Discussion: Orienteering in Memphis?

I have a friend in Memphis who's excited to try orienteering. I checked the USOF site, and it appears that the closest clubs are pretty far away (GAOC in Georgia and VOC in Alabama).

∗ Does anyone know if there are any orienteering maps around Memphis? Maybe a permanent course or a campus map?

About 150 miles north of Memphis there are some old orienteering maps of the terrain in the Shawnee National Forest, east of Cape Girardeau, MO. I imagine they are still pretty good.

Awesome, thanks! Any idea who created those maps or how I might get copies...?

There used to be a sizable orienteering club at Southern Illinois University, not far from Shawnee. I believe they put on a US Champs on those maps one year. I'd guess there's many old-timers who have SIU maps in their files. Anyone know of some of these maps?

did they map Giant City State Park?

Yes. That was one of the maps' titles. Another was "Touch of Nature" as I recall...

KrugeroI, very nice. That song is exactly what popped into my head with the initial posting, and I enjoyed the video.
And Chitown, good to see some "old friend" map names resurfacing.

Anyone remember the X-Files episode that included that song?