Orienteering Event near Balboa Park, California

Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to wait for a scheduled event! With this innovative approach to orienteering, your smartphone serves as both map and compass, letting you enjoy our courses anytime you like.

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 Digital Age...

Much like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a series of points on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their routes between checkpoints and return to the Start. However, instead of using a large paper map, your smartphone will display only the current map segment with a compass overlay, progress updates, and hints to avoid 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.


Checkpoint Challenges Balboa Park

What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

This is a must do for anybody who likes hiking, map reading, or orienteering!
Evan
Did this solo and really enjoyed it. Going to take some friends out next time!
Dave
I can't believe this isn't more popular! Such a rewarding experience.
Olivia
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

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

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
Mapping UCSD Campus, 3100 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA
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UCSD Campus, 3100 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA

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