Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Forget about waiting for a scheduled event! This cutting-edge approach to orienteering turns your smartphone into both map and compass, so you can explore our courses anytime you wish.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Are you passionate about hiking or walking in the park but also looking to challenge your mind?

Checkpoint Challenges offers an unmatched outdoor adventure experience. Plot your unique course between checkpoints while working on your map reading skills!

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

This was a really cool way to explore the park and it took me places I never would have gone otherwise!
Sophia
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

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

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

Strawberry Hill Orienteering Event West Everett Orienteering Event East Boston Orienteering Event Mount Auburn Orienteering Event Malden Orienteering Event Quincy Market Orienteering Event Point Shirley Orienteering Event Medford Orienteering Event Edgeworth Orienteering Event Brookline Orienteering Event Cedar Grove Orienteering Event Larchwood Orienteering Event Chelsea Orienteering Event Bay Village Orienteering Event Allston Orienteering Event Jeffries Point Orienteering Event Glenwood Orienteering Event Back Bay Orienteering Event Spring Hill Orienteering Event South Bay Orienteering Event Hendersonville Orienteering Event Boston Orienteering Event Brookline Village Orienteering Event Cambridgeport Orienteering Event Kendall Square Orienteering Event Mount Ida Orienteering Event East Cambridge Orienteering Event Glendale Orienteering Event Sommerville Orienteering Event Savin Hill Orienteering Event Downtown Boston Orienteering Event Revere Orienteering Event Dorchester Orienteering Event Cottage Park Orienteering Event Winter Hill Orienteering Event Huron Village Orienteering Event West Somerville Orienteering Event Coolidge Hill Orienteering Event Waterfront Orienteering Event East Watertown Orienteering Event Old Cambridge Orienteering Event Everett Orienteering Event Mission Hill Orienteering Event Ashmont Orienteering Event Beachmont Orienteering Event Mount Bowdoin Orienteering Event Dorchester South Orienteering Event Court Park Orienteering Event Squantum Orienteering Event North End Orienteering Event Wellington Orienteering Event Aberdeen Orienteering Event Forest Hills Orienteering Event Winthrop Orienteering Event Fenway Kenmore Orienteering Event Faneuil Orienteering Event Suffolk Downs Station Orienteering Event Beacon Hill Orienteering Event Somerville Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Fields Corner Orienteering Event Dorchester Center Orienteering Event Dorchester North Orienteering Event Ten Hills Orienteering Event Medford Hillside Orienteering Event Neponset Orienteering Event Prospect Hill Orienteering Event Roxbury Orienteering Event Jamaica Plain Orienteering Event North Cambridge Orienteering Event Grove Hall Orienteering Event Admirals Hill Orienteering Event Brighton Orienteering Event South End Orienteering Event Reservoir Orienteering Event Fort Winthrop Historical Orienteering Event Cambridge Orienteering Event South Boston Orienteering Event Chinatown Leather District Orienteering Event Avon Hill Orienteering Event Beaconsfield Orienteering Event New Squantum Orienteering Event Charlestown Orienteering Event North Brighton Orienteering Event East Somerville Orienteering Event City Point Orienteering Event Longwood Station Orienteering Event Winthrop Beach Orienteering Event Dock Square Orienteering Event Orient Heights Orienteering Event Allston Brighton Orienteering Event Inner Belt Orienteering Event Uphams Corner Orienteering Event Va Boston Healthcare System Brockton Campus Orienteering Event Roxbury Crossing Orienteering Event Downtown Financial District Orienteering Event Coolidge Corner Orienteering Event Malden Centre Orienteering Event Forest Hills Orienteering Event Meeting House Hill Orienteering Event

Navigation Sport

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Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Meet

Medford Orienteering Meet Inner Belt Orienteering Meet Point Shirley Orienteering Meet Revere Orienteering Meet Charlestown Orienteering Meet Malden Centre Orienteering Meet Chinatown Leather District Orienteering Meet Savin Hill Orienteering Meet Beachmont Orienteering Meet Glendale Orienteering Meet Huron Village Orienteering Meet South Boston Orienteering Meet Roxbury Orienteering Meet Ten Hills Orienteering Meet Cambridge Orienteering Meet Forest Hills Orienteering Meet Cedar Grove Orienteering Meet Everett Orienteering Meet East Watertown Orienteering Meet Suffolk Downs Station Orienteering Meet Hendersonville Orienteering Meet Somerville Orienteering Meet Longwood Station Orienteering Meet East Cambridge Orienteering Meet Dorchester Orienteering Meet East Boston Orienteering Meet Roxbury Crossing Orienteering Meet Jamaica Plain Orienteering Meet Jeffries Point Orienteering Meet Prospect Hill Orienteering Meet Forest Hills Orienteering Meet Winter Hill Orienteering Meet Brookline Orienteering Meet Avon Hill Orienteering Meet Sommerville Orienteering Meet Winthrop Orienteering Meet Orient Heights Orienteering Meet Uphams Corner Orienteering Meet Admirals Hill Orienteering Meet North Brighton Orienteering Meet Dorchester South Orienteering Meet Grove Hall Orienteering Meet Old Cambridge Orienteering Meet Edgeworth Orienteering Meet Neponset Orienteering Meet Meeting House Hill Orienteering Meet Allston Brighton Orienteering Meet Squantum Orienteering Meet Aberdeen Orienteering Meet West Somerville Orienteering Meet New Squantum Orienteering Meet North Cambridge Orienteering Meet Wellington Orienteering Meet Malden Orienteering Meet Quincy Market Orienteering Meet North End Orienteering Meet Kendall Square Orienteering Meet Faneuil Orienteering Meet Mount Ida Orienteering Meet City Point Orienteering Meet Spring Hill Orienteering Meet Dock Square Orienteering Meet Dorchester Center Orienteering Meet South End Orienteering Meet Boston Orienteering Meet Mount Bowdoin Orienteering Meet Cambridgeport Orienteering Meet Downtown Boston Orienteering Meet Dorchester North Orienteering Meet West End Orienteering Meet Coolidge Corner Orienteering Meet Beacon Hill Orienteering Meet Fenway Kenmore Orienteering Meet Medford Hillside Orienteering Meet Downtown Financial District Orienteering Meet Va Boston Healthcare System Brockton Campus Orienteering Meet Brighton Orienteering Meet Mission Hill Orienteering Meet Brookline Village Orienteering Meet Ashmont Orienteering Meet Glenwood Orienteering Meet Coolidge Hill Orienteering Meet Beaconsfield Orienteering Meet Winthrop Beach Orienteering Meet Back Bay Orienteering Meet Court Park Orienteering Meet Mount Auburn Orienteering Meet Reservoir Orienteering Meet Fields Corner Orienteering Meet South Bay Orienteering Meet Larchwood Orienteering Meet East Somerville Orienteering Meet Allston Orienteering Meet Fort Winthrop Historical Orienteering Meet Waterfront Orienteering Meet Chelsea Orienteering Meet West Everett Orienteering Meet Strawberry Hill Orienteering Meet Bay Village Orienteering Meet Cottage Park Orienteering Meet

Orienteering Club

West End Orienteering Club East Boston Orienteering Club Brookline Village Orienteering Club Waterfront Orienteering Club Medford Hillside Orienteering Club Quincy Market Orienteering Club Dorchester South Orienteering Club Hendersonville Orienteering Club Chelsea Orienteering Club Meeting House Hill Orienteering Club Coolidge Hill Orienteering Club Strawberry Hill Orienteering Club Cambridgeport Orienteering Club Forest Hills Orienteering Club Aberdeen Orienteering Club Kendall Square Orienteering Club Beachmont Orienteering Club City Point Orienteering Club Savin Hill Orienteering Club Brighton Orienteering Club Squantum Orienteering Club North Cambridge Orienteering Club Mount Auburn Orienteering Club South Boston Orienteering Club Winter Hill Orienteering Club East Somerville Orienteering Club Inner Belt Orienteering Club Glenwood Orienteering Club Reservoir Orienteering Club Neponset Orienteering Club Chinatown Leather District Orienteering Club Revere Orienteering Club East Watertown Orienteering Club Admirals Hill Orienteering Club Boston Orienteering Club Sommerville Orienteering Club South Bay Orienteering Club New Squantum Orienteering Club Jamaica Plain Orienteering Club Coolidge Corner Orienteering Club Downtown Financial District Orienteering Club South End Orienteering Club Everett Orienteering Club North End Orienteering Club Edgeworth Orienteering Club West Somerville Orienteering Club Suffolk Downs Station Orienteering Club Mount Bowdoin Orienteering Club Va Boston Healthcare System Brockton Campus Orienteering Club Bay Village Orienteering Club Dorchester Orienteering Club Prospect Hill Orienteering Club Allston Orienteering Club Dock Square Orienteering Club Somerville Orienteering Club Cottage Park Orienteering Club Avon Hill Orienteering Club Beaconsfield Orienteering Club Spring Hill Orienteering Club Wellington Orienteering Club Mission Hill Orienteering Club East Cambridge Orienteering Club Jeffries Point Orienteering Club North Brighton Orienteering Club Longwood Station Orienteering Club Medford Orienteering Club West Everett Orienteering Club Malden Centre Orienteering Club Mount Ida Orienteering Club Malden Orienteering Club Dorchester North Orienteering Club Downtown Boston Orienteering Club Back Bay Orienteering Club Ten Hills Orienteering Club Winthrop Beach Orienteering Club Fenway Kenmore Orienteering Club Glendale Orienteering Club Forest Hills Orienteering Club Grove Hall Orienteering Club Fort Winthrop Historical Orienteering Club Court Park Orienteering Club Charlestown Orienteering Club Cambridge Orienteering Club Brookline Orienteering Club Beacon Hill Orienteering Club Roxbury Orienteering Club Winthrop Orienteering Club Dorchester Center Orienteering Club Fields Corner Orienteering Club Ashmont Orienteering Club Uphams Corner Orienteering Club Faneuil Orienteering Club Point Shirley Orienteering Club Old Cambridge Orienteering Club Orient Heights Orienteering Club Roxbury Crossing Orienteering Club Cedar Grove Orienteering Club Allston Brighton Orienteering Club Huron Village Orienteering Club Larchwood Orienteering Club