Orienteering Club near Tierrasanta, California

Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Need a local club? Not with Checkpoint Challenges! This cutting-edge approach to orienteering uses your smartphone for navigation, allowing you to enjoy our courses at your convenience.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you enjoy hiking or long walks in the park but also want to keep your mind stimulated?

Checkpoint Challenges will take you off the beaten path for an outdoor adventure like no other. Choose your own route between the marked points while perfecting your map reading skills.

Orienteering in the modern era...

Similar to traditional orienteering, each course is a series of points marked on a map that must be visited in order. Participants select their own paths between checkpoints, ultimately returning to the Start. However, instead of a large paper map, your phone displays only the current course segment with an integrated compass, progress updates, and hints to keep you from getting lost.

Your schedule, your tempo...

There's no need to wait for a club meet, as our courses are always available. Whether you enjoy the competitive rankings for each leg or prefer a leisurely recreational activity, this enriching outdoor sport is ideal for active individuals and adventurous groups.

Checkpoint Challenges Tierrasanta

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
Went with my teenage kids and they were really intrigued and want to do this again. Novel way to enjoy the fresh air!
Bella
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

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

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

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UCSD Campus, 3100 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA

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