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.

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.

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

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!
Ava
Did this solo and really enjoyed it. Going to take some friends out next time!
Dave
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

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

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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Navigation Sport

Esplanade Gardens Navigation Sport Hamilton Heights Navigation Sport Woodside Houses Navigation Sport San Juan Hill Navigation Sport Carnegie Hill Navigation Sport Union Square Navigation Sport Gracie Square Navigation Sport Lower East Side Navigation Sport Hudson Square Navigation Sport Gashouse District Navigation Sport Roosevelt Island Navigation Sport Astoria Navigation Sport Delano Village Navigation Sport Union City Navigation Sport Times Square Navigation Sport Mount Morris Park Historic District Navigation Sport Weehawken Navigation Sport Midtown West Navigation Sport Konaande Kongh Historical Navigation Sport Fairview Navigation Sport Riverbend Houses Navigation Sport Koreatown Navigation Sport Guttenberg Navigation Sport Park West Village Navigation Sport Manhattan Navigation Sport Rhinelander Gardens Historical Navigation Sport Greenwich Village Navigation Sport Charlotteville Historical Navigation Sport Flatiron District Navigation Sport Stanley Isaacs Houses Navigation Sport Meatpacking District Navigation Sport Steinway Navigation Sport New Durham Navigation Sport Harlem Navigation Sport Hamilton Houses Navigation Sport Franklin Houses Navigation Sport Lionel Hampton Houses Navigation Sport Sutton Place Navigation Sport Sugar Hill Navigation Sport Plaza Borinquen Navigation Sport Sunnyside Navigation Sport Noho Navigation Sport Cliffside Park Navigation Sport Rose Hill Navigation Sport Patterson Houses Navigation Sport East Harlem Navigation Sport Diamond District Navigation Sport Upper West Side Navigation Sport Stuyvesant Town Navigation Sport Mill Brook Houses Navigation Sport Tudor City Navigation Sport Blissville Navigation Sport Lower Manhattan Navigation Sport Little Italy Navigation Sport James Weldon Johnson Houses Navigation Sport Sunnyside Gardens Navigation Sport Phipps Houses Navigation Sport Murray Hill Navigation Sport Harlem River Houses Navigation Sport North Bergen Navigation Sport Port Morris Navigation Sport Long Island City Navigation Sport Nomad Navigation Sport Seneca Village Historical Navigation Sport East Village Navigation Sport Bowery Navigation Sport Hudson Heights Navigation Sport Yorkville Navigation Sport Upper Manhattan Navigation Sport Soho Navigation Sport Le Petit Senegal Navigation Sport Edgewater Navigation Sport Kips Bay Navigation Sport Peter Cooper Village Navigation Sport Morningside Heights Navigation Sport Hunters Point Navigation Sport Gramercy Park Navigation Sport Ravenswood Houses Navigation Sport Astoria Heights Navigation Sport Midtown Manhattan Navigation Sport Carmansville Historical Navigation Sport Babbitt Navigation Sport Greenpoint Navigation Sport Mott Haven Navigation Sport Manhattanville Navigation Sport Upper East Side Navigation Sport Queensbridge Houses Navigation Sport Midtown East Navigation Sport Taino Towers Navigation Sport Nolita Navigation Sport West New York Navigation Sport Grantwood Navigation Sport West Village Navigation Sport Harsenville Historical Navigation Sport Chelsea Navigation Sport Hoboken Navigation Sport University Village Navigation Sport Loisaida Navigation Sport Washington Square Village Navigation Sport Alphabet City Navigation Sport

Map And Compass Reading

Harlem Map And Compass Reading Tudor City Map And Compass Reading Greenwich Village Map And Compass Reading Weehawken Map And Compass Reading Edgewater Map And Compass Reading Rhinelander Gardens Historical Map And Compass Reading San Juan Hill Map And Compass Reading Woodside Houses Map And Compass Reading Midtown Manhattan Map And Compass Reading Lionel Hampton Houses Map And Compass Reading Blissville Map And Compass Reading Delano Village Map And Compass Reading Alphabet City Map And Compass Reading Washington Square Village Map And Compass Reading Murray Hill Map And Compass Reading Kips Bay Map And Compass Reading Mott Haven Map And Compass Reading Sugar Hill Map And Compass Reading East Harlem Map And Compass Reading Grantwood Map And Compass Reading Sunnyside Map And Compass Reading Stanley Isaacs Houses Map And Compass Reading Nomad Map And Compass Reading Rose Hill Map And Compass Reading Seneca Village Historical Map And Compass Reading Port Morris Map And Compass Reading New Durham Map And Compass Reading Charlotteville Historical Map And Compass Reading Hunters Point Map And Compass Reading Plaza Borinquen Map And Compass Reading Gramercy Park Map And Compass Reading North Bergen Map And Compass Reading Hamilton Houses Map And Compass Reading Hudson Square Map And Compass Reading University Village Map And Compass Reading Long Island City Map And Compass Reading Chelsea Map And Compass Reading Queensbridge Houses Map And Compass Reading Upper West Side Map And Compass Reading Steinway Map And Compass Reading Little Italy Map And Compass Reading Midtown West Map And Compass Reading Phipps Houses Map And Compass Reading Sunnyside Gardens Map And Compass Reading Harsenville Historical Map And Compass Reading Le Petit Senegal Map And Compass Reading Lower East Side Map And Compass Reading James Weldon Johnson Houses Map And Compass Reading East Village Map And Compass Reading Patterson Houses Map And Compass Reading Hoboken Map And Compass Reading Mill Brook Houses Map And Compass Reading West Village Map And Compass Reading Astoria Map And Compass Reading Cliffside Park Map And Compass Reading Times Square Map And Compass Reading Bowery Map And Compass Reading Meatpacking District Map And Compass Reading Park West Village Map And Compass Reading Lower Manhattan Map And Compass Reading Sutton Place Map And Compass Reading Upper East Side Map And Compass Reading Midtown East Map And Compass Reading Manhattanville Map And Compass Reading Astoria Heights Map And Compass Reading Fairview Map And Compass Reading Gracie Square Map And Compass Reading Mount Morris Park Historic District Map And Compass Reading Nolita Map And Compass Reading Union Square Map And Compass Reading Manhattan Map And Compass Reading Upper Manhattan Map And Compass Reading Diamond District Map And Compass Reading Babbitt Map And Compass Reading Greenpoint Map And Compass Reading Soho Map And Compass Reading West New York Map And Compass Reading Riverbend Houses Map And Compass Reading Yorkville Map And Compass Reading Flatiron District Map And Compass Reading Harlem River Houses Map And Compass Reading Hudson Heights Map And Compass Reading Union City Map And Compass Reading Ravenswood Houses Map And Compass Reading Peter Cooper Village Map And Compass Reading Koreatown Map And Compass Reading Morningside Heights Map And Compass Reading Noho Map And Compass Reading Carmansville Historical Map And Compass Reading Carnegie Hill Map And Compass Reading Konaande Kongh Historical Map And Compass Reading Stuyvesant Town Map And Compass Reading Gashouse District Map And Compass Reading Franklin Houses Map And Compass Reading Esplanade Gardens Map And Compass Reading Loisaida Map And Compass Reading Guttenberg Map And Compass Reading Hamilton Heights Map And Compass Reading Taino Towers Map And Compass Reading Roosevelt Island Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Meet

Nomad Orienteering Meet Mount Morris Park Historic District Orienteering Meet Taino Towers Orienteering Meet Hamilton Heights Orienteering Meet Hudson Square Orienteering Meet North Bergen Orienteering Meet Yorkville Orienteering Meet University Village Orienteering Meet Harlem Orienteering Meet West New York Orienteering Meet Tudor City Orienteering Meet Charlotteville Historical Orienteering Meet Morningside Heights Orienteering Meet Lower Manhattan Orienteering Meet Seneca Village Historical Orienteering Meet Lionel Hampton Houses Orienteering Meet Le Petit Senegal Orienteering Meet Park West Village Orienteering Meet Upper Manhattan Orienteering Meet Midtown Manhattan Orienteering Meet Grantwood Orienteering Meet Harlem River Houses Orienteering Meet Kips Bay Orienteering Meet Gramercy Park Orienteering Meet Little Italy Orienteering Meet Ravenswood Houses Orienteering Meet Peter Cooper Village Orienteering Meet Delano Village Orienteering Meet Patterson Houses Orienteering Meet Times Square Orienteering Meet Phipps Houses Orienteering Meet Astoria Heights Orienteering Meet James Weldon Johnson Houses Orienteering Meet Edgewater Orienteering Meet Flatiron District Orienteering Meet Sutton Place Orienteering Meet Loisaida Orienteering Meet Gracie Square Orienteering Meet Babbitt Orienteering Meet Riverbend Houses Orienteering Meet Upper East Side Orienteering Meet Rhinelander Gardens Historical Orienteering Meet Noho Orienteering Meet Plaza Borinquen Orienteering Meet Blissville Orienteering Meet Diamond District Orienteering Meet Carnegie Hill Orienteering Meet Murray Hill Orienteering Meet Meatpacking District Orienteering Meet Konaande Kongh Historical Orienteering Meet Upper West Side Orienteering Meet Long Island City Orienteering Meet Stuyvesant Town Orienteering Meet Weehawken Orienteering Meet Midtown East Orienteering Meet Steinway Orienteering Meet Lower East Side Orienteering Meet Union Square Orienteering Meet Alphabet City Orienteering Meet Washington Square Village Orienteering Meet Midtown West Orienteering Meet Greenwich Village Orienteering Meet Port Morris Orienteering Meet Sugar Hill Orienteering Meet Soho Orienteering Meet Stanley Isaacs Houses Orienteering Meet Hamilton Houses Orienteering Meet West Village Orienteering Meet Guttenberg Orienteering Meet Roosevelt Island Orienteering Meet Union City Orienteering Meet Hunters Point Orienteering Meet Fairview Orienteering Meet New Durham Orienteering Meet Rose Hill Orienteering Meet Carmansville Historical Orienteering Meet Cliffside Park Orienteering Meet Nolita Orienteering Meet Harsenville Historical Orienteering Meet San Juan Hill Orienteering Meet Manhattanville Orienteering Meet Bowery Orienteering Meet East Harlem Orienteering Meet Hudson Heights Orienteering Meet Sunnyside Orienteering Meet Gashouse District Orienteering Meet Sunnyside Gardens Orienteering Meet Mill Brook Houses Orienteering Meet Koreatown Orienteering Meet Mott Haven Orienteering Meet Esplanade Gardens Orienteering Meet Chelsea Orienteering Meet Manhattan Orienteering Meet Woodside Houses Orienteering Meet Greenpoint Orienteering Meet East Village Orienteering Meet Astoria Orienteering Meet Franklin Houses Orienteering Meet Hoboken Orienteering Meet Queensbridge Houses Orienteering Meet

Orienteering Club

East Harlem Orienteering Club Loisaida Orienteering Club Babbitt Orienteering Club Esplanade Gardens Orienteering Club Times Square Orienteering Club Manhattanville Orienteering Club Mill Brook Houses Orienteering Club Konaande Kongh Historical Orienteering Club Union City Orienteering Club Blissville Orienteering Club Hamilton Heights Orienteering Club Upper Manhattan Orienteering Club Hudson Square Orienteering Club Greenpoint Orienteering Club Flatiron District Orienteering Club Le Petit Senegal Orienteering Club Midtown West Orienteering Club Chelsea Orienteering Club Midtown East Orienteering Club Edgewater Orienteering Club Noho Orienteering Club Nomad Orienteering Club Gashouse District Orienteering Club Morningside Heights Orienteering Club San Juan Hill Orienteering Club Plaza Borinquen Orienteering Club Mount Morris Park Historic District Orienteering Club University Village Orienteering Club Hudson Heights Orienteering Club Bowery Orienteering Club Queensbridge Houses Orienteering Club Franklin Houses Orienteering Club Sunnyside Gardens Orienteering Club West New York Orienteering Club Greenwich Village Orienteering Club Lionel Hampton Houses Orienteering Club Woodside Houses Orienteering Club Hunters Point Orienteering Club Lower Manhattan Orienteering Club Mott Haven Orienteering Club North Bergen Orienteering Club James Weldon Johnson Houses Orienteering Club East Village Orienteering Club Park West Village Orienteering Club Lower East Side Orienteering Club Midtown Manhattan Orienteering Club West Village Orienteering Club Union Square Orienteering Club Upper West Side Orienteering Club Washington Square Village Orienteering Club Taino Towers Orienteering Club Roosevelt Island Orienteering Club Hamilton Houses Orienteering Club Rhinelander Gardens Historical Orienteering Club Soho Orienteering Club Sutton Place Orienteering Club Cliffside Park Orienteering Club Grantwood Orienteering Club Diamond District Orienteering Club Alphabet City Orienteering Club Port Morris Orienteering Club Fairview Orienteering Club Steinway Orienteering Club Manhattan Orienteering Club Ravenswood Houses Orienteering Club Astoria Heights Orienteering Club Yorkville Orienteering Club Guttenberg Orienteering Club Meatpacking District Orienteering Club Koreatown Orienteering Club Harsenville Historical Orienteering Club Weehawken Orienteering Club Nolita Orienteering Club Little Italy Orienteering Club Peter Cooper Village Orienteering Club Seneca Village Historical Orienteering Club Hoboken Orienteering Club Charlotteville Historical Orienteering Club Phipps Houses Orienteering Club Kips Bay Orienteering Club Sugar Hill Orienteering Club Harlem River Houses Orienteering Club Sunnyside Orienteering Club Upper East Side Orienteering Club Gramercy Park Orienteering Club Tudor City Orienteering Club Rose Hill Orienteering Club Carnegie Hill Orienteering Club Riverbend Houses Orienteering Club Stuyvesant Town Orienteering Club Harlem Orienteering Club Murray Hill Orienteering Club New Durham Orienteering Club Gracie Square Orienteering Club Delano Village Orienteering Club Stanley Isaacs Houses Orienteering Club Carmansville Historical Orienteering Club Long Island City Orienteering Club Patterson Houses Orienteering Club Astoria Orienteering Club

Orienteering Event

Konaande Kongh Historical Orienteering Event Sunnyside Orienteering Event West Village Orienteering Event Soho Orienteering Event Sugar Hill Orienteering Event Alphabet City Orienteering Event Hamilton Heights Orienteering Event Greenwich Village Orienteering Event Plaza Borinquen Orienteering Event University Village Orienteering Event Esplanade Gardens Orienteering Event Lower East Side Orienteering Event Carmansville Historical Orienteering Event Gashouse District Orienteering Event Noho Orienteering Event Little Italy Orienteering Event Weehawken Orienteering Event Woodside Houses Orienteering Event Manhattanville Orienteering Event Hamilton Houses Orienteering Event Harlem River Houses Orienteering Event Midtown West Orienteering Event Manhattan Orienteering Event Union Square Orienteering Event Tudor City Orienteering Event Upper West Side Orienteering Event Queensbridge Houses Orienteering Event Blissville Orienteering Event Astoria Orienteering Event Murray Hill Orienteering Event Delano Village Orienteering Event Stuyvesant Town Orienteering Event Sunnyside Gardens Orienteering Event Midtown East Orienteering Event Mount Morris Park Historic District Orienteering Event Fairview Orienteering Event Long Island City Orienteering Event Yorkville Orienteering Event North Bergen Orienteering Event Washington Square Village Orienteering Event Gramercy Park Orienteering Event Steinway Orienteering Event Harsenville Historical Orienteering Event Kips Bay Orienteering Event Babbitt Orienteering Event East Harlem Orienteering Event Lionel Hampton Houses Orienteering Event New Durham Orienteering Event Carnegie Hill Orienteering Event Upper East Side Orienteering Event Nomad Orienteering Event Port Morris Orienteering Event Midtown Manhattan Orienteering Event Koreatown Orienteering Event Chelsea Orienteering Event Bowery Orienteering Event Mott Haven Orienteering Event Morningside Heights Orienteering Event Hoboken Orienteering Event Loisaida Orienteering Event Roosevelt Island Orienteering Event Gracie Square Orienteering Event Rhinelander Gardens Historical Orienteering Event Hunters Point Orienteering Event Seneca Village Historical Orienteering Event Union City Orienteering Event Grantwood Orienteering Event Peter Cooper Village Orienteering Event Mill Brook Houses Orienteering Event Flatiron District Orienteering Event Nolita Orienteering Event Charlotteville Historical Orienteering Event Edgewater Orienteering Event Franklin Houses Orienteering Event James Weldon Johnson Houses Orienteering Event Hudson Square Orienteering Event Astoria Heights Orienteering Event Harlem Orienteering Event Lower Manhattan Orienteering Event Greenpoint Orienteering Event Stanley Isaacs Houses Orienteering Event Upper Manhattan Orienteering Event Sutton Place Orienteering Event Hudson Heights Orienteering Event Riverbend Houses Orienteering Event Phipps Houses Orienteering Event Patterson Houses Orienteering Event Diamond District Orienteering Event Taino Towers Orienteering Event East Village Orienteering Event Le Petit Senegal Orienteering Event San Juan Hill Orienteering Event Park West Village Orienteering Event Guttenberg Orienteering Event Meatpacking District Orienteering Event Cliffside Park Orienteering Event Times Square Orienteering Event Ravenswood Houses Orienteering Event West New York Orienteering Event Rose Hill Orienteering Event