Looking for a club nearby? No need with Checkpoint Challenges! Our modern take on orienteering uses your smartphone as a map and compass, letting you explore our courses whenever it suits you.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you like taking walks in the park or hiking but wish you could engage your mind too?

Set off on an extraordinary outdoor adventure with Checkpoint Challenges. Improve your map reading expertise as you navigate your own path between checkpoints!

Next Generation Orienteering

Like conventional orienteering, each course includes a sequence of map points that must be visited in order. Participants select their own routes between checkpoints, eventually returning to the Start. Instead of a full-size paper map, though, your phone will show only the current course segment, complete with an integrated compass, progress details, and hints to keep you oriented.

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 Shady Acres

What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

This is a must do for anybody who likes hiking, map reading, or orienteering!

Evan

Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.

James

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

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

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

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/dementia-fighter-how-orienteering-helps-the-brain/

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Orienteering Event

Kings Court Orienteering Event Bellaire Orienteering Event Pembroke Place Orienteering Event Stone Heights Orienteering Event Pierce Junction Orienteering Event Lawndale Wayside Orienteering Event Pine View Manor Orienteering Event Brook Smith Orienteering Event Central Northwest Orienteering Event South Main Orienteering Event Woodside Orienteering Event Greater Third Ward Orienteering Event Magnolia Park Orienteering Event Glenburnie Orienteering Event Southampton Place Orienteering Event Smallwood Terrace Orienteering Event West University Place Orienteering Event Denver Harbor Port Houston Orienteering Event Briargrove Orienteering Event Idylwood Orienteering Event Second Ward Orienteering Event Westview Terrace Orienteering Event Foster Place Orienteering Event Plymouth Place Orienteering Event Afton Oaks River Oaks Area Orienteering Event Lamar Terrace Orienteering Event Harrisburg Orienteering Event Bellaire Junction Orienteering Event Neartown Montrose Orienteering Event Museum Park Orienteering Event East Downtown Orienteering Event Heatherwood Orienteering Event Eureka Acres Orienteering Event Greater Heights Orienteering Event Fourth Ward Orienteering Event Inwood Terrace Orienteering Event Shady Acres Orienteering Event Near Northside Orienteering Event Central Park Northwest Orienteering Event Glen Park Orienteering Event Greater Uptown Orienteering Event Astrodome Area Orienteering Event Riverview Orienteering Event Brookhaven Orienteering Event Houston Heights Orienteering Event Pecan Park Orienteering Event Hawthorne Place Orienteering Event Garden Oaks Orienteering Event Magnum Manor Orienteering Event Greenway Upper Kirby Area Orienteering Event University Place Orienteering Event Macgregor Orienteering Event Golfview Manor Orienteering Event Washington Avenue Coalition Memorial Park Orienteering Event Pine Valley Orienteering Event Edgewood Orienteering Event Downtown Orienteering Event Houston Orienteering Event Greater East End Orienteering Event University Oaks Orienteering Event Southside Place Orienteering Event Eastex Jensen Area Orienteering Event Woodland Heights Orienteering Event Holly Park Orienteering Event Forest Hill Orienteering Event Pine Terrace Orienteering Event Woodside Plaza Orienteering Event Linkwood Orienteering Event Oak Forest Orienteering Event Riverside Terrace Orienteering Event Graceland Terrace Orienteering Event Colonial Gardens Orienteering Event Lazybrook Timbergrove Orienteering Event Medical Center Area Orienteering Event Pleasantville Area Orienteering Event Greater Ost South Union Orienteering Event Braeswood Orienteering Event Midtown Orienteering Event Kashmere Gardens Orienteering Event Gulfgate Riverview Pine Valley Orienteering Event Independence Heights Orienteering Event Spring Branch East Orienteering Event Mason Park Terrace Orienteering Event South Side Place Orienteering Event Macgregor Palms Orienteering Event South Lawn Orienteering Event Northside Northline Orienteering Event Sunny Side Orienteering Event Trinity Houston Gardens Orienteering Event Greater Fifth Ward Orienteering Event Central Park Orienteering Event Fairway Park Orienteering Event Timber Grove Manor Orienteering Event Brookline Orienteering Event Monarch Oaks Orienteering Event Greater Eastwood Orienteering Event Brookhollow Orienteering Event Mayfair Orienteering Event Stude Orienteering Event Braeswood Orienteering Event

Orienteering Meet

Near Northside Orienteering Meet Afton Oaks River Oaks Area Orienteering Meet Glenburnie Orienteering Meet Bellaire Orienteering Meet Greater Uptown Orienteering Meet Neartown Montrose Orienteering Meet Timber Grove Manor Orienteering Meet South Lawn Orienteering Meet Greater Heights Orienteering Meet Briargrove Orienteering Meet Fairway Park Orienteering Meet Lawndale Wayside Orienteering Meet Edgewood Orienteering Meet Greater Eastwood Orienteering Meet Forest Hill Orienteering Meet Woodside Orienteering Meet Washington Avenue Coalition Memorial Park Orienteering Meet Graceland Terrace Orienteering Meet Woodside Plaza Orienteering Meet Second Ward Orienteering Meet Pierce Junction Orienteering Meet Stone Heights Orienteering Meet Pine View Manor Orienteering Meet Independence Heights Orienteering Meet Braeswood Orienteering Meet Southampton Place Orienteering Meet East Downtown Orienteering Meet Brookhaven Orienteering Meet Spring Branch East Orienteering Meet Glen Park Orienteering Meet Houston Orienteering Meet Sunny Side Orienteering Meet Greater Third Ward Orienteering Meet Foster Place Orienteering Meet Eastex Jensen Area Orienteering Meet Central Park Orienteering Meet Monarch Oaks Orienteering Meet Brookhollow Orienteering Meet Trinity Houston Gardens Orienteering Meet South Main Orienteering Meet Greater Ost South Union Orienteering Meet Central Northwest Orienteering Meet Riverside Terrace Orienteering Meet Stude Orienteering Meet Houston Heights Orienteering Meet Pecan Park Orienteering Meet Greenway Upper Kirby Area Orienteering Meet Linkwood Orienteering Meet Westview Terrace Orienteering Meet Magnolia Park Orienteering Meet Garden Oaks Orienteering Meet Harrisburg Orienteering Meet Idylwood Orienteering Meet Northside Northline Orienteering Meet Macgregor Palms Orienteering Meet Braeswood Orienteering Meet Pine Valley Orienteering Meet University Oaks Orienteering Meet Gulfgate Riverview Pine Valley Orienteering Meet Smallwood Terrace Orienteering Meet Kashmere Gardens Orienteering Meet Greater Fifth Ward Orienteering Meet University Place Orienteering Meet Brook Smith Orienteering Meet Brookline Orienteering Meet Oak Forest Orienteering Meet Inwood Terrace Orienteering Meet Pine Terrace Orienteering Meet Eureka Acres Orienteering Meet Fourth Ward Orienteering Meet Mason Park Terrace Orienteering Meet Colonial Gardens Orienteering Meet West University Place Orienteering Meet Southside Place Orienteering Meet Lamar Terrace Orienteering Meet Plymouth Place Orienteering Meet South Side Place Orienteering Meet Kings Court Orienteering Meet Greater East End Orienteering Meet Pleasantville Area Orienteering Meet Lazybrook Timbergrove Orienteering Meet Denver Harbor Port Houston Orienteering Meet Heatherwood Orienteering Meet Riverview Orienteering Meet Holly Park Orienteering Meet Medical Center Area Orienteering Meet Central Park Northwest Orienteering Meet Woodland Heights Orienteering Meet Bellaire Junction Orienteering Meet Golfview Manor Orienteering Meet Astrodome Area Orienteering Meet Midtown Orienteering Meet Shady Acres Orienteering Meet Museum Park Orienteering Meet Downtown Orienteering Meet Hawthorne Place Orienteering Meet Mayfair Orienteering Meet Pembroke Place Orienteering Meet Macgregor Orienteering Meet Magnum Manor Orienteering Meet

Orienteering Club

Macgregor Orienteering Club Riverside Terrace Orienteering Club Gulfgate Riverview Pine Valley Orienteering Club Pecan Park Orienteering Club Shady Acres Orienteering Club Greater Fifth Ward Orienteering Club Brook Smith Orienteering Club East Downtown Orienteering Club South Lawn Orienteering Club Linkwood Orienteering Club Braeswood Orienteering Club Graceland Terrace Orienteering Club Downtown Orienteering Club Northside Northline Orienteering Club Magnum Manor Orienteering Club Second Ward Orienteering Club Riverview Orienteering Club Kings Court Orienteering Club Pine Terrace Orienteering Club Woodside Orienteering Club Lazybrook Timbergrove Orienteering Club Holly Park Orienteering Club Houston Heights Orienteering Club Colonial Gardens Orienteering Club Smallwood Terrace Orienteering Club Idylwood Orienteering Club Garden Oaks Orienteering Club Greater Uptown Orienteering Club Westview Terrace Orienteering Club Pembroke Place Orienteering Club Lawndale Wayside Orienteering Club Greater Ost South Union Orienteering Club University Oaks Orienteering Club Oak Forest Orienteering Club Magnolia Park Orienteering Club Forest Hill Orienteering Club South Main Orienteering Club Brookhollow Orienteering Club Lamar Terrace Orienteering Club Kashmere Gardens Orienteering Club Pine View Manor Orienteering Club Mason Park Terrace Orienteering Club Denver Harbor Port Houston Orienteering Club South Side Place Orienteering Club Houston Orienteering Club Afton Oaks River Oaks Area Orienteering Club Trinity Houston Gardens Orienteering Club Brookhaven Orienteering Club Braeswood Orienteering Club Pleasantville Area Orienteering Club Greater Eastwood Orienteering Club Eastex Jensen Area Orienteering Club University Place Orienteering Club Near Northside Orienteering Club Bellaire Junction Orienteering Club Briargrove Orienteering Club Monarch Oaks Orienteering Club Greater East End Orienteering Club Greenway Upper Kirby Area Orienteering Club Inwood Terrace Orienteering Club Woodside Plaza Orienteering Club Harrisburg Orienteering Club Macgregor Palms Orienteering Club Independence Heights Orienteering Club Glenburnie Orienteering Club Pine Valley Orienteering Club West University Place Orienteering Club Bellaire Orienteering Club Glen Park Orienteering Club Golfview Manor Orienteering Club Fourth Ward Orienteering Club Woodland Heights Orienteering Club Plymouth Place Orienteering Club Sunny Side Orienteering Club Fairway Park Orienteering Club Greater Heights Orienteering Club Mayfair Orienteering Club Washington Avenue Coalition Memorial Park Orienteering Club Astrodome Area Orienteering Club Midtown Orienteering Club Spring Branch East Orienteering Club Pierce Junction Orienteering Club Central Park Orienteering Club Neartown Montrose Orienteering Club Greater Third Ward Orienteering Club Eureka Acres Orienteering Club Foster Place Orienteering Club Stude Orienteering Club Edgewood Orienteering Club Central Park Northwest Orienteering Club Southampton Place Orienteering Club Medical Center Area Orienteering Club Southside Place Orienteering Club Museum Park Orienteering Club Stone Heights Orienteering Club Hawthorne Place Orienteering Club Central Northwest Orienteering Club Brookline Orienteering Club Timber Grove Manor Orienteering Club Heatherwood Orienteering Club