Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Thinking about joining a local club? There's no need with Checkpoint Challenges! This innovative orienteering approach uses your smartphone for navigation, allowing you to enjoy our courses at your own pace whenever you want.

Checkpoint Challenges


About Checkpoint Challenges

Are you passionate about hiking or walking in the park but also looking to challenge your mind?

Checkpoint Challenges offers an unmatched outdoor adventure experience. Plot your unique course between checkpoints while working on 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.

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

Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
Went with my teenage kids and they were really intrigued and want to do this again. Novel way to enjoy the fresh air!
Bella
I can't believe this isn't more popular! Such a rewarding experience.
Olivia
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

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

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Orienteering Club

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Orienteering Meet

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

Navigation Sport

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Orienteering Event

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