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Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt – Be There or Be Square

Each year the folks who plan all of the Urban Hikes end the season with a huge scavenger hunt around a Pittbsurgh neighborhood. I have competed in the past – it is tricky, educational and a ton of fun all at once. There are some serious competitiors and lots of folks who are just there to explore a new neighborhood.

Previous UH Scavenger Hunts have visited East Liberty, Squirell Hill, Lawrenceville and Bloomfield. The 2012 Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt will be tackling the neighborhood of Regent Square. This is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon – plan for at least 4 hours for the hunt and for scoring.

IMPORTANT TRAFFIC INFO – According to PennDOT’s website the Squirrel Hill Tunnel will be closed on Sat. October 20. What this means is that the traffic going into the tunnel which is slow on a good day will be a complete mess – allow extra time to get to the starting point. We’ve made a map to show you how close the starting point and the Squirrel Hill Tunnels are to each other. Forbes and Braddock will likely serve as the detour for traffic.

Here are the details from the Urban Hike folks….

It’s here. The hunt.
Regent Square.Mark your calendars for 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 20. Teams can be up to five people. If you don’t already have teammates picked out, come as you are and we’ll help you find folks to hunt with!Urban Hike will provide you with a map, dozens of clues, and a time limit for wandering up and down the streets of Regent Square. You provide the answers. Some of the clues require taking pictures, so bring a camera with a blank memory card and a cable to download those pictures onto a computer. Bring a pen or pencil too.

The hunt will start in Frick Park at the corner of Forbes and Braddock. The hunt ends at a nearby local restaurant where we will score the answers, announce winners, and hand out prizes from our *awesome* neighborhood sponsors including:

Ambiance Boutique
Clipps Salon
D’s Six Pax & Dogz
Dunning’s Grill
Glenn Greene’s Stained Glass Studio
McBroom’s Beer Distributor
Paws-itively Pets
Square Cafe
Styles by Cardamone
Typhoon Lighting

If you have any questions in the meantime, as always, you can find us at info@urbanhike.com.Be there or be, um, square.

Here is the Facebook Event for the 2012 Urban Hike – RSVP and invite your friends to attend too!

Raccoongaine III – Orienteering Scavenger Hunt

The Western PA Orienteering Club sent us an email about the upcoming scavenger hunt at Raccoon Creek State Park on March 25. I know there are quite a of our readers who have participated in previous scavenger hunts, the Urban Hike folks organize one every fall. This looks like a neat way to check out Raccoon Creek state park and patricipate in a scavenger hunt. Raccoongaine III is limited to 150 entries – according to the facebook group for the event – 115 have registered thus far so there is still room to enter.

In a rogaine-style format, individuals or teams have a fixed time (3 or 6 hours in this event) to visit as many checkpoints as possible; walking, running and resting as they see fit. The checkpoints are spread over a large area, and are pre-marked on a map issued shortly before the start of the event. Point values for visiting each control vary (and are specified in advance) depending on such factors as distance from the start/finish area, elevation, navigational complexity.

Participants in a Rogaine come from diverse backgrounds: hikers, walkers, cross-country runners, trail runners, adventure racers, ultra runners, orienteers, hashers and family groups. Widely varying levels of competitive intensity are found, going from the casual stroller who wants a little variety added to the weekend hike to the serious athlete. Map reading skill is perhaps the most important technique needed. Route planning strategy is also very important since there won’t be time to get all the controls, so the choice of which to try for is crucial in maximizing scores.

Here is a video of the 2011 event…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zeuf2KEu_8[/youtube]

Raccoongaine III
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Raccoon Creek State Park
Event starts at 10am, Maps will be handed out at 9am
Click here for complete event details

Messin’ with Sasquatch: The Race of Hope Rogaine Report(team-virtus.com)
National Orienteering Day Event at Lake Accotink Park (Springfield VA) This Sunday(prweb.com)

A Weekend of Pumpkins, Scavenger Hunts and Halloween Fun (Radio Round Up)

Most Friday mornings at 6:45 am, you can listen to IheartPGH talk live with Jim and Randy on the WDVE morning show about things to do in Pittsburgh on the weekend. Here is our list of events and links to more information for this weekend….

Redd Up Weekend

3 days of cleaning for the city of Pittsburgh
10,000 volunteers, including 2000 Pitt Students, will help get this city clean
55 different Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Clean ups take place Saturday around 9am
To volunteer contact – boris.weinstein@verizon.net or call 412-688-9120.

Make a Glass Pumpkin @ The Pittsburgh Glass Center

Friday, October 21, 2011
3-10pm
$25 to make a glass pumpkin
ages 10 and older

Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt – Sq. Hill

Saturday, October 22, 2011
Meet behind Gulifitys at Noon
Teams of 5 or less

Bakery Scare

Saturday, October 22, 2011
3-7pm @ Bakery Square
Fun for all ages – kids to adults
check out the 2nd Annual Running of the Weiners
For the adults – Free craft beer at the boo bar

Owl-O-Ween

Saturday, October 22, 2011
6-8pm
not-too-scary evening at the National Aviary
hang out with the Owls and meet the Aviary’s Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

photo via Maker Faire Daily

Mini Maker Faire

Sunday, October 23, 2011
Noon-6pm @ The Pittsburgh Children s Museum
national festival of all thing geek comes to the Children’s museum
check out the printer that prints in Easy Cheese
Demonstrations and hands on activities in technology and crafts

Last 2 Weekends for Kayaking!

Kayak Pittsburgh is open weekends in October!
Located under the Roberto Clemente bridge
Venture Outdoors has some group paddle events taking place this weekend as well – check out scheduled events here.

BUT, wait there are even more great things happening this weekend (and we didn’t have a chance to talk about all of them!)

East End Book Exchange sets up a permanent home at the Pittsburgh Public Market

what started as a pop-up shop will now be at the Pittsburgh Public Market
Stop by every Friday, Saturday & Sunday to say hello and pick up some new-to-you books

Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Preservation Fair

Saturday, October 22, 2011
10am-4pm
learn how to preserve your family treasures
free with Museum admission

Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose support GTECH

treats, music, networking
Saturday, October 22, 2011
9pm-2am @ Shadow Lounge
Quarterly event to bring together Pittsbughers to support a local non-profit
This month’s non profit is GTECH
GTECH = Growth Through Energy & Community Health – an awesome Pittsburgh org that has been cleaning up empty lots by planting sunflowers!
$10 at the door goes to GTECH

Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt

: Image by ryanrocketship via Flickr

Those crazy kids from Urban Hike like to wrap up the hiking season with an annual scavenger hunt. This year the hunt heads to Lawrenceville.

Spend the afternoon hunting for clues and answering trivia questions with your friends. Take funny photos and compete for awesome prizes while checking out one of Pittsburgh fine neighborhoods.

Urban Hike Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Continue reading →

Radio Round Up – October 23, 2009

: Image by Cvalentine via Flickr

Apple Fest 2009

4th Annual Celebration of Apples
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11am-2pm @ Union Project in Highland Park
Pie Baking Contest, Apples, Kids Activites, Performances by the Mother/Son Juggling Team “All In Jest”

RiverQuest Spirits of the River Haunted Boatride

Friday October 23 and Saturday October 24, 7pm
Cruise the Pittsburgh rivers on RiverQuest’s green boat while listening to ghost stories about Pittsburgh’s river past.

Urban Hike Scavenger Hunt – Bloomfield

Saturday, October 24, 2009
Meet at the Friendship Parklet at 1pm
Teams of up to 5 people
Bring a digital camera

The Blog Show

IheartPGH hosts our first ever talk show
Saturday Night, 11pm @ The Waffle Shop
Join us live or watch online at WaffleShop.org
Interviews with local bloggers about the funniest blogs from the burgh and beyond.

The City of Champions Corn Maze

Lonesome Valley Farms has designed their corn maze to honor Pittsburgh sports heritage
located next to the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds
check out a haunted hay ride or try not to get lost in the corn maze
http://www.lonesomevalleyfarms.com/
Cash only – there are no ATMs in the cornfield

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