Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Forget about fitting a meet into your calendar! This new way to orienteer uses your smartphone for navigation, allowing you to 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.

Select your own time and pace...

No need to wait for club meetings as our courses are available whenever you're ready. Engage in competitive action with rankings for each leg or enjoy as a recreational activity. This enriching outdoor pursuit is perfect for any active person or adventurous group.

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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
Did this solo and really enjoyed it. Going to take some friends out next time!
Dave
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

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

Researchers found that running increased lactate, BDNF and memory to a greater degree than walking. Spatial memory skills, in particular, increased the most in those who ran while orienteering. The more vigorous the orienteering, the greater the benefits. Remarkably, even a single orienteering session improved spatial memory in our study participants.
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Orienteering Event

Tent City Historical Orienteering Event Bayside Village Orienteering Event Azure Vista Orienteering Event Kearny Mesa Orienteering Event Skyline Paradise Hills Orienteering Event Lemon Grove Orienteering Event Stockton Orienteering Event Sherman Heights Orienteering Event Mid City:city Heights Orienteering Event Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Event Barrio Logan Orienteering Event Chollas View Orienteering Event Campland On The Bay Trailer Park Orienteering Event Lincoln Acres Orienteering Event Morena Orienteering Event Granada Square Orienteering Event Midway Pacific Highway Orienteering Event Grant Hill Orienteering Event College Area Orienteering Event South Bay Terraces Orienteering Event National City Orienteering Event East San Diego Orienteering Event Harbor Side Orienteering Event Fiesta Shores Orienteering Event Sunny Vista Orienteering Event Five Points Orienteering Event Old Town San Diego Orienteering Event County Center Orienteering Event Mid City:kensington Talmadge Orienteering Event University Heights Orienteering Event Southeastern San Diego Orienteering Event Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Event South Crest Orienteering Event La Mesa Orienteering Event La Playa Orienteering Event Lincoln Park Orienteering Event Mission Beach Orienteering Event Coronado Heights Historical Orienteering Event Greater Golden Hill Orienteering Event Chula Vista Orienteering Event Bay Park Orienteering Event Mountain View Orienteering Event Shelltown Orienteering Event Logan Heights Orienteering Event Ocean Beach Orienteering Event Spring Valley Orienteering Event Encanto Orienteering Event Downtown Orienteering Event Serra Mesa Orienteering Event San Diego Orienteering Event Little Italy Orienteering Event South Encantato Orienteering Event Grantville Orienteering Event Mission Bay Park Orienteering Event South Park Orienteering Event Clairemont Orienteering Event Mission Hills Orienteering Event Golden Hill Orienteering Event Navajo Orienteering Event Fleetridge Orienteering Event Ladrillo Historical Orienteering Event Sunnyside Orienteering Event Riviera Shores Orienteering Event Allied Gardens Orienteering Event Boal Orienteering Event Tierrasanta Orienteering Event Paradise Hills Orienteering Event Hillcrest Orienteering Event North Bay Terraces Orienteering Event Roseville Orienteering Event Linda Vista Orienteering Event Peninsula Orienteering Event Inspiration Point North San Diego Orienteering Event De Anza Trailer Harbor Orienteering Event North Park Orienteering Event Valencia Park Orienteering Event Aztec Center Orienteering Event Uptown Orienteering Event Clairemont Mesa Orienteering Event Elvira Orienteering Event Lomita Orienteering Event Coronado Orienteering Event North Clairemont Orienteering Event Bonita Orienteering Event Mount Hope Orienteering Event Lynwood Hills Orienteering Event Overlook Orienteering Event Loma Portal Orienteering Event Emerald Hills Orienteering Event Sunset Cliffs Orienteering Event Mission Valley Orienteering Event Pacific Beach Orienteering Event Brooklyn Heights Orienteering Event Balboa Park Orienteering Event Fort Rosecrans Orienteering Event Mid City:eastern Area Orienteering Event Del Cerro Orienteering Event Chollas Creek Orienteering Event Riviera Villas Orienteering Event Normal Heights Orienteering Event

Map And Compass Reading

San Diego Map And Compass Reading Riviera Shores Map And Compass Reading Uptown Map And Compass Reading Bayside Village Map And Compass Reading University Heights Map And Compass Reading Brooklyn Heights Map And Compass Reading Mission Bay Park Map And Compass Reading Valencia Park Map And Compass Reading Chula Vista Map And Compass Reading Fiesta Shores Map And Compass Reading Allied Gardens Map And Compass Reading East San Diego Map And Compass Reading Coronado Heights Historical Map And Compass Reading Montezuma Mesa Map And Compass Reading Mid City:kensington Talmadge Map And Compass Reading Encanto Map And Compass Reading Fort Rosecrans Map And Compass Reading Boal Map And Compass Reading Skyline Paradise Hills Map And Compass Reading Overlook Map And Compass Reading Shelltown Map And Compass Reading Clairemont Mesa Map And Compass Reading Inspiration Point North San Diego Map And Compass Reading Sherman Heights Map And Compass Reading Lincoln Park Map And Compass Reading Peninsula Map And Compass Reading Kearny Mesa Map And Compass Reading Emerald Hills Map And Compass Reading Clairemont Map And Compass Reading County Center Map And Compass Reading Harbor Side Map And Compass Reading College Area Map And Compass Reading Mission Beach Map And Compass Reading Old Town San Diego Map And Compass Reading De Anza Trailer Harbor Map And Compass Reading South Encantato Map And Compass Reading Montezuma Mesa Map And Compass Reading Roseville Map And Compass Reading Midway Pacific Highway Map And Compass Reading Downtown Map And Compass Reading Chollas Creek Map And Compass Reading Navajo Map And Compass Reading Mission Hills Map And Compass Reading Sunny Vista Map And Compass Reading Morena Map And Compass Reading Linda Vista Map And Compass Reading Lynwood Hills Map And Compass Reading Southeastern San Diego Map And Compass Reading Bonita Map And Compass Reading Logan Heights Map And Compass Reading Serra Mesa Map And Compass Reading Granada Square Map And Compass Reading Bay Park Map And Compass Reading Mission Valley Map And Compass Reading Mid City:eastern Area Map And Compass Reading Pacific Beach Map And Compass Reading Campland On The Bay Trailer Park Map And Compass Reading Lincoln Acres Map And Compass Reading Barrio Logan Map And Compass Reading Riviera Villas Map And Compass Reading Golden Hill Map And Compass Reading Fleetridge Map And Compass Reading Grant Hill Map And Compass Reading La Playa Map And Compass Reading Ladrillo Historical Map And Compass Reading Mount Hope Map And Compass Reading Tent City Historical Map And Compass Reading Lemon Grove Map And Compass Reading North Park Map And Compass Reading North Clairemont Map And Compass Reading La Mesa Map And Compass Reading Sunset Cliffs Map And Compass Reading North Bay Terraces Map And Compass Reading Mountain View Map And Compass Reading South Crest Map And Compass Reading Grantville Map And Compass Reading Spring Valley Map And Compass Reading Loma Portal Map And Compass Reading South Park Map And Compass Reading Hillcrest Map And Compass Reading Mid City:city Heights Map And Compass Reading Aztec Center Map And Compass Reading Chollas View Map And Compass Reading Stockton Map And Compass Reading Paradise Hills Map And Compass Reading Elvira Map And Compass Reading Ocean Beach Map And Compass Reading Normal Heights Map And Compass Reading Balboa Park Map And Compass Reading National City Map And Compass Reading Tierrasanta Map And Compass Reading Greater Golden Hill Map And Compass Reading Azure Vista Map And Compass Reading Five Points Map And Compass Reading Del Cerro Map And Compass Reading Lomita Map And Compass Reading Little Italy Map And Compass Reading Coronado Map And Compass Reading Sunnyside Map And Compass Reading South Bay Terraces Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Club

North Bay Terraces Orienteering Club Valencia Park Orienteering Club Fort Rosecrans Orienteering Club East San Diego Orienteering Club Boal Orienteering Club Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Club Encanto Orienteering Club Bay Park Orienteering Club Greater Golden Hill Orienteering Club Chula Vista Orienteering Club South Encantato Orienteering Club Downtown Orienteering Club National City Orienteering Club Clairemont Mesa Orienteering Club Southeastern San Diego Orienteering Club Mission Bay Park Orienteering Club Grantville Orienteering Club Lincoln Acres Orienteering Club Tent City Historical Orienteering Club Lincoln Park Orienteering Club Morena Orienteering Club South Crest Orienteering Club Riviera Shores Orienteering Club College Area Orienteering Club Ocean Beach Orienteering Club Skyline Paradise Hills Orienteering Club Allied Gardens Orienteering Club Barrio Logan Orienteering Club North Park Orienteering Club Chollas Creek Orienteering Club Mid City:kensington Talmadge Orienteering Club Clairemont Orienteering Club Pacific Beach Orienteering Club Chollas View Orienteering Club Serra Mesa Orienteering Club Paradise Hills Orienteering Club Mission Hills Orienteering Club Mid City:eastern Area Orienteering Club Normal Heights Orienteering Club University Heights Orienteering Club North Clairemont Orienteering Club Lynwood Hills Orienteering Club County Center Orienteering Club South Park Orienteering Club Grant Hill Orienteering Club Linda Vista Orienteering Club Midway Pacific Highway Orienteering Club Mid City:city Heights Orienteering Club Lemon Grove Orienteering Club Elvira Orienteering Club Mission Beach Orienteering Club Tierrasanta Orienteering Club Harbor Side Orienteering Club Coronado Orienteering Club Brooklyn Heights Orienteering Club La Playa Orienteering Club Sherman Heights Orienteering Club Loma Portal Orienteering Club Bayside Village Orienteering Club Sunset Cliffs Orienteering Club Uptown Orienteering Club Roseville Orienteering Club Inspiration Point North San Diego Orienteering Club Old Town San Diego Orienteering Club San Diego Orienteering Club Kearny Mesa Orienteering Club Navajo Orienteering Club Granada Square Orienteering Club Mount Hope Orienteering Club Emerald Hills Orienteering Club Mountain View Orienteering Club Aztec Center Orienteering Club Mission Valley Orienteering Club Peninsula Orienteering Club Stockton Orienteering Club Azure Vista Orienteering Club Overlook Orienteering Club Ladrillo Historical Orienteering Club Logan Heights Orienteering Club Del Cerro Orienteering Club Five Points Orienteering Club Shelltown Orienteering Club Golden Hill Orienteering Club La Mesa Orienteering Club Campland On The Bay Trailer Park Orienteering Club Lomita Orienteering Club Little Italy Orienteering Club Bonita Orienteering Club De Anza Trailer Harbor Orienteering Club Balboa Park Orienteering Club Sunnyside Orienteering Club Fiesta Shores Orienteering Club Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Club South Bay Terraces Orienteering Club Coronado Heights Historical Orienteering Club Sunny Vista Orienteering Club Fleetridge Orienteering Club Hillcrest Orienteering Club Spring Valley Orienteering Club Riviera Villas Orienteering Club

Orienteering Meet

South Crest Orienteering Meet Aztec Center Orienteering Meet La Playa Orienteering Meet Greater Golden Hill Orienteering Meet Bonita Orienteering Meet Mission Bay Park Orienteering Meet County Center Orienteering Meet Kearny Mesa Orienteering Meet Logan Heights Orienteering Meet Coronado Orienteering Meet Del Cerro Orienteering Meet Fiesta Shores Orienteering Meet Southeastern San Diego Orienteering Meet Sunset Cliffs Orienteering Meet Five Points Orienteering Meet Coronado Heights Historical Orienteering Meet University Heights Orienteering Meet La Mesa Orienteering Meet Paradise Hills Orienteering Meet Mount Hope Orienteering Meet Mission Beach Orienteering Meet Spring Valley Orienteering Meet Campland On The Bay Trailer Park Orienteering Meet Encanto Orienteering Meet Stockton Orienteering Meet Shelltown Orienteering Meet Mid City:kensington Talmadge Orienteering Meet Brooklyn Heights Orienteering Meet Mountain View Orienteering Meet Balboa Park Orienteering Meet Inspiration Point North San Diego Orienteering Meet Sherman Heights Orienteering Meet Bay Park Orienteering Meet Valencia Park Orienteering Meet Mission Hills Orienteering Meet Chollas View Orienteering Meet Overlook Orienteering Meet Chollas Creek Orienteering Meet Ladrillo Historical Orienteering Meet Navajo Orienteering Meet Clairemont Orienteering Meet Harbor Side Orienteering Meet Mission Valley Orienteering Meet Lynwood Hills Orienteering Meet South Park Orienteering Meet Boal Orienteering Meet Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Meet Midway Pacific Highway Orienteering Meet Granada Square Orienteering Meet Mid City:eastern Area Orienteering Meet Serra Mesa Orienteering Meet Peninsula Orienteering Meet North Park Orienteering Meet Chula Vista Orienteering Meet South Bay Terraces Orienteering Meet Mid City:city Heights Orienteering Meet Linda Vista Orienteering Meet Riviera Villas Orienteering Meet Old Town San Diego Orienteering Meet Clairemont Mesa Orienteering Meet Lomita Orienteering Meet Normal Heights Orienteering Meet Hillcrest Orienteering Meet San Diego Orienteering Meet Lincoln Acres Orienteering Meet Emerald Hills Orienteering Meet Grantville Orienteering Meet Skyline Paradise Hills Orienteering Meet North Bay Terraces Orienteering Meet Fleetridge Orienteering Meet South Encantato Orienteering Meet Bayside Village Orienteering Meet Tierrasanta Orienteering Meet De Anza Trailer Harbor Orienteering Meet Sunnyside Orienteering Meet Azure Vista Orienteering Meet Grant Hill Orienteering Meet Barrio Logan Orienteering Meet Ocean Beach Orienteering Meet College Area Orienteering Meet Tent City Historical Orienteering Meet North Clairemont Orienteering Meet Roseville Orienteering Meet Loma Portal Orienteering Meet Montezuma Mesa Orienteering Meet National City Orienteering Meet Lemon Grove Orienteering Meet Elvira Orienteering Meet Downtown Orienteering Meet Uptown Orienteering Meet Golden Hill Orienteering Meet Sunny Vista Orienteering Meet Pacific Beach Orienteering Meet Allied Gardens Orienteering Meet East San Diego Orienteering Meet Little Italy Orienteering Meet Fort Rosecrans Orienteering Meet Morena Orienteering Meet Riviera Shores Orienteering Meet Lincoln Park Orienteering Meet