Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo Looking for a local club? No need with Checkpoint Challenges! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses at your own convenience.

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 modern era...

Similar to traditional orienteering, each course is a series of points marked on a map that must be visited in order. Participants select their own paths between checkpoints, ultimately returning to the Start. However, instead of a large paper map, your phone displays only the current course segment with an integrated compass, progress updates, and hints to keep you from 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 was a really cool way to explore the park and it took me places I never would have gone otherwise!
Sophia
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

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

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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Mount Tabor Park, Mount Tabor Visitors Center, SE Salmon Way and SE Park Dr, Portland, OR

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Orienteering Event

Milwaukie Heights Orienteering Event Westmoreland Orienteering Event Marylhurst Orienteering Event Marquam Hill Orienteering Event Harmony Orienteering Event Faloma Orienteering Event Eastmoreland Orienteering Event Sellwood Orienteering Event Fulton Historical Orienteering Event Garden Home Whitford Orienteering Event Jennings Lodge Orienteering Event Piedmont Orienteering Event Fair Oaks Orienteering Event Kenton Orienteering Event Portland Orienteering Event West Haven Orienteering Event North Portland Orienteering Event Irvington Orienteering Event Maywood Park Orienteering Event Fairview Orienteering Event Laurelhurst Orienteering Event Ardenwald Orienteering Event South Lake Oswego Orienteering Event Hillsdale Orienteering Event Burlingame Orienteering Event Riverwood Orienteering Event Alameda Orienteering Event Lents Orienteering Event Brooklyn Orienteering Event Old Town Chinatown Orienteering Event Albina Orienteering Event South Portland Historical Orienteering Event Capitol Hill Orienteering Event West Slope Orienteering Event Waverly Heights Orienteering Event Woodstock Orienteering Event Parkrose Orienteering Event Evergreen Orienteering Event Fisher Orienteering Event Ellsworth Orienteering Event Multnomah Orienteering Event Lakewood Orienteering Event Kings Heights Orienteering Event Mcloughlin Orienteering Event Willamette Heights Orienteering Event Harmony Point Orienteering Event Errol Heights Orienteering Event Lake Oswego Orienteering Event University Park Orienteering Event Kellogg Park Orienteering Event Powellhurst Orienteering Event Interlachen Orienteering Event Wood Village Orienteering Event Montavilla Orienteering Event Oatfield Orienteering Event Raleigh Hills Orienteering Event Clackamas Orienteering Event Russellville Orienteering Event Briarwood Orienteering Event Maplewood Orienteering Event West Portland Park Orienteering Event Villa Ridge Orienteering Event Concord Orienteering Event Gresham Orienteering Event West Haven Sylvan Orienteering Event Sunnyside Orienteering Event West Portland Orienteering Event Goose Hollow Northwest Hills Orienteering Event Englewood Orienteering Event Battin Orienteering Event Happy Valley Orienteering Event Dunthorpe Orienteering Event Oak Grove Orienteering Event Vermont Hills Orienteering Event Garden Home Orienteering Event East Portland Orienteering Event Mcloughlin Heights Orienteering Event Christie Historical Orienteering Event Rockwood Orienteering Event Hollywood Orienteering Event Riverdale Orienteering Event Carson Heights Orienteering Event Officers Row Orienteering Event Arleta Orienteering Event Gilbert Orienteering Event Green Hills Orienteering Event Clackamas Orienteering Event Barnes Heights Orienteering Event Milwaukie Orienteering Event Vanport City Historical Orienteering Event Johnson City Orienteering Event Russell Landing Orienteering Event Glencullen Orienteering Event Twelvemile Corner Orienteering Event Hazelwood Orienteering Event Bridlemile Orienteering Event Sylvan Orienteering Event Bertha Historical Orienteering Event Image Orienteering Event Portland Heights Orienteering Event

Map And Compass Reading

Willamette Heights Map And Compass Reading West Haven Sylvan Map And Compass Reading Clackamas Map And Compass Reading Image Map And Compass Reading Hollywood Map And Compass Reading Barnes Heights Map And Compass Reading Powellhurst Map And Compass Reading Arleta Map And Compass Reading Villa Ridge Map And Compass Reading Bridlemile Map And Compass Reading Ardenwald Map And Compass Reading Irvington Map And Compass Reading Bertha Historical Map And Compass Reading Hillsdale Map And Compass Reading Wood Village Map And Compass Reading Marquam Hill Map And Compass Reading West Haven Map And Compass Reading Milwaukie Map And Compass Reading Russellville Map And Compass Reading Riverdale Map And Compass Reading Dunthorpe Map And Compass Reading Christie Historical Map And Compass Reading Lakewood Map And Compass Reading Oak Grove Map And Compass Reading West Portland Park Map And Compass Reading Fair Oaks Map And Compass Reading Maplewood Map And Compass Reading Hazelwood Map And Compass Reading Green Hills Map And Compass Reading Multnomah Map And Compass Reading Mcloughlin Map And Compass Reading Lents Map And Compass Reading Raleigh Hills Map And Compass Reading Goose Hollow Northwest Hills Map And Compass Reading Fairview Map And Compass Reading North Portland Map And Compass Reading Garden Home Map And Compass Reading Portland Map And Compass Reading Interlachen Map And Compass Reading Burlingame Map And Compass Reading University Park Map And Compass Reading Sunnyside Map And Compass Reading Clackamas Map And Compass Reading Kellogg Park Map And Compass Reading Woodstock Map And Compass Reading Fulton Historical Map And Compass Reading Harmony Point Map And Compass Reading Laurelhurst Map And Compass Reading Jennings Lodge Map And Compass Reading Vanport City Historical Map And Compass Reading Carson Heights Map And Compass Reading Capitol Hill Map And Compass Reading South Portland Historical Map And Compass Reading Milwaukie Heights Map And Compass Reading Ellsworth Map And Compass Reading Mcloughlin Heights Map And Compass Reading Happy Valley Map And Compass Reading West Portland Map And Compass Reading Gresham Map And Compass Reading Marylhurst Map And Compass Reading Old Town Chinatown Map And Compass Reading Concord Map And Compass Reading Portland Heights Map And Compass Reading Alameda Map And Compass Reading Glencullen Map And Compass Reading Twelvemile Corner Map And Compass Reading Kings Heights Map And Compass Reading Sylvan Map And Compass Reading Garden Home Whitford Map And Compass Reading Fisher Map And Compass Reading West Slope Map And Compass Reading Johnson City Map And Compass Reading Waverly Heights Map And Compass Reading Battin Map And Compass Reading Riverwood Map And Compass Reading Brooklyn Map And Compass Reading Officers Row Map And Compass Reading Montavilla Map And Compass Reading Albina Map And Compass Reading Errol Heights Map And Compass Reading Oatfield Map And Compass Reading Westmoreland Map And Compass Reading East Portland Map And Compass Reading Russell Landing Map And Compass Reading Parkrose Map And Compass Reading Gilbert Map And Compass Reading Faloma Map And Compass Reading Lake Oswego Map And Compass Reading South Lake Oswego Map And Compass Reading Kenton Map And Compass Reading Englewood Map And Compass Reading Eastmoreland Map And Compass Reading Rockwood Map And Compass Reading Piedmont Map And Compass Reading Vermont Hills Map And Compass Reading Evergreen Map And Compass Reading Harmony Map And Compass Reading Sellwood Map And Compass Reading Briarwood Map And Compass Reading Maywood Park Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Club

Marquam Hill Orienteering Club Portland Orienteering Club Evergreen Orienteering Club Alameda Orienteering Club West Portland Park Orienteering Club Bertha Historical Orienteering Club Lakewood Orienteering Club East Portland Orienteering Club Hollywood Orienteering Club Jennings Lodge Orienteering Club Lents Orienteering Club Errol Heights Orienteering Club Happy Valley Orienteering Club Vanport City Historical Orienteering Club Lake Oswego Orienteering Club Carson Heights Orienteering Club Fair Oaks Orienteering Club Faloma Orienteering Club Goose Hollow Northwest Hills Orienteering Club Hillsdale Orienteering Club Parkrose Orienteering Club West Haven Orienteering Club Wood Village Orienteering Club Kings Heights Orienteering Club Burlingame Orienteering Club Fulton Historical Orienteering Club West Portland Orienteering Club Glencullen Orienteering Club Kellogg Park Orienteering Club Woodstock Orienteering Club Waverly Heights Orienteering Club Russell Landing Orienteering Club Oak Grove Orienteering Club Rockwood Orienteering Club Twelvemile Corner Orienteering Club Gresham Orienteering Club Arleta Orienteering Club Portland Heights Orienteering Club Garden Home Whitford Orienteering Club Maplewood Orienteering Club Dunthorpe Orienteering Club Ellsworth Orienteering Club Willamette Heights Orienteering Club Capitol Hill Orienteering Club Mcloughlin Heights Orienteering Club South Lake Oswego Orienteering Club Irvington Orienteering Club Fairview Orienteering Club Brooklyn Orienteering Club Villa Ridge Orienteering Club Clackamas Orienteering Club Westmoreland Orienteering Club West Slope Orienteering Club Oatfield Orienteering Club West Haven Sylvan Orienteering Club Bridlemile Orienteering Club Hazelwood Orienteering Club Green Hills Orienteering Club Piedmont Orienteering Club Concord Orienteering Club Sylvan Orienteering Club Mcloughlin Orienteering Club Image Orienteering Club Ardenwald Orienteering Club Officers Row Orienteering Club Powellhurst Orienteering Club North Portland Orienteering Club Garden Home Orienteering Club Englewood Orienteering Club Fisher Orienteering Club Harmony Orienteering Club Johnson City Orienteering Club Vermont Hills Orienteering Club Kenton Orienteering Club Riverdale Orienteering Club Interlachen Orienteering Club Riverwood Orienteering Club Barnes Heights Orienteering Club Sellwood Orienteering Club Multnomah Orienteering Club Christie Historical Orienteering Club Milwaukie Heights Orienteering Club Raleigh Hills Orienteering Club Old Town Chinatown Orienteering Club Montavilla Orienteering Club Harmony Point Orienteering Club Clackamas Orienteering Club Briarwood Orienteering Club Albina Orienteering Club Russellville Orienteering Club Sunnyside Orienteering Club University Park Orienteering Club Milwaukie Orienteering Club Eastmoreland Orienteering Club Maywood Park Orienteering Club Battin Orienteering Club Laurelhurst Orienteering Club South Portland Historical Orienteering Club Gilbert Orienteering Club Marylhurst Orienteering Club

Orienteering Meet

Christie Historical Orienteering Meet Gilbert Orienteering Meet Riverdale Orienteering Meet West Haven Orienteering Meet Waverly Heights Orienteering Meet Kings Heights Orienteering Meet Officers Row Orienteering Meet Battin Orienteering Meet Garden Home Whitford Orienteering Meet Rockwood Orienteering Meet Kenton Orienteering Meet Brooklyn Orienteering Meet Old Town Chinatown Orienteering Meet Fairview Orienteering Meet Ardenwald Orienteering Meet Hollywood Orienteering Meet Capitol Hill Orienteering Meet Happy Valley Orienteering Meet Maplewood Orienteering Meet Vanport City Historical Orienteering Meet Errol Heights Orienteering Meet Oak Grove Orienteering Meet University Park Orienteering Meet Lakewood Orienteering Meet Riverwood Orienteering Meet Interlachen Orienteering Meet Sunnyside Orienteering Meet Bridlemile Orienteering Meet Barnes Heights Orienteering Meet Kellogg Park Orienteering Meet Villa Ridge Orienteering Meet Fisher Orienteering Meet Alameda Orienteering Meet Montavilla Orienteering Meet Gresham Orienteering Meet East Portland Orienteering Meet Woodstock Orienteering Meet Multnomah Orienteering Meet Russellville Orienteering Meet Eastmoreland Orienteering Meet Image Orienteering Meet Portland Heights Orienteering Meet Sylvan Orienteering Meet Piedmont Orienteering Meet Milwaukie Orienteering Meet Sellwood Orienteering Meet Laurelhurst Orienteering Meet Johnson City Orienteering Meet Bertha Historical Orienteering Meet Fulton Historical Orienteering Meet Goose Hollow Northwest Hills Orienteering Meet West Slope Orienteering Meet Carson Heights Orienteering Meet Briarwood Orienteering Meet Lake Oswego Orienteering Meet Vermont Hills Orienteering Meet Hazelwood Orienteering Meet Concord Orienteering Meet Garden Home Orienteering Meet Portland Orienteering Meet Westmoreland Orienteering Meet Oatfield Orienteering Meet Englewood Orienteering Meet Green Hills Orienteering Meet Lents Orienteering Meet West Portland Park Orienteering Meet West Haven Sylvan Orienteering Meet Parkrose Orienteering Meet South Lake Oswego Orienteering Meet Arleta Orienteering Meet Maywood Park Orienteering Meet Marquam Hill Orienteering Meet Ellsworth Orienteering Meet Harmony Orienteering Meet Mcloughlin Heights Orienteering Meet Burlingame Orienteering Meet Wood Village Orienteering Meet South Portland Historical Orienteering Meet Clackamas Orienteering Meet Marylhurst Orienteering Meet Albina Orienteering Meet Milwaukie Heights Orienteering Meet Evergreen Orienteering Meet Irvington Orienteering Meet Russell Landing Orienteering Meet Hillsdale Orienteering Meet Twelvemile Corner Orienteering Meet Harmony Point Orienteering Meet Faloma Orienteering Meet Willamette Heights Orienteering Meet West Portland Orienteering Meet Clackamas Orienteering Meet North Portland Orienteering Meet Mcloughlin Orienteering Meet Jennings Lodge Orienteering Meet Raleigh Hills Orienteering Meet Dunthorpe Orienteering Meet Glencullen Orienteering Meet Fair Oaks Orienteering Meet Powellhurst Orienteering Meet