Situated just north of I-90 between Factoria and Lake Sammamish, Bellevue College is a fun little campus that’s fairly standard but includes one particularly notable feature – a series of elevated outdoor walkways which connect the main 8-10 buildings of the campus core. Reminiscent of North Seattle College, these walkways significantly enhance the orienteering complexity and navigational challenge of the venue by adding a third dimension to potential control locations and route choice options. Beyond this, the map includes various other buildings, sports fields, and parking lots.

The purpose of providing these navigational and physical ratings below is to provide greater context for how challenging an orienteering course at this venue might be. For example, anĀ advanced-level course at a local city park will be easier to complete than an advanced-level course in the mountains.

Navigational Challenge Rating: 5/10

In many ways, this is another community college-style campus. But then there’s all of the dual-level madness in the heart of campus. Study up on your multi-level symbols and pay attention to whether the control description is on the upper or lower level!

Physical Challenge Rating: 2/10

Generally a flat and fast campus, but there are a lot of staircases to get up to that second level!