The “Czarnobór” Green Control Point is our first arena — we built it in 2021 for the Czarnobór Forest District, in the woods near Szczecinek. The posts went in in April, and by May 2021 the arena was open to everyone: from orienteers to families with children.
There are 15 permanent control points over 4 km², spread through beech woods and around forest ponds. Routes: family (about 3 km), two medium (about 5–7 km) and two hard (about 9 km), plus a map with points only — to plan your own route.
The start and finish are at the Green Control Point information board in the Czarnobór Forest District near Szczecinek.
- Start and finish at the S/M post and map board
- 1:10,000 map
- Posts carry the Czarnobór Forest District logo
Pick your route
Route length is measured in a straight line between control points — how you get from one to the next is up to you. Families and beginners: start with the family or short route.
About 3 km — an easy loop for the whole family.
About 5–7 km through beech woods.
About 9 km — for the experienced.
A map with points only — plan your own route.
Czarnobór in pictures
Start
Start and finish: the S/M post and boards
The Green Control Point board
The information board in the forestIn the forest, April 2021
Maps and board
Courses
Print the map on A4 (scale 1:10,000 — 1 cm on the map is 100 m in the forest) and take it with you.
Map of all points
Open full size →
Choose a course — family, short, medium or long — and print the map at 1:10,000. The start is at the information board.
Each post has a unique number matching the map. Compare the map with the terrain — you choose your own route.
Every post has a punch. Punch the box on your control card — and the point is yours.
How to read the map
ZPK maps are detailed orienteering maps at 1:10,000 — 1 cm on the map is 100 m in the forest. The top edge of the map always points north. Here is what the colours mean:
Best runnability: you can walk or run freely between the trees.
The darker the green, the harder to get through. The darkest — better go around.
Meadows, clearings and fields. Good places to get your bearings.
Do not enter. Plan your way around it.
Contours show hills, hollows and banks. Posts often stand right by them.
Ditches, streams, ponds and marshy ground.
Dashed is a path, a thick line is a forest road. Fences and hunting stands are marked too.
Triangle S is the start, double circle F the finish. The post stands exactly in the centre of the circle. Purple lines are not paths!
