Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to wait for an event 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 walking in the park or going on hikes but want to keep your mind active at the same time?

Get ready for an outdoor adventure like no other with Checkpoint Challenges. Create your own route between the marked points while refining your map reading abilities!

Contemporary Orienteering...

Just like in classic orienteering, each course comprises a sequence of points on a map that must be visited sequentially. Participants determine their own routes between these checkpoints and eventually return to the Start. However, rather than using a full-size paper map, your smartphone will show only the current map segment with a built-in compass, progress tracking, and hints to help you stay on track.

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

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!
Ava
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

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

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

Orienteering Event

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

Orienteering Meet

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Navigation Sport

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