Historical Billygoat Schedule

This is a repository of the Billygoat Schedule page, freezing each item at the point when the event takes place.

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1999Sunday, October 10 Hudson Highlander 5 Somewhere in the Hudson Valley, NY HVO Sep 25
Sunday, October 24 Golden Goat Palo Alto, CA BAOC Oct 10
Saturday, November 13 OLOU "Billy Goat" Louisville, KY OLOU
Sunday, November 14 Blue Hills Traverse Boston, MA NEOC Nov 3
Sunday, December 5 Possum Trot Blue and Gray Park, Jackson County, MO PTOC Dec 1
Saturday, December 11 BubbaGoat Oak Mountain State Park, Birmingham, AL VOC Dec 6
Saturday, December 18 Billy Pig and Piglet Hueston Woods State Park, OH OCIN Dec 10
2000 Sunday, April 30 Billygoat Run Fox Forest, Hillsborough, NH UNO
Sunday, May 14 Golden Horseshoe Gallop Milton, Ontario region, near Rattlesnake Point 25km, with some (rugged) trail running sections in the middle GHO
Saturday, June 3 HillBillyGoat Hammond Hill State Forest, Dryden, NY CNYO
August no Rocky Mountain Goat
no goat race;
displaced by U.S. Long-O Championships
RMOC & BSK
Sunday, September 24 5th Annual Scapegoat Run (http://www.fortnet.org/RMOC/schedule.html) Florissant?, CO RMOC
Sunday, October 8 Hudson Highlander 6 Somewhere in the Hudson Valley, NY 26.2km HVO
Sunday, November 12 Blue Hills Traverse south of Boston, Massachusetts NEOC
Sunday, November 12 Dundas Valley Adventure Run Dundas Valley, near Toronto, Ontario Navigation with sections of trail, road, and mountain running, orienteering (of course), steeple chase and trekking. Teams of two. GHO
Sunday, December 3 Possum Trot IV Fleming Park, Jackson County, Missouri PTOC Nov 30
Saturday, December 9 "Billy Goat" at Tom Wallace Park Louisville, Kentucky OLOU
Sunday, December 10 BubbaGoat Little Big Econ State Forest, near Oviedo, FL entry/waiver form FLO Dec 4
Saturday, December 16 Billy Pig Caesar Creek State Park, north of Cincinnati, Ohio 14.6 km, 5 hr. time limit OCIN Dec 8
2001 Saturday, April 7 West Point Extreme-O West Point, NY 5km, 9km, and 14km mass start events;
trail run, orienteering course, memory orienteering, mountain assault run, 1:50,000 map course, obstacle course and possible mystery event
USMAOC Mar 16
Saturday, May 5 Fourth Annual Susquehanna Stumble Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA (site of 2000 U.S. Champs) Long-Stumble of 15 to 20 km, and Short-Stumble of 5 to 10 km SVO Apr 20
Sunday, June 3 Billygoat Run Gay City State Park, Hebron, CT long -- but flat for a Billygoat NEOC-CT May 18
Saturday, July 14 Bronx Goat Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY tentative HVO
Saturday, August 25 Hillbilly Goat Hammond Hill, Dryden, NY Two courses: Pygmy Goat and Billy Goat Gruff, also a Mountain Goat Challenge. CNYO Aug 18
Sunday, September 16 Arizona Goat Mogollan Rim, 3 hours' drive northeast of Phoenix, AZ Contact Peg Davis, pegdavis@u.arizona.edu for more details. TOC
Saturday, September 22 West Point Extreme-O West Point, NY sequel to April's event which featured 5km, 9km, and 14km mass start events; trail run, orienteering, memory-orienteering, mountain assault run, and obstacle course
entry form
USMAOC Sep 8
Sunday, October 7 MinneGoat Murphy-Hanrehan Park, 20 miles south of Minneapolis typically 15 km
For the 3rd MinneGoat, sharp locals are eager to attract competition.
MNOC day of event
Sunday, October 7 Hudson Highlander somewhere around Harriman State Park, NY Win the design contest, and run your own course! HVO
Sunday, November 11 Blue Hills Traverse 10 mi. south of Boston, MA about 14 km
Late entries have blown away expectations so that a record number of starters is likely, and the t-shirt supply will be sorely tested.
NEOC Oct 22
Sunday, November 11 Dundas Valley Adventure Run Hamilton, Ontario trail running, orienteering, road running, trekking, mountain running, & short-cuts GHO Oct 21
Sunday, November 18 Billy Pig & Piglet Miami Whitewater Forest, Harrison, OH List of current registrants is now posted. OCIN Nov 5
Sunday, November 18 Bubba Goat Umstead State Park, near Raleigh and Cary, NC 12 km Bubba Goat or 6 km Pygmy Goat
Custom t-shirts will be awarded to commemorate unsuccessful attempts to finish in 3.5 hours, as well as successes.
BOK Nov 11
Sunday, December 2 Possum Trot Burr Oak Woods State Forest, 15 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri Make it a weekend with the Kansas O Championships and pizza party on Saturday. PTOC Nov 28,
for t-shirt Nov 24
Sunday, December 2 Winter Sprinter Pockwock, northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia two-person teams
18 km minimum, plus bonus points requiring additional distance
OANS ASAP
2002 Saturday, March 30 Susquehanna Stumble Great Falls National Park, Washington, DC Long Stumble ~15 km
Short Stumble ~8 km
SVO Mar 24

new date
Saturday, April 20
24th Billygoat Run Blue Mountain, Peekskill, NY Originally-scheduled date of Apr 21 didn't work out.
Head Goat, Bob Bullions
email billygoat2002@mail.com
HVO Apr 5
Wednesday, July 24 U.S. Long Championships Laramie, Wyoming With its planned mass start, and being part of “the fourth most awesome athletic event ever”, this long-O is a worthy substitute for the Rocky Mountain Goat. RMOC & BSK
October Hudson Highlander Somewhere in the Hudson Valley, NY no race; Highlander on sabbatical this year
Substituting is Alan Young's 2 day collect-all orienteering event.
HVO
Sunday, October 27 MinneGoat Murphy-Hanrehan Park, 20 miles south of Minneapolis typically 15 km MNOC
Sunday, November 10 Blue Hills Traverse 10 mi. south of Boston, Massachusetts about 14 km NEOC Oct 21
ext. to Oct 29
Sunday, November 10 Dontgetlost.ca RAID near Hamilton, Ontario 25km 3 person team race that involves trail running, lots of orienteering, road running, and trekking GHO Oct 21
Sunday, November 17 Billy Pig & Piglet Fort Ancient State Historic Site, Ohio, 35 miles northeast of Cincinnati director, Steve Vaughan OCIN Nov 4
Sunday, November 24 Bubba Goat Lake Russell State Park This year there is a special category. If you run the race in bib overalls you will get a 10 minute head start on the field. GAOC
Sunday, November 24 Golden Goat Las Trampas, Danville, 25 miles east of San Francisco director, Ian Tidswell BAOC
Saturday, December 7 Orienteering Louisville's Billygoat Tom Wallace Lake Park, Louisville, KY 3 courses from moderate to tough
director, Louis Smith
OLOU
Sunday, December 8 Possum Trot Knob Noster State Park, Missouri, 50 miles east of Kansas City 15+km
director, Richard Neuburger
PTOC Dec 4
2003 Sunday, April 13 Dontgetlost Adventure Running Raid change
Sassafras Woods in Burlington, Ontario
3-person teams. 25km of trekking, orienteering, trail running, road running and more. GHO Mar 21
Sunday, May 18Billygoat RunTrout Brook Valley, Easton, Connecticut13-15 km with lots of climbWCOCMay 3
Sunday, May 18
The Curse of the Goat
Palos North and Country Lane Woods maps, Palos Park, Illinois. The Palos North map was the site of last year's A-meet and WRE. Mass start is now planned at 10am, but could change. OPhone: (847) 604-4419. CAOC
Tuesday, June 24 Great Northern Goat Riverside State Park, Spokane, WA part of Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival EWOC Jun 7
Saturday, July 5 Dontgetlost Adventure Run Night Raid Horseshoe Resort in Barrie, Ontario GHO Jun 13
Sunday, July 13 Hickorygoat Hickory Run State Park,
east central Pennsylvania
Hickorygoat 18k, little hickorygoat 9k
contact Mark Cornish at Cornish6@aol.com or call 610-404-0317
Venture Crew 529,
DVOA
Saturday, August 30 - Monday, September 1 Goat and a Half William Switzer Provincial Park near Hinton Alberta one week after the Canadian Championships near Kamloops BC
organizer, Greg Yarkie
EOOC Aug 9
Saturday, September 27 Susquehanna Stumble both Hammonds Rocks/Kings Gap, near Carlisle, PA Long Stumble ~17 km
Short Stumble ~8 km, both with "windows"
maps new as of the A-meet this spring
SVO
Sunday, October 5 Hudson Highlander is resurrected. somewhere around Harriman State Park, NY This year's Hudson Highlander is being resurrected and held on schedule, courtesy of Alexei Azarov, with proceeds going to benefit the US O-team.

Full information is available at http://216.93.168.5/Orienteering/2003/Highlander2003/Highlander8.htm.

Sep 27
Saturday, October 11 Minnegoat Nerstrand Woods State Park, near Northfield, Minnesota MNOC
Saturday, November 8 BillyPig and Piglet near Cincinnati, Ohio OCIN
Sunday, November 9 Dontgetlost Adventure Running Raid Dundas Valley,
Hamilton, Ontario
3-person teams. 25 km of trekking, orienteering, trail running, road running and more. GHO Oct 17
Sunday, November 16 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km. south of Boston, Massachusetts co-director needed, to join Michael Hughes NEOC Oct 29
Saturday, November 22 Bubba Goat Kings Mountain State Park, Lake Crawford, S.C.
40 mi. west of Charlotte, N.C.
~6 km and ~10 km COK
Saturday, November 22 8th Annual Scapegoat (http://www.fortnet.org/RMOC/schedule.html) Florissant, west of Colorado Springs ~20 km RMOC
Sunday, November 23 Golden Goat Almaden Quicksilver, San Jose, California BAOC
Sunday, December 7 Possum Trot VII 25 miles northwest of Kansas City Win the coveted Dead Possum!
Orienteer Kansas will host an event on Dec. 6.
PTOC Dec 3
2004 Sunday, February 29 2004 Valley Goat Valley Forge, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania long (12820 m), medium (7475 m), and short (5785 m) courses
Participants should contact organizer in advance so that a pre-printed map can be provided.
DVOA
Saturday, April 10 Dontgetlost Giant's Rib Running Raid Milton, Ontario GHO Mar 15
Sunday, April 25 The Billygoat Run Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Massachusetts The Billygoat Weekend begins on Saturday, April 24 with short-O and sprint-O.
the invitation
CSU Apr 10
Saturday, May 1 Minnegoat Afton State Park, Afton, Minnesota preregistration required MNOC
Sunday, May 16 The Curse of the Goat Swallow Cliff, Palos Hills, near Chicago, Illinois the curse CAOC
Sunday, October 10 Hudson Highlander IX somewhere around Harriman State Park, NY HVO Oct 1
Sunday, November 14 Raid the Hammer Dontgetlost.ca Adventure Run Hamilton, Ontario GHO
Saturday, November 20 Susquehanna Stumble Elk Neck, between Baltimore and Philadelphia SVO Nov 14
Sunday, November 21 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km. south of Boston, Massachusetts Pre-register with Jeff Saeger, required. NEOC Nov 10
Sunday, November 21 Golden Goat Camp Tamarancho, North of San Francisco, CA BAOC
Sunday, December 5 The Possum Trot VIII Camp Naish, Bonner Springs, Kansas (just west of Kansas City) The weekend also includes the Kansas Orienteering Championships and the Christmas party. PTOC Dec 1
Saturday, December 11 Orienteering Louisville's Billygoat Tom Wallace Lake Park, Louisville, KY 3 courses from moderate to tough OLOU
2005 Sunday, January 2 6th annual Billy Pig & Piglet Mounds State Recreation Area, Brookville, IN pre-registration recommended OCIN
Sunday, April 10 27th Billygoat Run Mt. Norwottuck, Amherst, MA NEOC Mar 29
Sunday, May 22 The Goat Willow Springs and Palos North maps, Palos Park, IL CAOC
Sunday, July 31 Urban Goat Joaquin Miller/Dimond Park, Oakland, CA BAOC
Sunday, September 25 10th annual Scapegoat (http://www.fortnet.org/RMOC/upcoming/2005-scapegoat.html) Blue Mountain, Lake George, CO RMOC Sep 23
Sunday, October 2 Hudson Highlander X somewhere in the “confines” of Harriman State Park, NY HVO Sep 23
Sunday, November 6 Minnegoat Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MN preregistration required MNOC
Saturday, November 19 Bubba Goat Oak Mountain, AL VOC
Sunday, November 20 Susquehanna Stumble Elk Neck, between Baltimore and Philadelphia SVO
Sunday, November 20 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km. south of Boston, Massachusetts Pre-register with Jeff Saeger, required. NEOC Nov 10
Sunday, November 20 Golden Goat Almaden Quicksilver, San Jose, California BAOC Nov 17
Sunday, December 4 The Possum Trot IX Bluffwoods CA, St. Joseph, Missouri The weekend also includes an Orienteer Kansas event on Saturday and the Christmas party. PTOC
Saturday, December 10 Orienteering Louisville's Billygoat Tom Wallace Lake Park, Louisville, KY long courses in the “Billygoat” tradition OLOU
2006 Saturday, January 28 Billy Pig & Piglet Miami Whitewater, Hamilton County Park, Harrison (near Cincinnati), OH OCIN
Sunday, March 26 BubbaGoat Umstead State Park, Raleigh, NC BOK
Sunday, March 26 Golden Goat Briones, north of Oakland, CA BAOC
Sunday, April 23 The Goat Busse Woods, 30 km northwest of Chicago CAOC
Sunday, May 14 28th Billygoat Run Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent, CT WCOC
Sunday, July 31 Urban Goat II, plus Dinner and a Movie Oakland Hills, Oakland, CA short "Goat" course BAOC
Saturday, September 9 GorgesGoat Letchworth State Park (35 miles S of Rochester, NY) ROC
Sunday, September 24 Scapegoat (http://www.fortnet.org/RMOC/content/view/20/119/) Lake George, CO RMOC
Sunday, October 1 Susquehanna Stumble Fair Hill/Big Elk Chapel, northeast corner of MD SVO
Sunday, October 15 Hudson Highlander HVO Oct 6
Saturday, November 4 Buckeye Billy Goat & Kid Great Seal State Park near Chillicothe, OH COO
Sunday, November 19 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km south of Boston, MA 13-14 km of advanced orienteering
pre-registration required
NEOC Nov 8
Sunday, December 3 Possum Trot X 15 km northwest of Kansas City, MO Sprint-O and Christmas Party the day before PTOC Nov 29
Saturday, December 9 Orienteering Louisville's Billy Goat Tom Wallace Lake Park, Louisville, KY OLOU
2007 Monday, January 1 Billy Pig VIII and Piglet Hueston Woods State Park, 50 km north of Cincinnati, OH in conjunction with OCIN's New Year's Orienteering Festival OCIN
Saturday, January 27 Dillo Goat III LBJ National Grasslands, north of Decatur, TX NTOA
Sunday, April 22 The Curse of the Goat Palos North, Willowbrook, IL mass start at 10 a.m. CAOC
Sunday, May 20 Billygoat XXIX Thatcher State Park, near Albany, NY sprints on the Saturday before EMPO May 5
Sunday, June 24 The Spokane Flood, 12,003rd Anniversary Fishtrap Lake, about 50 km SW of Spokane, WA Two Jackrabbits on the day before EWOC
Sunday, September 2 Rocky Mountain Scapegoat Laramie Range, WY LROC
Sunday, September 16 A Billygoat Brecksville Reservation in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, between Cleveland & Akron, OH a long and a much shorter goat NEOOC
Sunday, October 7 Susquehanna Stumble Little Bennett, 50 km west of Baltimore, MD SVO & QOC
Sunday, October 7 Minnegoat Telemark West, near Cable, WI MNOC
Sunday, October 7 Hudson Highlander somewhere in Harriman Park, NY 26.3 k of orienteering
Registration is online.
HVO Oct 1
Sunday, November 11 BubbaGoat Kelly Park, 30 km north of Orlando, FL 16 km for the Big-Bubba and 8 km for the Lil'-Bubba FLO Oct 31
Sunday, December 2 Possum Trot XI Bluffwoods Conservation Area, St. Joseph, MO OK event & PTOC Christmas Party the day before PTOC Nov 28
Sunday, December 2 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km south of Boston, MA NEOC Nov 20
Saturday, December 8 Orienteering Louisville's Billy Goat Tom Wallace Lake Park, Jefferson Memorial Forest, Louisville, KY also a shorter, but tough Junior Goat, as well as a Novice Goat OLOU
2008 Saturday, March 8 Dillo-Goat IV LBJ Grasslands (North), north of Decatur, TX NTOA
Sunday, March 30 Return of the Punisher (Curse of Da Goat) Waterfall Glen, 30km southwest of Chicago, IL CAOC
Sunday, April 13 The Billygoat Bushy Ridge/Clear Lake map, 20 km east of Newburgh, NY HVO Mar 31
Sunday, May 4 13th Annual Golden Goat Shell Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek, CA BAOC
Wednesday, June 11 Billygoat-O Storck Park, Anchorage, AK ARCT
Sunday, July 27 Goat-O Teanaway Valley, 100 km east of Seattle, WA COC
Sunday, October 5 Hudson Highlander 2008 somewhere in Harriman Park, NY the classic Highlander distance of 26.3k metric marathon distance
also the Lowlander, a shorter version of 15k length
HVO
Sunday, October 26 Brecksville Reservation in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, between Cleveland & Akron, OH NEOOC
Saturday, November 22 Bubba Goat Kings Mountain National Military Park (SC) the southeastern region tradition COK
Sunday, November 23 Blue Hills Traverse 15 km south of Boston, MA NEOC Nov 15
Sunday, December 7 Possum Trot XII Bluffwoods Conservation Area,
20 km southwest of St. Joseph, MO
PTOC
2009 Sunday, March 29 Golden Goat Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA and Golden Kid BAOC
Sunday, May 10 The Billygoat Run Nottingcook Forest, Bow, NH UNO
Sunday, September 20 Bubba Goat Red Top State Park
50km north of Atlanta, GA
a SE tradition
~8% climb
Long & Short
GAOC
Sunday, October 11 Hudson Highlander XIV somewhere in Harriman Park, NY the classic Highlander distance of 26.3k metric marathon distance
also the Lowlander, a shorter version of 13-14k length
HVO Oct 2
Sunday, December 13 Possum Trot XIII Knob Noster State Park, MO 15 k;
also an O event on the 12th
PTOC
2010 Sunday, January 3 Billy Pig and Piglet Miami University Natural Areas, Oxford, OH OCIN
Sunday, May 23 The Billygoat Run Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Massachusetts NEOC
Sunday, October 3 Hudson Highlander somewhere in Harriman Park, NY also a Lowlander HVO Sep 25
Sunday, October 10 Minnegoat Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage, MN MNOC
Sunday, October 24 Adventure Run Ft. Ebey State Park, Whidbey Island, WA yellow technical level COC
Sunday, November 7 2010 Golden Goat Briones Regional Park, 20km northeast of Oakland, CA also Golden Kid BAOC
Saturday, November 20 Bubba Goat Oak Mountain State Park, 20 km SE of Birmingham, AL VOC
Sunday, November 21 Blue Hills Traverse Blue Hills Reservation, Quincy, MA NEOC Nov 12
Sunday, December 5 Possum Trot XIV Heartland Presbyterian Center, Parkville, MO Weekend includes Kansas O Champs & PTOC Christmas Party PTOC Dec 1
Saturday, December 11 OLOU Billy Goat Jefferson County Forest, Louisville, KY OLOU
2011 Sunday, March 6 Gateway Grunt S-F Scout Ranch, Farmington, MO SLOC
Sunday, May 15 33rd Annual Billygoat Run Huntington State Park, Redding, CT WCOC May 1
Sunday, August 14 Scapegoat Blue Mountain, Lake George, CO RMOC Aug 12
Sunday, August 28 Rocky Mountain Goat Laramie Range, WY LROC
Sunday, October 2 Hudson Highlander somewhere in Harriman Park, NY Waiting for permit after storm damage
The tropical storm following hurricane Irene damaged parts of the park infrastructure. If needed, there might be a change of venue or a change of date. The current discussion includes the possibilities of October 30 or November 6 if we can't get a permit for October 2.
HVO
Sunday, October 9 Minnegoat Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Onamia, MN MNOC
Sunday, November 6 BubbaGoat Umstead State Park, Raleigh, NC also a shorter subset, the Pigmy Goat
preregistation required for both Goats
BOK Oct 24
Nov 3
Sunday, November 6 Susquehanna Stumble XIII Elk Neck State Park, North East, MD SVO Nov 2
Sunday, November 20 Blue Hills Traverse Blue Hills Reservation, Quincy, MA NEOC Nov 10
Saturday, December 3 OLOU Billy Goat Horine area of the Jefferson Memorial Forest, Fairdale, KY 9.2 km, forks, 1 skip
also Junior Goat & Kid
OLOU
Sunday, December 11 Possum Trot Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee, KS 13 km, e-punching, also Short Possum, Kansas Champs on Saturday PTOC Dec 7
Sunday, December 18 Billy Pig East Fork State Park, Batavia, OH also a Course Setting Clinic and a night Score-O on Dec 17 OCIN
2012 Sunday, April 29 34th Annual Billygoat Run Moreau Lake State Park, Gansevoort, NY EMPO
Sunday, June 3 Goat and Kid Fishtrap Lake, WA EWOC
Wednesday, June 6 Billy Goat-O Storck Park, Anchorage, AK ARCT
Monday, September 3 Rocky Mountain Goat Diamond Bay end of the 2012 Laramie Daze LROC
Sunday, September 16 Bear Wallow Goat, Kid, & Wild Turkey Bear Wallow, 25 km NE of Tucson, AZ TSN
Saturday, October 6 Minnegoat Chester Woods County Park, Eyota, MN ~ 12 km MNOC
Sunday, November 18 Blue Hills Traverse Blue Hills Reservation, Quincy, MA NEOC
Sunday, December 9 Bubba Goat Lake Louisa State Park, Clermont, FL 2012 Florida O-Championships begin the weekend.
15-17km Bubba plus 7-8 km Mini-Bubba
FLO pre-registration required


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