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

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.

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

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

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

Remarkably, even a single orienteering session improved spatial memory in our study participants. This suggests that participating in orienteering, even infrequently, could enhance spatial abilities, with the potential to delay their decline with age.
McMaster University Canada

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Orienteering Meet

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

Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Event

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

Navigation Sport

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

Orienteering Club

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