Cook Park in Tigard, OR
Jul 18 2004

This year Cook Park will offer two ways to play. As always, this family-oriented park along the Tualatin River is a great place for beginning orienteers to get started, and standard beginning and intermediate orienteering courses will be offered.

Or for a new challenge, bring along a portable GPS unit and try out the "Geocaching Course," which will combine orienteering with geocaching. Your map won't show the control locations; instead you'll receive the coordinates of various control points to plug into your GPS unit. You'll have to determine the best way to get to each control using the map and your GPS readings. It should be a fun activity for both orienteering and geocaching fans!

Directions: From I-5, take exit 290. Go a short distance west on Boones Ferry Road. Turn right (N) on 72nd Avenue. At the next signal, turn left on Durham Road, and follow it west about 1 mile. Just past Tigard High School, turn left (S) on 92nd Avenue, and follow it down to Cook Park.