Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to adjust your schedule! This cutting-edge version of orienteering transforms your smartphone into a map and compass, giving you the freedom to tackle our courses at your 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!

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.

Enjoy whenever you want at your own pace...

There is no need to wait for a club meet as our courses are available whenever you are. Enjoyed as either a competitive sport, with rankings for each leg of the course, or a recreational activity, this enriching outdoor pursuit is prefect 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
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

  • Physical
  • Enriching
  • Team building
  • Running
  • Race
  • Outdoors
  • GPS
  • No reservations
  • Flat rate price
  • Challenging
  • Individuals or groups
  • Competition
  • Contest
  • Checkpoints
  • Compass Reading
  • Anytime
  • Active
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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Mount Tabor Park, Mount Tabor Visitors Center, SE Salmon Way and SE Park Dr, Portland, OR

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Orienteering Event

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Orienteering Meet

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Orienteering Club

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Map And Compass Reading

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