Local boy scout troop members earn orienteering merit badges

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Steven Thompson, left, and Orlando Erkel, both scouts with Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 use their compasses to make an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug. 25.
Steven Thompson, left, and Orlando Erkel, both scouts with Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 use their compasses to make an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug. 25.

Members of Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 work on their orienteering merit badge Aug. 25 at Jackson Park. Members of the troop were put into two groups, and each group designed an orienteering course with 15 locations around the park.

Hendersonville Boy Scouts with troop 628, from left, Torsten Salak, Demitri Becher and Henry Osiecki try to follow an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug 25.
Hendersonville Boy Scouts with troop 628, from left, Torsten Salak, Demitri Becher and Henry Osiecki try to follow an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug 25.
Oak Wallace, left, and Steven Thompson, both scouts with Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 design an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug. 25.
Oak Wallace, left, and Steven Thompson, both scouts with Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 design an orienteering course while working on their orienteering merit badge at Jackson Park on Aug. 25.
Members of Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 work on their orienteering merit badge Aug. 25 at Jackson Park.
Members of Hendersonville Boy Scout troop 628 work on their orienteering merit badge Aug. 25 at Jackson Park.

The groups then swapped their courses, which had directions for each location given in distance and compass bearings. The scouts would then use their compass to determine the direction of each location.

This article originally appeared on Hendersonville Times-News: Local boy scout troop members earn orienteering merit badges