Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo 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.

You choose the time and the pace...

Our courses are available whenever you are, eliminating the need to wait for a club event. Participate competitively, with rankings for each leg of the course, or enjoy as a recreational activity. This enriching outdoor pursuit is perfect for any active person or group of adventurers.


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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

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

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Orienteering Event

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

Orienteering Club

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

Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Meet

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