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 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.

You choose the time and the pace...

Our courses are available whenever you are, eliminating the need to wait for a club event. Participate competitively, with rankings for each leg of the course, or enjoy as a recreational activity. This enriching outdoor pursuit is perfect for any active person or group of adventurers.

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What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

This is a must do for anybody who likes hiking, map reading, or orienteering!
Evan
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

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

Scientists find unusual outdoor activity can help stave off dementia. Researchers studied orienteering, an outdoor sport that exercises mind and body and can also train the brain, helping fight cognitive decline. Now scientists say that the sport - which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory - could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia.
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Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St NE, Minneapolis, MN

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Orienteering Event

Kenwood Gables Orienteering Event Blaine Orienteering Event Lake Shore Park Orienteering Event Champlin Orienteering Event Maple Grove Orienteering Event Northdale Orienteering Event Fridley Orienteering Event Saint Anthony Orienteering Event Mission Farms Orienteering Event Blaine Minnesota Orienteering Event Medicine Lake Orienteering Event Port Cargill Orienteering Event Midvale Orienteering Event Bloomington Orienteering Event Mounds View Orienteering Event Glen Lake Orienteering Event Eden Prairie Orienteering Event Circle Pines Orienteering Event Groveland Orienteering Event Oxboro Orienteering Event Hilltop Orienteering Event Columbia Heights Orienteering Event Vadnais Heights Orienteering Event North Saint Paul Orienteering Event Rowland Orienteering Event Lilydale Orienteering Event Eagan Orienteering Event Bald Eagle Orienteering Event Oak Terrace Orienteering Event Thompson Riverview Terrace Orienteering Event Spring Lake Park Orienteering Event Hazel Park Orienteering Event Brooklyn Center Orienteering Event Greenwood Orienteering Event Woodland Orienteering Event Inver Grove Heights Orienteering Event West Coon Rapids Orienteering Event White Bear Lake Orienteering Event Lauderdale Orienteering Event Brooklyn Park Orienteering Event Minneapolis Orienteering Event Mendota Heights Orienteering Event Greater East Side Orienteering Event Saint Louis Park Orienteering Event Gloster Orienteering Event Robbinsdale Orienteering Event Atwood Orienteering Event Wescott Orienteering Event Johnsville Orienteering Event Hopkins Orienteering Event Ditter Orienteering Event Gem Lake Orienteering Event West Saint Paul Orienteering Event Landfall Orienteering Event Bloomington Ferry Orienteering Event Edina Orienteering Event Gladstone Orienteering Event Oak Knoll Orienteering Event Roseville Orienteering Event Hoffmans Corner Orienteering Event Osseo Orienteering Event Richfield Orienteering Event Golden Valley Orienteering Event Hamel Orienteering Event Little Canada Orienteering Event North Oaks Orienteering Event Highwood Orienteering Event Crystal Orienteering Event Mendota Orienteering Event Falcon Heights Orienteering Event Plymouth Orienteering Event Long Lake Orienteering Event Cardigan Junction Orienteering Event Savage Orienteering Event Coon Rapids Orienteering Event Thompson Heights Orienteering Event Phillips Orienteering Event Glenwood Junction Orienteering Event Oak Park Orienteering Event Oakdale Orienteering Event Calhoun Beach Orienteering Event Shoreview Orienteering Event Sunfish Lake Orienteering Event Lino Lakes Orienteering Event Saint Paul Orienteering Event Bellaire Orienteering Event New Hope Orienteering Event Wayzata Orienteering Event Nicols Orienteering Event Maplewood Orienteering Event South Minneapolis Orienteering Event Arden Hills Orienteering Event Deephaven Orienteering Event New Brighton Orienteering Event Lexington Orienteering Event Minnetonka Mills Orienteering Event Coon Creek Orienteering Event South Saint Paul Orienteering Event Minnetonka Orienteering Event Cedar Grove Orienteering Event

Map And Compass Reading

Oak Park Map And Compass Reading Groveland Map And Compass Reading West Saint Paul Map And Compass Reading Oak Terrace Map And Compass Reading Arden Hills Map And Compass Reading Vadnais Heights Map And Compass Reading Landfall Map And Compass Reading Robbinsdale Map And Compass Reading Atwood Map And Compass Reading Blaine Minnesota Map And Compass Reading Greenwood Map And Compass Reading Falcon Heights Map And Compass Reading Phillips Map And Compass Reading Sunfish Lake Map And Compass Reading Coon Creek Map And Compass Reading Richfield Map And Compass Reading Saint Paul Map And Compass Reading Thompson Riverview Terrace Map And Compass Reading Midvale Map And Compass Reading Greater East Side Map And Compass Reading Oxboro Map And Compass Reading Bald Eagle Map And Compass Reading Glenwood Junction Map And Compass Reading Thompson Heights Map And Compass Reading Circle Pines Map And Compass Reading Gladstone Map And Compass Reading Oak Knoll Map And Compass Reading Nicols Map And Compass Reading Lilydale Map And Compass Reading White Bear Lake Map And Compass Reading Hopkins Map And Compass Reading Saint Anthony Map And Compass Reading Hamel Map And Compass Reading Glen Lake Map And Compass Reading New Brighton Map And Compass Reading Wayzata Map And Compass Reading Savage Map And Compass Reading Woodland Map And Compass Reading Shoreview Map And Compass Reading Bloomington Ferry Map And Compass Reading South Saint Paul Map And Compass Reading Oakdale Map And Compass Reading Cardigan Junction Map And Compass Reading Minnetonka Map And Compass Reading South Minneapolis Map And Compass Reading Coon Rapids Map And Compass Reading Brooklyn Center Map And Compass Reading Inver Grove Heights Map And Compass Reading Ditter Map And Compass Reading Little Canada Map And Compass Reading Mendota Map And Compass Reading Mounds View Map And Compass Reading Deephaven Map And Compass Reading Minneapolis Map And Compass Reading Bloomington Map And Compass Reading Saint Louis Park Map And Compass Reading West Coon Rapids Map And Compass Reading Port Cargill Map And Compass Reading Lexington Map And Compass Reading Brooklyn Park Map And Compass Reading Edina Map And Compass Reading Wescott Map And Compass Reading Hilltop Map And Compass Reading Medicine Lake Map And Compass Reading Fridley Map And Compass Reading North Oaks Map And Compass Reading Johnsville Map And Compass Reading Plymouth Map And Compass Reading North Saint Paul Map And Compass Reading Lino Lakes Map And Compass Reading Kenwood Gables Map And Compass Reading Lauderdale Map And Compass Reading Gem Lake Map And Compass Reading Hoffmans Corner Map And Compass Reading Cedar Grove Map And Compass Reading Long Lake Map And Compass Reading Maple Grove Map And Compass Reading Gloster Map And Compass Reading Columbia Heights Map And Compass Reading Eden Prairie Map And Compass Reading Rowland Map And Compass Reading Roseville Map And Compass Reading Lake Shore Park Map And Compass Reading Maplewood Map And Compass Reading Minnetonka Mills Map And Compass Reading Champlin Map And Compass Reading Northdale Map And Compass Reading New Hope Map And Compass Reading Eagan Map And Compass Reading Bellaire Map And Compass Reading Spring Lake Park Map And Compass Reading Crystal Map And Compass Reading Osseo Map And Compass Reading Hazel Park Map And Compass Reading Mendota Heights Map And Compass Reading Mission Farms Map And Compass Reading Golden Valley Map And Compass Reading Highwood Map And Compass Reading Blaine Map And Compass Reading Calhoun Beach Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Club

Saint Anthony Orienteering Club Oak Terrace Orienteering Club Arden Hills Orienteering Club Coon Creek Orienteering Club Falcon Heights Orienteering Club Little Canada Orienteering Club Oak Knoll Orienteering Club Oxboro Orienteering Club Thompson Riverview Terrace Orienteering Club New Hope Orienteering Club Coon Rapids Orienteering Club Wescott Orienteering Club Northdale Orienteering Club Groveland Orienteering Club Long Lake Orienteering Club Ditter Orienteering Club Edina Orienteering Club Oakdale Orienteering Club Minnetonka Mills Orienteering Club Minnetonka Orienteering Club Port Cargill Orienteering Club Champlin Orienteering Club Greenwood Orienteering Club Cardigan Junction Orienteering Club Bellaire Orienteering Club Eden Prairie Orienteering Club Golden Valley Orienteering Club West Coon Rapids Orienteering Club Minneapolis Orienteering Club Shoreview Orienteering Club Spring Lake Park Orienteering Club South Minneapolis Orienteering Club White Bear Lake Orienteering Club Medicine Lake Orienteering Club Eagan Orienteering Club Hopkins Orienteering Club Plymouth Orienteering Club Gladstone Orienteering Club West Saint Paul Orienteering Club Glen Lake Orienteering Club Richfield Orienteering Club Fridley Orienteering Club Lilydale Orienteering Club Brooklyn Center Orienteering Club Phillips Orienteering Club Hilltop Orienteering Club Glenwood Junction Orienteering Club Atwood Orienteering Club Blaine Minnesota Orienteering Club Brooklyn Park Orienteering Club Lauderdale Orienteering Club Robbinsdale Orienteering Club Greater East Side Orienteering Club Maplewood Orienteering Club Bloomington Ferry Orienteering Club Blaine Orienteering Club Saint Louis Park Orienteering Club Landfall Orienteering Club New Brighton Orienteering Club Hamel Orienteering Club Lino Lakes Orienteering Club Midvale Orienteering Club Crystal Orienteering Club Nicols Orienteering Club Gloster Orienteering Club Lake Shore Park Orienteering Club Kenwood Gables Orienteering Club Oak Park Orienteering Club Calhoun Beach Orienteering Club Vadnais Heights Orienteering Club Columbia Heights Orienteering Club South Saint Paul Orienteering Club Sunfish Lake Orienteering Club Wayzata Orienteering Club North Saint Paul Orienteering Club Mendota Heights Orienteering Club Osseo Orienteering Club Circle Pines Orienteering Club Lexington Orienteering Club Woodland Orienteering Club Mounds View Orienteering Club Rowland Orienteering Club Highwood Orienteering Club Saint Paul Orienteering Club Bloomington Orienteering Club Mission Farms Orienteering Club Savage Orienteering Club Deephaven Orienteering Club Gem Lake Orienteering Club Cedar Grove Orienteering Club Maple Grove Orienteering Club Hazel Park Orienteering Club Inver Grove Heights Orienteering Club Bald Eagle Orienteering Club Thompson Heights Orienteering Club Johnsville Orienteering Club Mendota Orienteering Club Roseville Orienteering Club Hoffmans Corner Orienteering Club North Oaks Orienteering Club

Orienteering Meet

Eagan Orienteering Meet Oakdale Orienteering Meet Ditter Orienteering Meet Crystal Orienteering Meet Hazel Park Orienteering Meet Glenwood Junction Orienteering Meet Wescott Orienteering Meet Gem Lake Orienteering Meet Bald Eagle Orienteering Meet Saint Louis Park Orienteering Meet Vadnais Heights Orienteering Meet Brooklyn Center Orienteering Meet Falcon Heights Orienteering Meet Johnsville Orienteering Meet Blaine Orienteering Meet Lino Lakes Orienteering Meet Glen Lake Orienteering Meet Saint Anthony Orienteering Meet Gladstone Orienteering Meet Port Cargill Orienteering Meet Brooklyn Park Orienteering Meet Spring Lake Park Orienteering Meet Oak Terrace Orienteering Meet Mendota Heights Orienteering Meet Edina Orienteering Meet Osseo Orienteering Meet Oak Knoll Orienteering Meet Cardigan Junction Orienteering Meet Blaine Minnesota Orienteering Meet North Saint Paul Orienteering Meet Minneapolis Orienteering Meet Fridley Orienteering Meet Bellaire Orienteering Meet Coon Rapids Orienteering Meet Landfall Orienteering Meet Greater East Side Orienteering Meet Coon Creek Orienteering Meet Arden Hills Orienteering Meet Lilydale Orienteering Meet Wayzata Orienteering Meet Hilltop Orienteering Meet Northdale Orienteering Meet Midvale Orienteering Meet Lexington Orienteering Meet Calhoun Beach Orienteering Meet Richfield Orienteering Meet Golden Valley Orienteering Meet Minnetonka Orienteering Meet Minnetonka Mills Orienteering Meet Hamel Orienteering Meet South Minneapolis Orienteering Meet Eden Prairie Orienteering Meet New Hope Orienteering Meet Robbinsdale Orienteering Meet Woodland Orienteering Meet Highwood Orienteering Meet Saint Paul Orienteering Meet New Brighton Orienteering Meet Maple Grove Orienteering Meet Mendota Orienteering Meet Inver Grove Heights Orienteering Meet Roseville Orienteering Meet White Bear Lake Orienteering Meet Cedar Grove Orienteering Meet Long Lake Orienteering Meet Hoffmans Corner Orienteering Meet Champlin Orienteering Meet Plymouth Orienteering Meet Little Canada Orienteering Meet Phillips Orienteering Meet Lauderdale Orienteering Meet North Oaks Orienteering Meet Thompson Heights Orienteering Meet South Saint Paul Orienteering Meet Savage Orienteering Meet Maplewood Orienteering Meet Mission Farms Orienteering Meet Deephaven Orienteering Meet Nicols Orienteering Meet Columbia Heights Orienteering Meet Thompson Riverview Terrace Orienteering Meet Bloomington Ferry Orienteering Meet Atwood Orienteering Meet West Coon Rapids Orienteering Meet West Saint Paul Orienteering Meet Bloomington Orienteering Meet Mounds View Orienteering Meet Greenwood Orienteering Meet Hopkins Orienteering Meet Shoreview Orienteering Meet Lake Shore Park Orienteering Meet Oxboro Orienteering Meet Medicine Lake Orienteering Meet Gloster Orienteering Meet Groveland Orienteering Meet Kenwood Gables Orienteering Meet Sunfish Lake Orienteering Meet Oak Park Orienteering Meet Rowland Orienteering Meet Circle Pines Orienteering Meet