Orangevale Community Park
Orangevale Community Park is great place for beinner and intermediate orienteering. It's half nice runnable oak forrest and half public park. Its hard to get completely lost since you can always back track to the open park areas, or to the paved bike trails that runs through the forrest. There are hills and deresession and a creak meanders through the area and there is some scattered undergrowth presenting some interresting navigation challenges.
The park section has sports fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, and nice horse-training facilities. It's not a big park but you can run very good beginning and intermediate courses, though some criss-crossing course setting is usually required. This is an excellent site for beginners, just-for-fun runs, and intermediate racers,and it's great for brushing up on O-skills
Address: 7301 Filbert Av., Orangevale, CA 95662.
Directions:
From Highway 50 east of Sacramento, take the Hazel Av. exit. Go North on Hazel Av. (across the freeway and the river) about 4.25 miles and turn right on Oak Av. Go to the first stop sign and turn right onto Filbert. The parking area willl be on your right.
From Highway 80 in Roseville, take the Sierra College Blvd. exit South. Take Sierra College to Oak Av. and turn left on Oak Av. going East. Continue to Filbert and take a right there. (Parking will be on your right)(Sierra College becomes Hazel when you leave Placer County) .Orangevale Community Park is part of the Orangevale Recreation and Park District..
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