Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Similar to orienteering, this physical and mental outdoor activity combines exercise and navigation into an engaging competition for active people of all skill and fitness levels.

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!

Orienteering in the Digital Age...

Much like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a series of points on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their routes between checkpoints and return to the Start. However, instead of using a large paper map, your smartphone will display only the current map segment with a compass overlay, progress updates, and hints to avoid 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.

Checkpoint Challenges Park Place

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
Always looking for something unusual to do with my girlfriend and this way a hit with both of us!
Noah
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

  • Contest
  • Competition
  • Race
  • Enriching
  • Challenging
  • Outdoors
  • Anytime
  • Active
  • Checkpoints
  • GPS
  • Compass Reading
  • Physical
  • Team building
  • Individuals or groups
  • Flat rate price
  • Running
  • No reservations
After surveying 158 people ages 18 to 87, researchers concluded that orienteering may be more beneficial than physical activity alone. That's because exercising while navigating activates the parts of the brain our ancestors used for hunting and gathering, but which are largely dormant now as people rely on GPS to find their way around.
Time Magazine

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Railroad Park, 18th St S and 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL

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Orienteering Event

Avondale Orienteering Event Thomas Orienteering Event Douglasville Orienteering Event Edgemoor Estates Orienteering Event East Boyles Orienteering Event Crestview Hills Orienteering Event Cherokee Forest Orienteering Event Vulcan City Orienteering Event Redmont Park Orienteering Event Frenchtown Orienteering Event Bentley Hills Orienteering Event Beacon Hills Orienteering Event Berney Points Orienteering Event Ensley Highlands Orienteering Event Oak Ridge Park Orienteering Event Cullom Place Orienteering Event Tuxedo Heights Orienteering Event Kingston Orienteering Event Central Park Highlands Orienteering Event Rosedale Orienteering Event Watkins Glen Orienteering Event Washington Heights Orienteering Event Grove Park Orienteering Event Greenleas Heights Orienteering Event Windsor Highlands Orienteering Event Beverly Station Orienteering Event Rocky Bridge Orienteering Event Vestbrook Trace Orienteering Event Harriman Park Orienteering Event Eastwood Orienteering Event Elyton Orienteering Event Five Points South Orienteering Event Acipcoville Orienteering Event Mayfair Orienteering Event Glen Iris Orienteering Event Spaulding Orienteering Event Inglenook Orienteering Event Bendale Orienteering Event Hollywood Orienteering Event North Birmingham Orienteering Event Montclair Orienteering Event Germania Orienteering Event Norwood Orienteering Event Fountain Heights Orienteering Event Altamont Park Orienteering Event East Birmingham Orienteering Event Mountain Brook Village Orienteering Event Franklin Gardens Orienteering Event Homewood Orienteering Event Lake Shore Estates Orienteering Event Birmingham Orienteering Event Southwood Orienteering Event Edgemont Park Orienteering Event Sayreton Orienteering Event East Thomas Orienteering Event Lakeview Estates Orienteering Event Graymont Orienteering Event Zion Heights Orienteering Event Vestavia Hills Estates Orienteering Event Oakhurst Orienteering Event Magnolia Heights Orienteering Event Woodlawn Heights Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Edgewood Orienteering Event Mountain Brook Orienteering Event Highland Residence Park Orienteering Event Parker Heights Orienteering Event Smithfield Orienteering Event South Titusville Orienteering Event Mason City Orienteering Event Park Place Orienteering Event Vestavia Hills Orienteering Event Owenton Orienteering Event East Thomas Gardens Orienteering Event Crestline Park Orienteering Event Pratt City Orienteering Event Richmond Place Orienteering Event Buena Vista Highlands Orienteering Event Avon Park Orienteering Event Biltmore Estates Orienteering Event The Drifttracks Orienteering Event Mountaindale Orienteering Event Edgemont Orienteering Event Boyles Highlands Orienteering Event Glencoe Orienteering Event Village Creek Orienteering Event English Village Orienteering Event Vanderbilt Orienteering Event Shadyside Orienteering Event Ingle Terrace Orienteering Event Mountain Park Orienteering Event Oak Grove Estates Orienteering Event Forest Park Orienteering Event Lakeview Park Orienteering Event Euclid Estates Orienteering Event Crestline Heights Orienteering Event Lake Drive Estates Orienteering Event Highland Park Orienteering Event Woodlawn Orienteering Event Hooper City Orienteering Event

Map And Compass Reading

Glen Iris Map And Compass Reading Owenton Map And Compass Reading Inglenook Map And Compass Reading Thomas Map And Compass Reading Biltmore Estates Map And Compass Reading Highland Residence Park Map And Compass Reading Watkins Glen Map And Compass Reading Berney Points Map And Compass Reading Vestavia Hills Map And Compass Reading Altamont Park Map And Compass Reading Redmont Park Map And Compass Reading West End Map And Compass Reading Crestview Hills Map And Compass Reading The Drifttracks Map And Compass Reading Zion Heights Map And Compass Reading Mountain Brook Map And Compass Reading Magnolia Heights Map And Compass Reading Kingston Map And Compass Reading Vulcan City Map And Compass Reading Avondale Map And Compass Reading Washington Heights Map And Compass Reading Mayfair Map And Compass Reading Lake Shore Estates Map And Compass Reading Edgemont Park Map And Compass Reading Pratt City Map And Compass Reading Cherokee Forest Map And Compass Reading Beacon Hills Map And Compass Reading Windsor Highlands Map And Compass Reading Vanderbilt Map And Compass Reading Hooper City Map And Compass Reading Five Points South Map And Compass Reading Buena Vista Highlands Map And Compass Reading Lake Drive Estates Map And Compass Reading East Thomas Gardens Map And Compass Reading East Thomas Map And Compass Reading Edgewood Map And Compass Reading Euclid Estates Map And Compass Reading Lakeview Estates Map And Compass Reading Bendale Map And Compass Reading North Birmingham Map And Compass Reading Greenleas Heights Map And Compass Reading English Village Map And Compass Reading Highland Park Map And Compass Reading Fountain Heights Map And Compass Reading Montclair Map And Compass Reading Smithfield Map And Compass Reading Woodlawn Heights Map And Compass Reading Mountaindale Map And Compass Reading Edgemoor Estates Map And Compass Reading Crestline Park Map And Compass Reading Mountain Park Map And Compass Reading Shadyside Map And Compass Reading Rosedale Map And Compass Reading Forest Park Map And Compass Reading Grove Park Map And Compass Reading Acipcoville Map And Compass Reading Glencoe Map And Compass Reading Mountain Brook Village Map And Compass Reading Crestline Heights Map And Compass Reading Spaulding Map And Compass Reading Mason City Map And Compass Reading Douglasville Map And Compass Reading Tuxedo Heights Map And Compass Reading Homewood Map And Compass Reading Woodlawn Map And Compass Reading Village Creek Map And Compass Reading Frenchtown Map And Compass Reading Boyles Highlands Map And Compass Reading Central Park Highlands Map And Compass Reading Lakeview Park Map And Compass Reading Vestbrook Trace Map And Compass Reading Germania Map And Compass Reading Elyton Map And Compass Reading Eastwood Map And Compass Reading Park Place Map And Compass Reading Rocky Bridge Map And Compass Reading Bentley Hills Map And Compass Reading Hollywood Map And Compass Reading Richmond Place Map And Compass Reading Avon Park Map And Compass Reading Cullom Place Map And Compass Reading Beverly Station Map And Compass Reading Graymont Map And Compass Reading Parker Heights Map And Compass Reading Norwood Map And Compass Reading Southwood Map And Compass Reading Sayreton Map And Compass Reading Oak Ridge Park Map And Compass Reading East Boyles Map And Compass Reading Edgemont Map And Compass Reading Harriman Park Map And Compass Reading Oak Grove Estates Map And Compass Reading Ensley Highlands Map And Compass Reading East Birmingham Map And Compass Reading Oakhurst Map And Compass Reading Ingle Terrace Map And Compass Reading Birmingham Map And Compass Reading Franklin Gardens Map And Compass Reading Vestavia Hills Estates Map And Compass Reading South Titusville Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Meet

Pratt City Orienteering Meet East Boyles Orienteering Meet Village Creek Orienteering Meet Buena Vista Highlands Orienteering Meet Central Park Highlands Orienteering Meet Owenton Orienteering Meet West End Orienteering Meet Oak Ridge Park Orienteering Meet Hollywood Orienteering Meet East Birmingham Orienteering Meet Avon Park Orienteering Meet Smithfield Orienteering Meet Euclid Estates Orienteering Meet Thomas Orienteering Meet Tuxedo Heights Orienteering Meet Glen Iris Orienteering Meet Highland Park Orienteering Meet Magnolia Heights Orienteering Meet Spaulding Orienteering Meet Five Points South Orienteering Meet English Village Orienteering Meet Germania Orienteering Meet Greenleas Heights Orienteering Meet Mountaindale Orienteering Meet Rocky Bridge Orienteering Meet Cherokee Forest Orienteering Meet Homewood Orienteering Meet Southwood Orienteering Meet Douglasville Orienteering Meet Zion Heights Orienteering Meet Mayfair Orienteering Meet Bentley Hills Orienteering Meet Woodlawn Orienteering Meet Edgemont Orienteering Meet Mason City Orienteering Meet Crestview Hills Orienteering Meet Beacon Hills Orienteering Meet Biltmore Estates Orienteering Meet Redmont Park Orienteering Meet Crestline Park Orienteering Meet Lake Shore Estates Orienteering Meet Washington Heights Orienteering Meet Rosedale Orienteering Meet Mountain Brook Orienteering Meet Vulcan City Orienteering Meet Graymont Orienteering Meet Crestline Heights Orienteering Meet Vestavia Hills Orienteering Meet Vestavia Hills Estates Orienteering Meet Richmond Place Orienteering Meet Parker Heights Orienteering Meet East Thomas Gardens Orienteering Meet Oak Grove Estates Orienteering Meet Eastwood Orienteering Meet Watkins Glen Orienteering Meet Windsor Highlands Orienteering Meet Beverly Station Orienteering Meet Fountain Heights Orienteering Meet Franklin Gardens Orienteering Meet Berney Points Orienteering Meet Vestbrook Trace Orienteering Meet Cullom Place Orienteering Meet East Thomas Orienteering Meet Shadyside Orienteering Meet Frenchtown Orienteering Meet Vanderbilt Orienteering Meet Elyton Orienteering Meet Mountain Park Orienteering Meet North Birmingham Orienteering Meet Grove Park Orienteering Meet Birmingham Orienteering Meet The Drifttracks Orienteering Meet Highland Residence Park Orienteering Meet Ensley Highlands Orienteering Meet Harriman Park Orienteering Meet Kingston Orienteering Meet Inglenook Orienteering Meet Oakhurst Orienteering Meet Bendale Orienteering Meet Edgemont Park Orienteering Meet Lakeview Park Orienteering Meet Mountain Brook Village Orienteering Meet Montclair Orienteering Meet Edgewood Orienteering Meet Avondale Orienteering Meet Ingle Terrace Orienteering Meet Sayreton Orienteering Meet Glencoe Orienteering Meet South Titusville Orienteering Meet Acipcoville Orienteering Meet Forest Park Orienteering Meet Edgemoor Estates Orienteering Meet Park Place Orienteering Meet Altamont Park Orienteering Meet Boyles Highlands Orienteering Meet Lake Drive Estates Orienteering Meet Norwood Orienteering Meet Hooper City Orienteering Meet Woodlawn Heights Orienteering Meet Lakeview Estates Orienteering Meet

Navigation Sport

Rocky Bridge Navigation Sport The Drifttracks Navigation Sport Thomas Navigation Sport Edgewood Navigation Sport Spaulding Navigation Sport Birmingham Navigation Sport Vestbrook Trace Navigation Sport Owenton Navigation Sport Germania Navigation Sport Tuxedo Heights Navigation Sport Crestview Hills Navigation Sport Watkins Glen Navigation Sport Five Points South Navigation Sport Park Place Navigation Sport Biltmore Estates Navigation Sport Inglenook Navigation Sport Sayreton Navigation Sport Franklin Gardens Navigation Sport Smithfield Navigation Sport Harriman Park Navigation Sport East Boyles Navigation Sport Buena Vista Highlands Navigation Sport Graymont Navigation Sport Douglasville Navigation Sport Washington Heights Navigation Sport Eastwood Navigation Sport Avon Park Navigation Sport Lake Shore Estates Navigation Sport East Thomas Gardens Navigation Sport Mason City Navigation Sport Mountain Brook Village Navigation Sport Hooper City Navigation Sport Beverly Station Navigation Sport East Birmingham Navigation Sport Montclair Navigation Sport Oak Ridge Park Navigation Sport Mountain Park Navigation Sport Vestavia Hills Estates Navigation Sport Fountain Heights Navigation Sport Edgemont Navigation Sport Highland Residence Park Navigation Sport Acipcoville Navigation Sport Redmont Park Navigation Sport Berney Points Navigation Sport Mountain Brook Navigation Sport Village Creek Navigation Sport Boyles Highlands Navigation Sport Mayfair Navigation Sport North Birmingham Navigation Sport English Village Navigation Sport Glen Iris Navigation Sport Avondale Navigation Sport Altamont Park Navigation Sport Crestline Park Navigation Sport East Thomas Navigation Sport Ensley Highlands Navigation Sport Mountaindale Navigation Sport Beacon Hills Navigation Sport Vulcan City Navigation Sport Windsor Highlands Navigation Sport Central Park Highlands Navigation Sport Forest Park Navigation Sport Oakhurst Navigation Sport Bentley Hills Navigation Sport Vestavia Hills Navigation Sport Highland Park Navigation Sport Grove Park Navigation Sport Richmond Place Navigation Sport Woodlawn Heights Navigation Sport Magnolia Heights Navigation Sport Lakeview Estates Navigation Sport South Titusville Navigation Sport Edgemoor Estates Navigation Sport Cullom Place Navigation Sport Hollywood Navigation Sport Homewood Navigation Sport Norwood Navigation Sport West End Navigation Sport Cherokee Forest Navigation Sport Edgemont Park Navigation Sport Euclid Estates Navigation Sport Crestline Heights Navigation Sport Woodlawn Navigation Sport Frenchtown Navigation Sport Southwood Navigation Sport Glencoe Navigation Sport Shadyside Navigation Sport Rosedale Navigation Sport Parker Heights Navigation Sport Zion Heights Navigation Sport Kingston Navigation Sport Oak Grove Estates Navigation Sport Vanderbilt Navigation Sport Lakeview Park Navigation Sport Greenleas Heights Navigation Sport Lake Drive Estates Navigation Sport Ingle Terrace Navigation Sport Pratt City Navigation Sport Bendale Navigation Sport Elyton Navigation Sport

Orienteering Club

Vestavia Hills Orienteering Club The Drifttracks Orienteering Club West End Orienteering Club Sayreton Orienteering Club Lake Shore Estates Orienteering Club Edgemont Park Orienteering Club Cullom Place Orienteering Club Bentley Hills Orienteering Club Ingle Terrace Orienteering Club Edgemoor Estates Orienteering Club Glencoe Orienteering Club Five Points South Orienteering Club Crestview Hills Orienteering Club Elyton Orienteering Club Montclair Orienteering Club Boyles Highlands Orienteering Club East Boyles Orienteering Club Beacon Hills Orienteering Club Avon Park Orienteering Club Mountain Brook Orienteering Club English Village Orienteering Club Greenleas Heights Orienteering Club Euclid Estates Orienteering Club Vestbrook Trace Orienteering Club Shadyside Orienteering Club Germania Orienteering Club Frenchtown Orienteering Club Inglenook Orienteering Club Magnolia Heights Orienteering Club Park Place Orienteering Club Fountain Heights Orienteering Club Harriman Park Orienteering Club Eastwood Orienteering Club Parker Heights Orienteering Club Woodlawn Orienteering Club Ensley Highlands Orienteering Club Rocky Bridge Orienteering Club Biltmore Estates Orienteering Club Richmond Place Orienteering Club Douglasville Orienteering Club Beverly Station Orienteering Club North Birmingham Orienteering Club Bendale Orienteering Club Village Creek Orienteering Club Hollywood Orienteering Club Vulcan City Orienteering Club Cherokee Forest Orienteering Club Edgemont Orienteering Club Avondale Orienteering Club Glen Iris Orienteering Club Mountain Brook Village Orienteering Club Smithfield Orienteering Club Crestline Heights Orienteering Club Oakhurst Orienteering Club Mayfair Orienteering Club Vestavia Hills Estates Orienteering Club Pratt City Orienteering Club Mountaindale Orienteering Club Lake Drive Estates Orienteering Club Forest Park Orienteering Club Woodlawn Heights Orienteering Club Owenton Orienteering Club Spaulding Orienteering Club Oak Grove Estates Orienteering Club Altamont Park Orienteering Club Tuxedo Heights Orienteering Club Zion Heights Orienteering Club Norwood Orienteering Club Lakeview Park Orienteering Club Buena Vista Highlands Orienteering Club Mountain Park Orienteering Club South Titusville Orienteering Club East Thomas Orienteering Club Graymont Orienteering Club Hooper City Orienteering Club Grove Park Orienteering Club Mason City Orienteering Club Central Park Highlands Orienteering Club Franklin Gardens Orienteering Club Thomas Orienteering Club Highland Park Orienteering Club Southwood Orienteering Club Acipcoville Orienteering Club Watkins Glen Orienteering Club Redmont Park Orienteering Club Homewood Orienteering Club Birmingham Orienteering Club Highland Residence Park Orienteering Club Vanderbilt Orienteering Club Berney Points Orienteering Club Edgewood Orienteering Club Washington Heights Orienteering Club East Thomas Gardens Orienteering Club Rosedale Orienteering Club Lakeview Estates Orienteering Club Oak Ridge Park Orienteering Club Crestline Park Orienteering Club East Birmingham Orienteering Club Kingston Orienteering Club Windsor Highlands Orienteering Club