Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to adjust your schedule! This cutting-edge version of orienteering transforms your smartphone into a map and compass, giving you the freedom to tackle our courses at your convenience.

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.

Next Generation Orienteering

Like conventional orienteering, each course includes a sequence of map points that must be visited in order. Participants select their own routes between checkpoints, eventually returning to the Start. Instead of a full-size paper map, though, your phone will show only the current course segment, complete with an integrated compass, progress details, and hints to keep you oriented.

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

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!
Ava
Went with my teenage kids and they were really intrigued and want to do this again. Novel way to enjoy the fresh air!
Bella
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

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

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 Meet

Brewerytown Orienteering Meet Verga Orienteering Meet Center City Orienteering Meet Queen Village Orienteering Meet Parkside Orienteering Meet Grays Ferry Orienteering Meet Morgan Village Orienteering Meet Eastwick Orienteering Meet Pennsport Orienteering Meet Philadelphia Orienteering Meet Spring Garden Orienteering Meet Boon Orienteering Meet Camden Orienteering Meet Bartram Village Orienteering Meet Sharswood Orienteering Meet Haddon Orienteering Meet Hawthorne Orienteering Meet Sherwood West Orienteering Meet Brooklawn Orienteering Meet Leonards Orienteering Meet Whitman Park Orienteering Meet Westville Grove Orienteering Meet Ludlow Orienteering Meet Cobbs Creek Orienteering Meet University City Orienteering Meet Woodbury Orienteering Meet Yorktown Orienteering Meet Spruce Hill Orienteering Meet Bella Vista Orienteering Meet Whitman Orienteering Meet Fairview Orienteering Meet Lansdowne Orienteering Meet Sharon Hill Orienteering Meet North Woodbury Orienteering Meet Yeadon Orienteering Meet Angora Orienteering Meet Kingsessing Orienteering Meet Wood Lynne Orienteering Meet Packer Park Orienteering Meet Academy Orienteering Meet Gloucester Heights Orienteering Meet S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Meet Tasker Homes Orienteering Meet Darby Township Orienteering Meet Collingdale Orienteering Meet Fernwood Orienteering Meet Point Breeze Orienteering Meet Haddington Orienteering Meet Francisville Orienteering Meet Old City Orienteering Meet Paschall Orienteering Meet Mantua Orienteering Meet Rittenhouse Orienteering Meet West Collingswood Orienteering Meet Northmont Orienteering Meet Ablett Village Orienteering Meet Fairmount Orienteering Meet Schuylkill Orienteering Meet Belmont Orienteering Meet South Philadelphia Orienteering Meet Garden Court Orienteering Meet Colwyn Orienteering Meet Society Hill Orienteering Meet Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Meet Riverwinds Orienteering Meet Fishtown Orienteering Meet Cardington Orienteering Meet Colonial Manor Orienteering Meet Cedar Park Orienteering Meet West End Orienteering Meet Paradise Orienteering Meet Westville Orienteering Meet Darby Orienteering Meet Poplar Orienteering Meet Gloucester City Orienteering Meet South Westville Orienteering Meet East Lansdowne Orienteering Meet Billingsport Orienteering Meet Oaklyn Orienteering Meet Audubon Park Orienteering Meet Girard Estate Orienteering Meet Upper Darby Orienteering Meet Thorofare Orienteering Meet Red Bank Orienteering Meet Midtown Village Orienteering Meet Chinatown Orienteering Meet Powelton Orienteering Meet Wharton Orienteering Meet Mount Ephraim Orienteering Meet Bell Road Historical Orienteering Meet West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Meet North Central Orienteering Meet Northern Liberties Orienteering Meet Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Meet Highland Park Orienteering Meet Elmwood Orienteering Meet Mill Creek Orienteering Meet National Park Orienteering Meet Passyunk Homes Orienteering Meet Olde Kensington Orienteering Meet

Orienteering Club

Upper Darby Orienteering Club Old City Orienteering Club Northern Liberties Orienteering Club Yorktown Orienteering Club Sharswood Orienteering Club Mount Ephraim Orienteering Club Schuylkill Orienteering Club Fairmount Orienteering Club Cobbs Creek Orienteering Club Ablett Village Orienteering Club Chinatown Orienteering Club Sherwood West Orienteering Club Darby Township Orienteering Club Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Club Wood Lynne Orienteering Club Sharon Hill Orienteering Club West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Club Boon Orienteering Club Highland Park Orienteering Club Gloucester City Orienteering Club Tasker Homes Orienteering Club Gloucester Heights Orienteering Club Mill Creek Orienteering Club Spring Garden Orienteering Club Red Bank Orienteering Club Brewerytown Orienteering Club Haddon Orienteering Club Brooklawn Orienteering Club Northmont Orienteering Club Riverwinds Orienteering Club Leonards Orienteering Club Wharton Orienteering Club Westville Grove Orienteering Club Passyunk Homes Orienteering Club Paschall Orienteering Club Billingsport Orienteering Club Hawthorne Orienteering Club Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Club North Central Orienteering Club Belmont Orienteering Club Morgan Village Orienteering Club Eastwick Orienteering Club Camden Orienteering Club Woodbury Orienteering Club Angora Orienteering Club Olde Kensington Orienteering Club Francisville Orienteering Club Yeadon Orienteering Club Center City Orienteering Club Queen Village Orienteering Club North Woodbury Orienteering Club Philadelphia Orienteering Club South Westville Orienteering Club Poplar Orienteering Club Point Breeze Orienteering Club Garden Court Orienteering Club Paradise Orienteering Club Fishtown Orienteering Club Verga Orienteering Club Pennsport Orienteering Club Elmwood Orienteering Club Thorofare Orienteering Club Society Hill Orienteering Club National Park Orienteering Club Haddington Orienteering Club University City Orienteering Club Oaklyn Orienteering Club Spruce Hill Orienteering Club Fairview Orienteering Club Packer Park Orienteering Club Rittenhouse Orienteering Club Midtown Village Orienteering Club Whitman Orienteering Club Ludlow Orienteering Club Academy Orienteering Club Parkside Orienteering Club Darby Orienteering Club East Lansdowne Orienteering Club Grays Ferry Orienteering Club West End Orienteering Club Audubon Park Orienteering Club Whitman Park Orienteering Club Bella Vista Orienteering Club Collingdale Orienteering Club S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Club Kingsessing Orienteering Club Fernwood Orienteering Club Cedar Park Orienteering Club Girard Estate Orienteering Club Mantua Orienteering Club Bartram Village Orienteering Club Colwyn Orienteering Club Colonial Manor Orienteering Club South Philadelphia Orienteering Club Westville Orienteering Club Lansdowne Orienteering Club Bell Road Historical Orienteering Club West Collingswood Orienteering Club Cardington Orienteering Club Powelton Orienteering Club

Map And Compass Reading

South Westville Map And Compass Reading Garden Court Map And Compass Reading Sharswood Map And Compass Reading Center City Map And Compass Reading Rittenhouse Map And Compass Reading Woodbury Gardens Map And Compass Reading Yeadon Map And Compass Reading Whitman Park Map And Compass Reading Fishtown Map And Compass Reading Schuylkill Map And Compass Reading Cardington Map And Compass Reading Grays Ferry Map And Compass Reading Darby Map And Compass Reading Billingsport Map And Compass Reading Angora Map And Compass Reading Poplar Map And Compass Reading Brooklawn Map And Compass Reading Brewerytown Map And Compass Reading Chinatown Map And Compass Reading Bella Vista Map And Compass Reading National Park Map And Compass Reading Kingsessing Map And Compass Reading South Philadelphia Map And Compass Reading Fernwood Map And Compass Reading Parkside Map And Compass Reading Powelton Map And Compass Reading West End Map And Compass Reading Colwyn Map And Compass Reading Old City Map And Compass Reading Cedar Park Map And Compass Reading Leonards Map And Compass Reading Point Breeze Map And Compass Reading Audubon Park Map And Compass Reading Elmwood Map And Compass Reading Francisville Map And Compass Reading S.w. Ctr Cty Map And Compass Reading Whitman Map And Compass Reading Verga Map And Compass Reading Oaklyn Map And Compass Reading Paradise Map And Compass Reading Society Hill Map And Compass Reading Gloucester Heights Map And Compass Reading Spruce Hill Map And Compass Reading Gloucester City Map And Compass Reading Haddington Map And Compass Reading Philadelphia Map And Compass Reading Academy Map And Compass Reading Colonial Manor Map And Compass Reading Queen Village Map And Compass Reading Woodbury Map And Compass Reading Paschall Map And Compass Reading Camden Map And Compass Reading Ludlow Map And Compass Reading North Woodbury Map And Compass Reading North Central Map And Compass Reading Spring Garden Map And Compass Reading Olde Kensington Map And Compass Reading Thorofare Map And Compass Reading Mantua Map And Compass Reading Northmont Map And Compass Reading Girard Estate Map And Compass Reading Southwest Schuylkill Map And Compass Reading Wood Lynne Map And Compass Reading Sharon Hill Map And Compass Reading Fairmount Map And Compass Reading Haddon Map And Compass Reading Westville Grove Map And Compass Reading West Collingswood Map And Compass Reading Eastwick Map And Compass Reading Bartram Village Map And Compass Reading Northern Liberties Map And Compass Reading University City Map And Compass Reading Red Bank Map And Compass Reading Passyunk Homes Map And Compass Reading Darby Township Map And Compass Reading Upper Darby Map And Compass Reading Yorktown Map And Compass Reading Wharton Map And Compass Reading Belmont Map And Compass Reading Mount Ephraim Map And Compass Reading Lansdowne Map And Compass Reading Pennsport Map And Compass Reading Ablett Village Map And Compass Reading Highland Park Map And Compass Reading Sherwood West Map And Compass Reading Morgan Village Map And Compass Reading Fairview Map And Compass Reading Riverwinds Map And Compass Reading Westville Map And Compass Reading Hawthorne Map And Compass Reading Mill Creek Map And Compass Reading Boon Map And Compass Reading Cobbs Creek Map And Compass Reading Bell Road Historical Map And Compass Reading Midtown Village Map And Compass Reading Collingdale Map And Compass Reading East Lansdowne Map And Compass Reading West Collingswood Heights Map And Compass Reading Tasker Homes Map And Compass Reading Packer Park Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Event

Wood Lynne Orienteering Event Girard Estate Orienteering Event Woodbury Gardens Orienteering Event West Collingswood Orienteering Event Garden Court Orienteering Event Francisville Orienteering Event Queen Village Orienteering Event Tasker Homes Orienteering Event Whitman Orienteering Event Ablett Village Orienteering Event Fernwood Orienteering Event Audubon Park Orienteering Event Midtown Village Orienteering Event Academy Orienteering Event Hawthorne Orienteering Event Cedar Park Orienteering Event Lansdowne Orienteering Event Center City Orienteering Event Darby Orienteering Event Verga Orienteering Event Mount Ephraim Orienteering Event Sharswood Orienteering Event Morgan Village Orienteering Event Sharon Hill Orienteering Event Whitman Park Orienteering Event Cardington Orienteering Event Northern Liberties Orienteering Event Packer Park Orienteering Event Pennsport Orienteering Event Riverwinds Orienteering Event Westville Orienteering Event Colwyn Orienteering Event Haddington Orienteering Event Southwest Schuylkill Orienteering Event Gloucester Heights Orienteering Event Mill Creek Orienteering Event Poplar Orienteering Event Leonards Orienteering Event Cobbs Creek Orienteering Event Sherwood West Orienteering Event Spring Garden Orienteering Event Colonial Manor Orienteering Event Old City Orienteering Event Point Breeze Orienteering Event East Lansdowne Orienteering Event Camden Orienteering Event West Collingswood Heights Orienteering Event Philadelphia Orienteering Event Billingsport Orienteering Event Paschall Orienteering Event Darby Township Orienteering Event Kingsessing Orienteering Event Gloucester City Orienteering Event South Philadelphia Orienteering Event Northmont Orienteering Event National Park Orienteering Event Yeadon Orienteering Event Rittenhouse Orienteering Event Upper Darby Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Brooklawn Orienteering Event Highland Park Orienteering Event Passyunk Homes Orienteering Event Fairmount Orienteering Event Grays Ferry Orienteering Event North Central Orienteering Event Westville Grove Orienteering Event Ludlow Orienteering Event Bella Vista Orienteering Event Red Bank Orienteering Event Bartram Village Orienteering Event Fairview Orienteering Event South Westville Orienteering Event Yorktown Orienteering Event Haddon Orienteering Event Spruce Hill Orienteering Event Angora Orienteering Event Parkside Orienteering Event Elmwood Orienteering Event Eastwick Orienteering Event Thorofare Orienteering Event Boon Orienteering Event Wharton Orienteering Event Bell Road Historical Orienteering Event Powelton Orienteering Event S.w. Ctr Cty Orienteering Event Olde Kensington Orienteering Event Mantua Orienteering Event University City Orienteering Event Schuylkill Orienteering Event Chinatown Orienteering Event Fishtown Orienteering Event Society Hill Orienteering Event Oaklyn Orienteering Event Brewerytown Orienteering Event Paradise Orienteering Event North Woodbury Orienteering Event Collingdale Orienteering Event Belmont Orienteering Event Woodbury Orienteering Event