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Peter's Hill 

Starts: Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:00 PM
Registration:  Pre-registration is optional, but requested (so we know how many maps to print) by Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:00 PM
Start Type: Interval (runners start at 1 minute intervals)
Map: Peters Hill
Organizer: Dean Sturtevant

The 2018 Boston Park Series is here!

Please register online, to guarantee a printed map (that makes it so much easier on the organizers!). Maps are digitally offset printed, and control descriptions are provided separately (true ISSOM sprint training!).

Pricing:
Season pass: $60, $45 members
Junior season pass: $30, $25 members
Adults: $10/race, $8 members
Juniors: $6/race, $5 members
Max $20/family, $16 members

Details
Starts are at 6:00pm. Most of the races are interval start, but check the website for the specific race, as sometimes there are mass starts or relays. Courses close at 7:00, so please return to the start by then even if you have not finished your course.

E-punching will be used. Rental punches are available (free with entry).
Splits will be available at www.attackpoint.org.

Beginner instruction clinic at 6pm; groups are welcome.

Event Details
Peter's Hill is part of the Harvard arboretum, and is a mix of grassy footing and some woodlands. There is a big hill. Poison ivy should not be a problem.

This event is part of the 2018 Park Series

Courses

courselengthclimbcontrolsnotesentriesresults
Park-O3000m120m15 30

Start Location  

Available Maps:

Mapquest Topozone Google Maps

Directions:
Coming from the T (Orange Line): go west up the hill along the arborway (starts out above as elevated highway near the Station) for 200m or so. turn left into the arboretum at the first gate. look at the signs with maps and follow the road to Peters Hill at the south end of the arboretum. (about a mile)

Driving: See Mapquest (this is the first test!) park on the west end of Bussey St, near intersection w/ Walter St, directly north of competition area.

Orienteering Map

 
Peters Hill

Scale: 1:4000
Contours: 3m

Peters Hill is the southernmost section of Harvard's Arnold Arboretum. It consists mainly of a large hill in the center, and a more detailed area to the north.


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