feet) Control # / Letter Code Control Descriptions Control Descriptions (Text) Control # / Letter Code Control Descriptions Control Descriptions (Text) Start Triangle Start Triangle Clearing Clearing 1 Vegetation Boundary 1 Vegetation Boundary 2 Northern Boulder, 1.0 m high, 2 Northern Boulder, 1.0 m high, North Side 1.0 North Side 3 Trail Junction 3 Trail Junction Phone End Time: Depression, Shallow, Depression, Shallow, 4 South Side 4 South Side 5 Trail Junction 5 Trail Junction 6 Clearing, North Edge 6 Clearing, North Edge 7 Vegetation Boundary, 7 Vegetation Boundary, Northeast Edge Northeast Edge 8 Trail - Road Junction A 0.8 Boulder, 0.8 m high, West Side 336m (1,100 feet) to Finish B Ditch, Northwest End C Vegetation Boundary, Start Time: ORIENTEERING | PERMANENT COURSE To check control letter codes, go to: Southwest Edge www.dvoa.org/learn/perm and select the course you have 8 Trail / Road Junction completed; or mail a copy of your noted course control sheet to: 336m (1,100 feet) to Finish DVOA, 14 Lake Drive, Spring City, PA 19475. Please include your phone, email, or mailing address for a reply. ennsylvania LEGEND P y, t Name Mailing Address Email Date Course Completed After completing this course, please try one of our local weekend events for a complete orienteering experience! 14 Lake Drive Spring City, PA 19475 [email protected] 610.792.0502 www.dvoa.org Hopewell Lake Course / Elverson, Chester Coun French Creek State Park 09/2015 ORIENTEERING - What is it? INSTRUCTIONS Orienteering is a sport of Scandinavian origin. The 1. This permanent orienteering course offers two Suppose, after a fairly challenging and satisfying game’s objective is to locate fairly easy-to-nd variations: a short and long course. Reference the amount of navigation, you nally arrive at the vicinity markers in the woods with the aid of a map and, if you course control sheets for course distances and total of control #3. To your delight, you sight it precisely like, a compass. The challenge of orienteering results course climb. The course begins at Parking Area B, where it should be: at the foot path trail junction. from participants’ not knowing ahead of time the near the Park Ofce, indicated on the map with a markers’ locations. The test lies in determining the triangle symbol. The course ends at the start location, best routes between these locations and, in the sport’s indicated on the map with a double circle symbol. competitive form, in nding all these points (called controls) in the least possible time. At its best, not only 2. Familiarize yourself with the map before you begin. does orienteering improve your knowledge of You must decide between the short course and long geography and practical navigation, it enhances courses when you reach control #7. Complete the physical and mental tness as well. A-B-C loop for the long course. Orienteering is a sport for people of all ages, abilities, NOTE: Familiarization with the map relative to the elds, Take a closer look; you will notice the control number and gender. Participants can travel alone or in groups, roads, and features shown is easier if you hold the map and letter code on the marker post placard. running or strolling, to win the contest or merely to at in front of you and rotate it until it is “oriented” to savor nature’s beauty, which, as any orienteer will the terrain. Magnetic North lines will help if you have a attest, is winning itself. The sport provides excellent compass, but you will nd that the map is detailed family fare. enough that you may not need one on this course. By recording the letter code in the 3. Set out to visit the controls in the sequence outlined appropriate box on the control on the map starting at the start triangle and proceeding sheet, you provide proof of your visit towards control #1. Upon reaching each control, to the control for later verication. record, on the course control sheet provided, the letter ORIENTEERING | PERMANENT COURSE code shown on the marker post placard (see INFORMATION illustrations to the right). You may also want to time This map was produced with the cooperation of and yourself from start to nish. assistance from Hopewell Furnace NHS, French Creek SP, and Park Superintendent, Randy Frey. Partial As an example, consider an imaginary control #3, funding was provided by the National Park Service. marked on the map as shown below: For more information contact: ennsylvania Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 2 Mark Bird P That’s it! You’re off to your next control, and so on to y, Lane, Elverson, PA 19520; 610-582-8773 t the nish. French Creek State Park, 843 Park Road, Elverson, PA 19520-9523; 610-582-9680 For information about local orienteering events, other Referring to the map legend, you note that the control area permanent courses, and club membership in location, the point at the center of the circle, seems to eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and be crossing between two paths. To conrm the terrain Delaware, or for copies of this and other orienteering feature on which the control is located, look at the SAFETY NOTES maps, please contact: description and feature symbols provided on the At the pace of a slow stroll, the course at French Creek Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA), sample control sheet shown below. Hopewell Lake can ordinarily be completed within 14 Lake Drive, Spring City, PA 19475, 610.792.0502, 60-90 minutes. It is wise to take this into consideration, [email protected], or visit our web site at especially when setting off towards dusk. www.dvoa.org. On the remote chance you become hopelessly For a complete orienteering experience, please try disoriented, make your way downhill to the edge of the one of our local weekend events. You can nd the lake, then follow the shoreline west toward the boat schedule at www.dvoa.org. Membership entitles you launch area. Remember that the sun rises in the east to reduced map fees at all of our events. and sets in the west. Congratulations and thank you for participating! Some areas of the park may be hazardous. We told the Park Rangers we would remind you that you are Hopewell Lake Course / Elverson, Chester Coun responsible for you and your groups’ safety. French Creek State Park 09/2015.