Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Looking for a local club? No need with Checkpoint Challenges! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses at your own convenience.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you like taking walks in the park or hiking but wish you could engage your mind too?

Set off on an extraordinary outdoor adventure with Checkpoint Challenges. Improve your map reading expertise as you navigate your own path between checkpoints!

Next Generation Orienteering

Like conventional orienteering, each course includes a sequence of map points that must be visited in order. Participants select their own routes between checkpoints, eventually returning to the Start. Instead of a full-size paper map, though, your phone will show only the current course segment, complete with an integrated compass, progress details, and hints to keep you oriented.

Enjoy whenever you want at your own pace...

There is no need to wait for a club meet as our courses are available whenever you are. Enjoyed as either a competitive sport, with rankings for each leg of the course, or a recreational activity, this enriching outdoor pursuit is prefect for any active person or group of adventurers.

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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

  • Active
  • Challenging
  • Individuals or groups
  • Enriching
  • Physical
  • GPS
  • No reservations
  • Running
  • Checkpoints
  • Competition
  • Contest
  • Outdoors
  • Compass Reading
  • Race
  • Anytime
  • Flat rate price
  • Team building
The main finding of this study was that Orienteering was more effective than Hiking in terms of developing gait and cognitive adaptations.
Science Direct

Mapping Griffith Park Merry Go Round, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA

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Griffith Park Merry Go Round, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA

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