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.

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
Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.
James
I can't believe this isn't more popular! Such a rewarding experience.
Olivia
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

  • GPS
  • Race
  • Running
  • Checkpoints
  • Outdoors
  • Compass Reading
  • Anytime
  • Enriching
  • No reservations
  • Contest
  • Team building
  • Individuals or groups
  • Challenging
  • Physical
  • Flat rate price
  • Active
  • Competition
Scientists find unusual outdoor activity can help stave off dementia. Researchers studied orienteering, an outdoor sport that exercises mind and body and can also train the brain, helping fight cognitive decline. Now scientists say that the sport - which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory - could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia.
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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 Meet

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

Navigation Sport

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Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Club

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

Orienteering Event

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