Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Much like orienteering, this outdoor pursuit blends exercise with navigation, creating a compelling competition suitable for active individuals of all skill and fitness levels.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you enjoy walking in the park or going on hikes but want to keep your mind active at the same time?

Get ready for an outdoor adventure like no other with Checkpoint Challenges. Create your own route between the marked points while refining your map reading abilities!

A new version of Orienteering......

Like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a sequence of points marked on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their own route between the checkpoints, eventually returning back to the Start location. However, instead of a full-size paper map, your smartphone will only show you the current map segment with an intergated compass along with details on your progess and hints to prevent you getting lost.

Have fun on your schedule and at your speed...

Skip the club meet! our courses are ready whenever you are. Enjoy them competitively, with rankings for each segment, or as a recreational pastime. This enriching outdoor experience is ideal for active people and adventure groups alike.

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What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

This was a really cool way to explore the park and it took me places I never would have gone otherwise!
Sophia
Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
Yes, I got lost, but I was soon back on track! I loved the whole experience but especially the helpful warning when I got too far off course :-)
Liam
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

  • Enriching
  • Physical
  • Contest
  • GPS
  • Individuals or groups
  • Outdoors
  • Compass Reading
  • Checkpoints
  • Team building
  • Running
  • Flat rate price
  • Race
  • Active
  • Anytime
  • Challenging
  • Competition
  • No reservations

Remarkably, even a single orienteering session improved spatial memory in our study participants. This suggests that participating in orienteering, even infrequently, could enhance spatial abilities, with the potential to delay their decline with age.
McMaster University Canada

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FDR Park, 1954 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA

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Navigation Sport

Kingsessing Navigation Sport Hawthorne Navigation Sport North Woodbury Navigation Sport Fairview Navigation Sport National Park Navigation Sport Midtown Village Navigation Sport Cedar Park Navigation Sport Sherwood West Navigation Sport Wood Lynne Navigation Sport S.w. Ctr Cty Navigation Sport Schuylkill Navigation Sport Belmont Navigation Sport Morgan Village Navigation Sport Spring Garden Navigation Sport Grays Ferry Navigation Sport Parkside Navigation Sport Queen Village Navigation Sport West Collingswood Navigation Sport Whitman Navigation Sport West End Navigation Sport Darby Township Navigation Sport West Collingswood Heights Navigation Sport Ludlow Navigation Sport Rittenhouse Navigation Sport Paradise Navigation Sport University City Navigation Sport Fernwood Navigation Sport Upper Darby Navigation Sport Old City Navigation Sport Pennsport Navigation Sport Garden Court Navigation Sport North Central Navigation Sport Audubon Park Navigation Sport Verga Navigation Sport Darby Navigation Sport Bell Road Historical Navigation Sport Yorktown Navigation Sport East Lansdowne Navigation Sport Yeadon Navigation Sport Northern Liberties Navigation Sport Eastwick Navigation Sport Riverwinds Navigation Sport Chinatown Navigation Sport Philadelphia Navigation Sport Bartram Village Navigation Sport Sharswood Navigation Sport Gloucester Heights Navigation Sport Bella Vista Navigation Sport Thorofare Navigation Sport Point Breeze Navigation Sport Olde Kensington Navigation Sport Leonards Navigation Sport Mill Creek Navigation Sport Woodbury Gardens Navigation Sport Angora Navigation Sport Brewerytown Navigation Sport Haddington Navigation Sport Sharon Hill Navigation Sport Haddon Navigation Sport Passyunk Homes Navigation Sport Westville Grove Navigation Sport Paschall Navigation Sport Girard Estate Navigation Sport Mantua Navigation Sport Packer Park Navigation Sport Academy Navigation Sport Elmwood Navigation Sport Spruce Hill Navigation Sport Whitman Park Navigation Sport Northmont Navigation Sport Powelton Navigation Sport Fishtown Navigation Sport Center City Navigation Sport Brooklawn Navigation Sport Cobbs Creek Navigation Sport South Philadelphia Navigation Sport Wharton Navigation Sport Francisville Navigation Sport Colwyn Navigation Sport Fairmount Navigation Sport Colonial Manor Navigation Sport Gloucester City Navigation Sport Billingsport Navigation Sport Woodbury Navigation Sport Oaklyn Navigation Sport Lansdowne Navigation Sport Tasker Homes Navigation Sport Highland Park Navigation Sport Mount Ephraim Navigation Sport Southwest Schuylkill Navigation Sport Collingdale Navigation Sport Westville Navigation Sport Camden Navigation Sport Society Hill Navigation Sport South Westville Navigation Sport Cardington Navigation Sport Red Bank Navigation Sport Poplar Navigation Sport Ablett Village Navigation Sport Boon Navigation Sport

Orienteering Event

North Central Orienteering Event Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Event Mill Creek Orienteering Event University City Orienteering Event Kingsessing Orienteering Event Chinatown Orienteering Event Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Event Billingsport Orienteering Event Parkside Orienteering Event Sharswood Orienteering Event Paschall Orienteering Event Point Breeze Orienteering Event Bell Road Historical Orienteering Event Highland Park Orienteering Event Audubon Park Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Fishtown Orienteering Event Poplar Orienteering Event Colwyn Orienteering Event West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Event S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Event Wood Lynne Orienteering Event Leonards Orienteering Event Philadelphia Orienteering Event Verga Orienteering Event Northmont Orienteering Event Eastwick Orienteering Event Northern Liberties Orienteering Event Spruce Hill Orienteering Event National Park Orienteering Event Bartram Village Orienteering Event Old City Orienteering Event Pennsport Orienteering Event Cardington Orienteering Event Riverwinds Orienteering Event Oaklyn Orienteering Event Whitman Park Orienteering Event Red Bank Orienteering Event Packer Park Orienteering Event Ludlow Orienteering Event Cedar Park Orienteering Event Grays Ferry Orienteering Event South Philadelphia Orienteering Event Belmont Orienteering Event Fernwood Orienteering Event East Lansdowne Orienteering Event Rittenhouse Orienteering Event Ablett Village Orienteering Event North Woodbury Orienteering Event Darby Orienteering Event Bella Vista Orienteering Event Society Hill Orienteering Event Paradise Orienteering Event Lansdowne Orienteering Event Spring Garden Orienteering Event Wharton Orienteering Event Cobbs Creek Orienteering Event Midtown Village Orienteering Event Haddington Orienteering Event Westville Orienteering Event Queen Village Orienteering Event Fairview Orienteering Event Woodbury Orienteering Event Boon Orienteering Event Mount Ephraim Orienteering Event Francisville Orienteering Event Brewerytown Orienteering Event Elmwood Orienteering Event Darby Township Orienteering Event Fairmount Orienteering Event Yorktown Orienteering Event Academy Orienteering Event Angora Orienteering Event West Collingswood Orienteering Event Sharon Hill Orienteering Event Thorofare Orienteering Event Gloucester City Orienteering Event Girard Estate Orienteering Event Hawthorne Orienteering Event Sherwood West Orienteering Event Whitman Orienteering Event Haddon Orienteering Event Passyunk Homes Orienteering Event Garden Court Orienteering Event Schuylkill Orienteering Event Tasker Homes Orienteering Event Morgan Village Orienteering Event Collingdale Orienteering Event South Westville Orienteering Event Colonial Manor Orienteering Event Camden Orienteering Event Westville Grove Orienteering Event Center City Orienteering Event Olde Kensington Orienteering Event Brooklawn Orienteering Event Upper Darby Orienteering Event Mantua Orienteering Event Powelton Orienteering Event Gloucester Heights Orienteering Event Yeadon Orienteering Event

Orienteering Meet

Paradise Orienteering Meet Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Meet Mill Creek Orienteering Meet Camden Orienteering Meet West Collingswood Orienteering Meet Paschall Orienteering Meet Girard Estate Orienteering Meet Philadelphia Orienteering Meet Whitman Park Orienteering Meet Queen Village Orienteering Meet Ludlow Orienteering Meet Midtown Village Orienteering Meet Fishtown Orienteering Meet Sharswood Orienteering Meet Ablett Village Orienteering Meet Whitman Orienteering Meet Hawthorne Orienteering Meet Thorofare Orienteering Meet Bartram Village Orienteering Meet S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Meet Verga Orienteering Meet Billingsport Orienteering Meet University City Orienteering Meet Garden Court Orienteering Meet Poplar Orienteering Meet Westville Grove Orienteering Meet Cardington Orienteering Meet Elmwood Orienteering Meet South Philadelphia Orienteering Meet Pennsport Orienteering Meet Center City Orienteering Meet National Park Orienteering Meet Morgan Village Orienteering Meet Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Meet Yeadon Orienteering Meet Cedar Park Orienteering Meet Old City Orienteering Meet Wood Lynne Orienteering Meet Haddington Orienteering Meet West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Meet Red Bank Orienteering Meet North Central Orienteering Meet Angora Orienteering Meet Rittenhouse Orienteering Meet Spring Garden Orienteering Meet Tasker Homes Orienteering Meet Woodbury Orienteering Meet Northern Liberties Orienteering Meet Belmont Orienteering Meet Fairview Orienteering Meet Oaklyn Orienteering Meet Upper Darby Orienteering Meet Brewerytown Orienteering Meet Parkside Orienteering Meet Powelton Orienteering Meet Haddon Orienteering Meet Gloucester City Orienteering Meet Mount Ephraim Orienteering Meet Westville Orienteering Meet South Westville Orienteering Meet Kingsessing Orienteering Meet Audubon Park Orienteering Meet North Woodbury Orienteering Meet Highland Park Orienteering Meet Mantua Orienteering Meet Packer Park Orienteering Meet Cobbs Creek Orienteering Meet Northmont Orienteering Meet Schuylkill Orienteering Meet Bella Vista Orienteering Meet Gloucester Heights Orienteering Meet Francisville Orienteering Meet Wharton Orienteering Meet Darby Township Orienteering Meet Chinatown Orienteering Meet Society Hill Orienteering Meet Brooklawn Orienteering Meet Darby Orienteering Meet Fairmount Orienteering Meet Grays Ferry Orienteering Meet Lansdowne Orienteering Meet Fernwood Orienteering Meet Collingdale Orienteering Meet Academy Orienteering Meet East Lansdowne Orienteering Meet Yorktown Orienteering Meet Eastwick Orienteering Meet Bell Road Historical Orienteering Meet Spruce Hill Orienteering Meet Leonards Orienteering Meet Boon Orienteering Meet Sherwood West Orienteering Meet Passyunk Homes Orienteering Meet Colwyn Orienteering Meet Riverwinds Orienteering Meet Olde Kensington Orienteering Meet Colonial Manor Orienteering Meet Point Breeze Orienteering Meet West End Orienteering Meet Sharon Hill Orienteering Meet

Map And Compass Reading

Bella Vista Map And Compass Reading West End Map And Compass Reading Passyunk Homes Map And Compass Reading Yeadon Map And Compass Reading Morgan Village Map And Compass Reading Woodbury Map And Compass Reading Sharon Hill Map And Compass Reading Mill Creek Map And Compass Reading Darby Map And Compass Reading Grays Ferry Map And Compass Reading S.w. Ctr Cty Map And Compass Reading National Park Map And Compass Reading Point Breeze Map And Compass Reading Sherwood West Map And Compass Reading Whitman Park Map And Compass Reading South Westville Map And Compass Reading Thorofare Map And Compass Reading Verga Map And Compass Reading Schuylkill Map And Compass Reading Spring Garden Map And Compass Reading Darby Township Map And Compass Reading Powelton Map And Compass Reading Haddington Map And Compass Reading Ablett Village Map And Compass Reading Paradise Map And Compass Reading West Collingswood Map And Compass Reading Spruce Hill Map And Compass Reading Midtown Village Map And Compass Reading Eastwick Map And Compass Reading Chinatown Map And Compass Reading Bartram Village Map And Compass Reading Fairmount Map And Compass Reading Highland Park Map And Compass Reading Center City Map And Compass Reading Society Hill Map And Compass Reading Boon Map And Compass Reading Southwest Schuylkill Map And Compass Reading Mantua Map And Compass Reading Kingsessing Map And Compass Reading Packer Park Map And Compass Reading Philadelphia Map And Compass Reading Whitman Map And Compass Reading Gloucester Heights Map And Compass Reading Cardington Map And Compass Reading East Lansdowne Map And Compass Reading Girard Estate Map And Compass Reading Queen Village Map And Compass Reading Audubon Park Map And Compass Reading Camden Map And Compass Reading Francisville Map And Compass Reading Elmwood Map And Compass Reading Red Bank Map And Compass Reading Oaklyn Map And Compass Reading Mount Ephraim Map And Compass Reading Rittenhouse Map And Compass Reading Woodbury Gardens Map And Compass Reading Parkside Map And Compass Reading Westville Map And Compass Reading Colwyn Map And Compass Reading Poplar Map And Compass Reading Old City Map And Compass Reading North Central Map And Compass Reading Tasker Homes Map And Compass Reading Olde Kensington Map And Compass Reading Lansdowne Map And Compass Reading Riverwinds Map And Compass Reading Hawthorne Map And Compass Reading Colonial Manor Map And Compass Reading Bell Road Historical Map And Compass Reading West Collingswood Heights Map And Compass Reading Cedar Park Map And Compass Reading Angora Map And Compass Reading Haddon Map And Compass Reading Upper Darby Map And Compass Reading Pennsport Map And Compass Reading Gloucester City Map And Compass Reading Paschall Map And Compass Reading Academy Map And Compass Reading Westville Grove Map And Compass Reading Garden Court Map And Compass Reading Wharton Map And Compass Reading Brewerytown Map And Compass Reading Collingdale Map And Compass Reading South Philadelphia Map And Compass Reading Yorktown Map And Compass Reading Fernwood Map And Compass Reading Northmont Map And Compass Reading Northern Liberties Map And Compass Reading Billingsport Map And Compass Reading Sharswood Map And Compass Reading North Woodbury Map And Compass Reading Wood Lynne Map And Compass Reading Brooklawn Map And Compass Reading Belmont Map And Compass Reading Leonards Map And Compass Reading Fishtown Map And Compass Reading Fairview Map And Compass Reading Cobbs Creek Map And Compass Reading University City Map And Compass Reading Ludlow Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Club

Parkside Orienteering Club Bella Vista Orienteering Club South Philadelphia Orienteering Club Oaklyn Orienteering Club Riverwinds Orienteering Club Angora Orienteering Club Powelton Orienteering Club Garden Court Orienteering Club Thorofare Orienteering Club Haddon Orienteering Club Queen Village Orienteering Club Fernwood Orienteering Club Fishtown Orienteering Club Philadelphia Orienteering Club S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Club Pennsport Orienteering Club Bartram Village Orienteering Club Kingsessing Orienteering Club Old City Orienteering Club Upper Darby Orienteering Club Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Club Sharon Hill Orienteering Club Girard Estate Orienteering Club Haddington Orienteering Club Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Club Point Breeze Orienteering Club Boon Orienteering Club Red Bank Orienteering Club Wharton Orienteering Club Audubon Park Orienteering Club Francisville Orienteering Club Whitman Park Orienteering Club Chinatown Orienteering Club Midtown Village Orienteering Club Paschall Orienteering Club Tasker Homes Orienteering Club West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Club Belmont Orienteering Club Eastwick Orienteering Club Mill Creek Orienteering Club Yorktown Orienteering Club Academy Orienteering Club East Lansdowne Orienteering Club Society Hill Orienteering Club Gloucester City Orienteering Club Collingdale Orienteering Club National Park Orienteering Club Passyunk Homes Orienteering Club Center City Orienteering Club Spring Garden Orienteering Club University City Orienteering Club Colonial Manor Orienteering Club Verga Orienteering Club Darby Township Orienteering Club Northern Liberties Orienteering Club Sharswood Orienteering Club Schuylkill Orienteering Club North Central Orienteering Club Wood Lynne Orienteering Club Fairview Orienteering Club Sherwood West Orienteering Club Elmwood Orienteering Club Cardington Orienteering Club Ludlow Orienteering Club Brewerytown Orienteering Club Camden Orienteering Club Cedar Park Orienteering Club Highland Park Orienteering Club Brooklawn Orienteering Club Paradise Orienteering Club South Westville Orienteering Club Ablett Village Orienteering Club Fairmount Orienteering Club Packer Park Orienteering Club Whitman Orienteering Club Bell Road Historical Orienteering Club Billingsport Orienteering Club Leonards Orienteering Club Gloucester Heights Orienteering Club Yeadon Orienteering Club Morgan Village Orienteering Club Grays Ferry Orienteering Club Rittenhouse Orienteering Club Cobbs Creek Orienteering Club Woodbury Orienteering Club Darby Orienteering Club Mantua Orienteering Club Mount Ephraim Orienteering Club Colwyn Orienteering Club Westville Orienteering Club West End Orienteering Club Spruce Hill Orienteering Club Olde Kensington Orienteering Club North Woodbury Orienteering Club Hawthorne Orienteering Club Lansdowne Orienteering Club Westville Grove Orienteering Club Northmont Orienteering Club West Collingswood Orienteering Club Poplar Orienteering Club