orienteering

noun

1. a competitive sport, originating in Sweden, that tests the skills of map reading and cross-country running, in which competitors race through an unknown area to find various checkpoints by using only a compass and topographical map, the winner being the finisher with the lowest elapsed time.

noun

1. a sport in which contestants race on foot over a course consisting of checkpoints found with the aid of a map and a compass

in reference to a competitive sport, 1948, from orient (v.).