Orienteering Hutt Valley Inc.
Harcourt Park Permanent Course
Orienteering is a sport for individuals and families of all ages using a map to navigate to locations — a great way to discover new parts of a reserve/park or points of interest.
A permanent orienteering course is a fixed orienteering course available for anyone to try or practice orienteering at any time of the year.
Harcourt Park maps
In partnership with Upper Hutt City Council, Harcourt Park has four map course options of different difficulty and distances. Plus, we also provide the base map for you to design your own course (Map 5). There is no cost to download a course and have a go.
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Map |
Difficulty (with link to download) |
Approx Length |
Number of controls |
Guide time |
Results (MapRun) |
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1 |
1.5km |
15 |
15–30min |
Results | |
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2 |
Easy (Yellow) – follow tracks and paths but controls may be a short distance away from path or track. |
2.5km |
15 |
20–45min |
Results |
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3 |
2.5km |
15 |
20–45min |
Results | |
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4 |
4.0km |
25 |
30–80min |
Results | |
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5 |
Base map for you to design your own course |
Get started
Choose one of the ways to get hold of a map:
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1. Download and print a map (or maps) from this page prior to your visit |
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2. Collect a map from Expressions Arts & Entertainment Centre at 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt |
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| 3. Install an iOS, Android, or Garmin app called MapRun and use the map on your phone/watch. GPS tracking will automatically record your visit to each control. A short guide to using MapRun is here. |  |
What are you looking for?
| You are looking for orange/white controls that are 10cm × 10cm. They may be on a timber post, or on an existing park feature (e.g fence, existing post, shelter, playground item, sign, etc.). |  |
Start here:
Acknowledgements
- Conrad King — Parks and Reserves Officer: Installing controls and signage
- Steph Reichardt, Brent Hayward, Royce Williams, & Tom Pere — UHCC Activation: Support and promotion
- Michael Wood — OHV: Mapping
- Bill Trompetter — OHV: Course planner
- Susan Edwards — OHV: Course controller
Feedback please!
We want to know if you like these maps and courses! Contact us with a 'General' enquiry mentioning "Harcourt Park permanent course" in the subject and let us know the name of your group (e.g. "Smith family"), the number of people in it, which course you did and when, and any other comments. We'll try and reply with a suggestion about the next club event in the Greater Wellington area that we think would be good for you.