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!

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

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
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

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

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 Event

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

Orienteering Club

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Orienteering Meet

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

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