July 6th 2025 will be the 19th running of the Sydney Metropolitan Turkey Trot, the premier point to point event of the Sydney orienteering calendar. There will be three courses: Short (8km), Medium (14km) and Long (20km). Each course had multiple maps. The start and finish location is at Greenway park in Cherrybrook, and the course traversed parks, paths and cycleways of Cherrybrook, Pennant Hills and Westleigh.
The Turkey Trot course standard is moderate, requiring basic navigation skills in map reading and route choice. Non-orienteers will have little difficulty with this standard yet it will still challenge in terms of route choice for the experienced orienteer.
The orienteering maps have a series of checkpoints (controls). Runners decide the best route between controls. All runners carry a SportIdent (SI) electronic timing stick to record control visits and finish times. (Timing sticks are available for hire).
Each distance (long, medium and short) has two classes:
Above is an image gallery of the 2017 Long Course which had four map changes. Click on the images to see a larger version of the map.
Start Times
Runners arrived at their start location approximately 30min prior to their start time.
| Long Course |
Medium Course |
Short Course |
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| 9:00 am |
9:15 am |
9:30 am |
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2025 Location and Assembly Area
The assembly location for the 2025 Turkey Trot is the northern end of Greenway Park, Cherrybrook.
History
The Sydney Metropolitan Turkey Trot was first held in November 2005 and ran from Castle Hill to Parramatta Park. Since then it has been an annual fixture on the orienteering calendar and in recent years has found a home on the first Sunday in July. Below are some of the combined maps of the Turkey Trot Long courses.
Course Maps Gallery
