Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Looking for a club nearby? No need with Checkpoint Challenges! Our modern take on orienteering uses your smartphone as a map and compass, letting you explore our courses whenever it suits you.

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!

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

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!
Ava
Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
Always looking for something unusual to do with my girlfriend and this way a hit with both of us!
Noah
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

  • Anytime
  • Checkpoints
  • No reservations
  • Individuals or groups
  • Enriching
  • Flat rate price
  • Running
  • Team building
  • GPS
  • Competition
  • Physical
  • Race
  • Challenging
  • Contest
  • Outdoors
  • Active
  • Compass Reading
After surveying 158 people ages 18 to 87, researchers concluded that orienteering may be more beneficial than physical activity alone. That's because exercising while navigating activates the parts of the brain our ancestors used for hunting and gathering, but which are largely dormant now as people rely on GPS to find their way around.
Time Magazine
Mapping Tierrasanta Recreation Center, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA

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Tierrasanta Recreation Center, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA

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