Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to wait for a meet that fits your schedule! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses whenever you choose.

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.

Enjoy whenever you want at your own pace...

There is no need to wait for a club meet as our courses are available whenever you are. Enjoyed as either a competitive sport, with rankings for each leg of the course, or a recreational activity, this enriching outdoor pursuit is prefect for any active person or group of adventurers.


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What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
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

  • Compass Reading
  • Competition
  • Physical
  • GPS
  • Race
  • Active
  • Contest
  • Checkpoints
  • No reservations
  • Team building
  • Individuals or groups
  • Outdoors
  • Running
  • Challenging
  • Enriching
  • Anytime
  • Flat rate price
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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Montrose and Dumbarton Oaks, 3087 R St NW, Washington, DC

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Orienteering Meet

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Orienteering Club

Sutton Place Orienteering Club Tohoga Historical Orienteering Club Potomac Heights Orienteering Club Woodley Park Orienteering Club Wesley Heights Orienteering Club Petworth Orienteering Club Kalorama Triangle Orienteering Club North Cleveland Park Orienteering Club Westminster Orienteering Club Ledroit Park Orienteering Club Cowtown Historical Orienteering Club Lyon Village Orienteering Club Youngsborough Historical Orienteering Club Shaw Orienteering Club Cloisters Orienteering Club Cathedral Heights Orienteering Club American University Park Orienteering Club Georgetown Orienteering Club Radnor Heights Orienteering Club Mclean Gardens Orienteering Club Farragut Square Orienteering Club Kalorama Heights Orienteering Club Weston Historical Orienteering Club Eckington Orienteering Club Fort Myer Heights Orienteering Club Brinetown Historical Orienteering Club East Arlington Historical Orienteering Club Tenleytown Orienteering Club Kent Orienteering Club Crestwood Orienteering Club Adams Morgan Orienteering Club Georgetown Heights Historical Orienteering Club Rosslyn Orienteering Club Clarendon Orienteering Club Cherrydale Orienteering Club Massachusetts Avenue Heights Orienteering Club Woodmont Orienteering Club Armsleigh Park Historical Orienteering Club Robeyville Historical Orienteering Club Foggy Bottom Orienteering Club Bloomingdale Orienteering Club Judiciary Square Orienteering Club Westchester Orienteering Club East End Orienteering Club Cookes Park Orienteering Club Colonial Village Orienteering Club Northwest Rectangle Orienteering Club Truxton Circle Orienteering Club Spring Valley Orienteering Club Indian Rock Terrace Orienteering Club Cleveland Park Orienteering Club Bloodfield Historical Orienteering Club Reno Orienteering Club Mount Vernon Square Orienteering Club Sheridan Kalorama Orienteering Club Embassy Park Orienteering Club Tunlaw Heights Historical Orienteering Club Columbia Heights Orienteering Club Fernwood Heights Historical Orienteering Club Forest Hills Orienteering Club Lyon Park Orienteering Club Mount Pleasant Orienteering Club Foxhall Orienteering Club Riverwood Orienteering Club Little Indian Rock Terrace Orienteering Club Widowsville Historical Orienteering Club Pretty Prospect Historical Orienteering Club Palisades Orienteering Club Colony Hill Orienteering Club Harlem Historical Orienteering Club Lewis Subdivision Historical Orienteering Club Virginia Square Orienteering Club Hamburgh Historical Orienteering Club Beechwood Hills Orienteering Club Foxhall Crescent Orienteering Club Dupont Circle Orienteering Club Washington City Orienteering Club Crystal Spring Knolls Orienteering Club Park View Orienteering Club Foxhall Terrace Orienteering Club Westover Place Orienteering Club West End Orienteering Club Franklin Mcpherson Square Orienteering Club Fairview Heights Historical Orienteering Club Lee Heights Orienteering Club Highlands Orienteering Club Bellevue Forest Orienteering Club Chinatown Orienteering Club Dover Crystal Orienteering Club Washington Orienteering Club Burleith Orienteering Club Glover Park Orienteering Club Dobbins Addition Historical Orienteering Club Hells Bottom Historical Orienteering Club Logan Circle Orienteering Club Thomas Circle Orienteering Club Lanier Heights Orienteering Club Dominion Heights Orienteering Club Foxhall Village Orienteering Club East Central Orienteering Club

Map And Compass Reading

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Navigation Sport

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Orienteering Event

Palisades Orienteering Event Cowtown Historical Orienteering Event American University Park Orienteering Event Sheridan Kalorama Orienteering Event Reno Orienteering Event Foggy Bottom Orienteering Event Colony Hill Orienteering Event Virginia Square Orienteering Event Foxhall Crescent Orienteering Event Brinetown Historical Orienteering Event Weston Historical Orienteering Event Foxhall Village Orienteering Event Chinatown Orienteering Event Westover Place Orienteering Event Massachusetts Avenue Heights Orienteering Event Dominion Heights Orienteering Event Judiciary Square Orienteering Event Potomac Heights Orienteering Event Glover Park Orienteering Event Park View Orienteering Event Columbia Heights Orienteering Event Cloisters Orienteering Event Cookes Park Orienteering Event Mclean Gardens Orienteering Event Kent Orienteering Event Radnor Heights Orienteering Event Northwest Rectangle Orienteering Event Bellevue Forest Orienteering Event Burleith Orienteering Event Dupont Circle Orienteering Event East Arlington Historical Orienteering Event Robeyville Historical Orienteering Event Dover Crystal Orienteering Event Tunlaw Heights Historical Orienteering Event Westminster Orienteering Event Woodmont Orienteering Event Dobbins Addition Historical Orienteering Event Kalorama Triangle Orienteering Event Wesley Heights Orienteering Event Armsleigh Park Historical Orienteering Event Cathedral Heights Orienteering Event Foxhall Orienteering Event East Central Orienteering Event Cleveland Park Orienteering Event Georgetown Orienteering Event Forest Hills Orienteering Event North Cleveland Park Orienteering Event Highlands Orienteering Event Crestwood Orienteering Event Hamburgh Historical Orienteering Event Mount Vernon Square Orienteering Event Indian Rock Terrace Orienteering Event Rosslyn Orienteering Event Adams Morgan Orienteering Event Eckington Orienteering Event Woodley Park Orienteering Event Tenleytown Orienteering Event Lewis Subdivision Historical Orienteering Event Little Indian Rock Terrace Orienteering Event Lee Heights Orienteering Event Shaw Orienteering Event Hells Bottom Historical Orienteering Event Embassy Park Orienteering Event Pretty Prospect Historical Orienteering Event Truxton Circle Orienteering Event Fairview Heights Historical Orienteering Event Harlem Historical Orienteering Event Fort Myer Heights Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Ledroit Park Orienteering Event Thomas Circle Orienteering Event Colonial Village Orienteering Event Lyon Park Orienteering Event Foxhall Terrace Orienteering Event Kalorama Heights Orienteering Event Fernwood Heights Historical Orienteering Event Riverwood Orienteering Event Bloomingdale Orienteering Event Petworth Orienteering Event Logan Circle Orienteering Event Franklin Mcpherson Square Orienteering Event Beechwood Hills Orienteering Event Sutton Place Orienteering Event Bloodfield Historical Orienteering Event Tohoga Historical Orienteering Event Washington City Orienteering Event Lyon Village Orienteering Event Westchester Orienteering Event Georgetown Heights Historical Orienteering Event Mount Pleasant Orienteering Event Washington Orienteering Event Spring Valley Orienteering Event Widowsville Historical Orienteering Event Cherrydale Orienteering Event Lanier Heights Orienteering Event East End Orienteering Event Youngsborough Historical Orienteering Event Farragut Square Orienteering Event Crystal Spring Knolls Orienteering Event Clarendon Orienteering Event