Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No need to wait for an event that fits your schedule! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses whenever you choose.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you enjoy hiking or long walks in the park but also want to keep your mind stimulated?

Checkpoint Challenges will take you off the beaten path for an outdoor adventure like no other. Choose your own route between the marked points while perfecting your map reading skills.

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.

Your schedule, your tempo...

There's no need to wait for a club meet, as our courses are always available. Whether you enjoy the competitive rankings for each leg or prefer a leisurely recreational activity, this enriching outdoor sport is ideal for active individuals and adventurous groups.


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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

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

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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Humboldt Park, 2631 W Evergreen Ave, Chicago, IL

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Orienteering Club

Irving Park Orienteering Club Little Hell Orienteering Club Lombard Tree Orienteering Club Near West Side Orienteering Club Little Sicily Orienteering Club United Center Orienteering Club Central Park Orienteering Club East Garfield Park Orienteering Club Lower West Side Orienteering Club Cragin Orienteering Club Cuyler Orienteering Club Cityfront Place Orienteering Club Printers Row Orienteering Club Ukrainian Village Orienteering Club Jane Addams Homes Orienteering Club Near North Side Orienteering Club Pennock Orienteering Club West Ravenwood Orienteering Club Grayland Orienteering Club East Village Orienteering Club Belgravia Terrace Orienteering Club Bucktown Orienteering Club Frances Cabrini Homes Orienteering Club Marshall Field Garden Apartments Orienteering Club Six Corners Orienteering Club Maplewood Courts Orienteering Club Kelvyn Grove Orienteering Club Swedentown Orienteering Club Crawford Orienteering Club Streeterville Orienteering Club Bohemian California Orienteering Club Mandell Orienteering Club Simons Orienteering Club Boystown Orienteering Club Greektown Orienteering Club Fifty Acres Orienteering Club Swede Town Orienteering Club Fort Dearborn Addition Orienteering Club Bricktown Orienteering Club Logan Square Orienteering Club Buena Park Orienteering Club South Lawndale Orienteering Club Mccormickville Orienteering Club Wolcotts And Bushnells Additions Orienteering Club Magnificent Mile Orienteering Club Wrigleyville Orienteering Club Garibaldi Square Orienteering Club North Center Orienteering Club West Garfield Park Orienteering Club Wicker Park Orienteering Club California Park Orienteering Club Grace Abbott Homes Orienteering Club Moreland Orienteering Club River North Orienteering Club Millenium Park Orienteering Club Humboldt Park Orienteering Club Avondale Orienteering Club Carl Sandburg Village Orienteering Club Robert Brooks Homes Orienteering Club Belmont Cragin Orienteering Club Shantytown Orienteering Club Humboldt Orienteering Club Lincoln Park Orienteering Club Hamlin Park Orienteering Club Garfield Park Orienteering Club Rush & Division Orienteering Club Pacific Junction Orienteering Club Sheffield & Depaul Orienteering Club Garfields Orienteering Club William Green Homes Orienteering Club Towertown Orienteering Club Whiskey Point Orienteering Club Maplewood Orienteering Club Canal Trustees Orienteering Club Belmont Park Orienteering Club Claremont Cottages Orienteering Club Austin Orienteering Club West Loop Orienteering Club Ravenswood Gardens Orienteering Club Pine Grove Orienteering Club Duncans Addition Orienteering Club Killgubbin Orienteering Club Conleys Patch Orienteering Club Cabrini Addition Orienteering Club Hermosa Orienteering Club Old Town Orienteering Club West Town Orienteering Club Ravenswood Manor Orienteering Club North Lawndale Orienteering Club Cityfront Center Orienteering Club Kinzies Addition Orienteering Club Little Italy Uic Orienteering Club Gold Coast Orienteering Club Mid North District Orienteering Club Carpenters Addition Orienteering Club Hanson Park Orienteering Club Pilsen Orienteering Club Loop Orienteering Club Olsen Hansen Row Houses Orienteering Club Lake View Orienteering Club

Orienteering Event

Belmont Park Orienteering Event Irving Park Orienteering Event Ravenswood Gardens Orienteering Event Pilsen Orienteering Event Garibaldi Square Orienteering Event Belgravia Terrace Orienteering Event Belmont Cragin Orienteering Event Little Italy Uic Orienteering Event Hermosa Orienteering Event Greektown Orienteering Event Loop Orienteering Event Lincoln Park Orienteering Event Carpenters Addition Orienteering Event Cityfront Place Orienteering Event Ravenswood Manor Orienteering Event Central Park Orienteering Event Grace Abbott Homes Orienteering Event Bricktown Orienteering Event Little Hell Orienteering Event Pine Grove Orienteering Event Jane Addams Homes Orienteering Event Fort Dearborn Addition Orienteering Event Hanson Park Orienteering Event Kinzies Addition Orienteering Event West Town Orienteering Event Olsen Hansen Row Houses Orienteering Event Gold Coast Orienteering Event Humboldt Park Orienteering Event Avondale Orienteering Event East Garfield Park Orienteering Event West Ravenwood Orienteering Event Six Corners Orienteering Event Grayland Orienteering Event Old Town Orienteering Event Cragin Orienteering Event Swedentown Orienteering Event Cuyler Orienteering Event East Village Orienteering Event Humboldt Orienteering Event William Green Homes Orienteering Event Hamlin Park Orienteering Event Lake View Orienteering Event West Garfield Park Orienteering Event Frances Cabrini Homes Orienteering Event Pacific Junction Orienteering Event Whiskey Point Orienteering Event River North Orienteering Event Maplewood Courts Orienteering Event Conleys Patch Orienteering Event Sheffield & Depaul Orienteering Event Moreland Orienteering Event Kelvyn Grove Orienteering Event Killgubbin Orienteering Event Near North Side Orienteering Event Logan Square Orienteering Event Lombard Tree Orienteering Event Rush & Division Orienteering Event Canal Trustees Orienteering Event Streeterville Orienteering Event Bohemian California Orienteering Event Claremont Cottages Orienteering Event Crawford Orienteering Event Duncans Addition Orienteering Event California Park Orienteering Event Millenium Park Orienteering Event Wicker Park Orienteering Event Austin Orienteering Event Lower West Side Orienteering Event Swede Town Orienteering Event South Lawndale Orienteering Event Pennock Orienteering Event Boystown Orienteering Event Near West Side Orienteering Event West Loop Orienteering Event Ukrainian Village Orienteering Event Mccormickville Orienteering Event Mid North District Orienteering Event Printers Row Orienteering Event Robert Brooks Homes Orienteering Event Marshall Field Garden Apartments Orienteering Event Simons Orienteering Event Buena Park Orienteering Event Garfield Park Orienteering Event Shantytown Orienteering Event Fifty Acres Orienteering Event Magnificent Mile Orienteering Event North Center Orienteering Event Mandell Orienteering Event Wrigleyville Orienteering Event Little Sicily Orienteering Event Cityfront Center Orienteering Event Cabrini Addition Orienteering Event Carl Sandburg Village Orienteering Event Maplewood Orienteering Event Towertown Orienteering Event Garfields Orienteering Event Bucktown Orienteering Event Wolcotts And Bushnells Additions Orienteering Event North Lawndale Orienteering Event United Center Orienteering Event

Orienteering Meet

Pacific Junction Orienteering Meet East Garfield Park Orienteering Meet West Loop Orienteering Meet Greektown Orienteering Meet United Center Orienteering Meet Austin Orienteering Meet Cuyler Orienteering Meet Humboldt Orienteering Meet Little Italy Uic Orienteering Meet Magnificent Mile Orienteering Meet Old Town Orienteering Meet Garfield Park Orienteering Meet Central Park Orienteering Meet Mccormickville Orienteering Meet Pilsen Orienteering Meet Little Sicily Orienteering Meet Fort Dearborn Addition Orienteering Meet Kelvyn Grove Orienteering Meet Lincoln Park Orienteering Meet Killgubbin Orienteering Meet Millenium Park Orienteering Meet Marshall Field Garden Apartments Orienteering Meet Towertown Orienteering Meet Fifty Acres Orienteering Meet Rush & Division Orienteering Meet Six Corners Orienteering Meet Mandell Orienteering Meet Mid North District Orienteering Meet Conleys Patch Orienteering Meet Kinzies Addition Orienteering Meet West Garfield Park Orienteering Meet Humboldt Park Orienteering Meet Grace Abbott Homes Orienteering Meet Robert Brooks Homes Orienteering Meet Belmont Park Orienteering Meet Belmont Cragin Orienteering Meet Hanson Park Orienteering Meet Lombard Tree Orienteering Meet Cabrini Addition Orienteering Meet Buena Park Orienteering Meet North Center Orienteering Meet Maplewood Courts Orienteering Meet Printers Row Orienteering Meet Canal Trustees Orienteering Meet Crawford Orienteering Meet William Green Homes Orienteering Meet Wicker Park Orienteering Meet Maplewood Orienteering Meet Irving Park Orienteering Meet South Lawndale Orienteering Meet Bohemian California Orienteering Meet Olsen Hansen Row Houses Orienteering Meet Cragin Orienteering Meet Ravenswood Gardens Orienteering Meet Ukrainian Village Orienteering Meet River North Orienteering Meet Carl Sandburg Village Orienteering Meet Bucktown Orienteering Meet North Lawndale Orienteering Meet Loop Orienteering Meet Bricktown Orienteering Meet Pennock Orienteering Meet Near North Side Orienteering Meet Lower West Side Orienteering Meet Hamlin Park Orienteering Meet Duncans Addition Orienteering Meet East Village Orienteering Meet Jane Addams Homes Orienteering Meet Ravenswood Manor Orienteering Meet Pine Grove Orienteering Meet Garibaldi Square Orienteering Meet Logan Square Orienteering Meet Little Hell Orienteering Meet Wolcotts And Bushnells Additions Orienteering Meet Belgravia Terrace Orienteering Meet Simons Orienteering Meet California Park Orienteering Meet Moreland Orienteering Meet Hermosa Orienteering Meet Frances Cabrini Homes Orienteering Meet Claremont Cottages Orienteering Meet Carpenters Addition Orienteering Meet Grayland Orienteering Meet Swede Town Orienteering Meet Gold Coast Orienteering Meet Cityfront Place Orienteering Meet Swedentown Orienteering Meet Sheffield & Depaul Orienteering Meet Streeterville Orienteering Meet Cityfront Center Orienteering Meet Garfields Orienteering Meet Wrigleyville Orienteering Meet Lake View Orienteering Meet Shantytown Orienteering Meet Near West Side Orienteering Meet West Ravenwood Orienteering Meet Boystown Orienteering Meet Avondale Orienteering Meet West Town Orienteering Meet Whiskey Point Orienteering Meet

Navigation Sport

Printers Row Navigation Sport North Center Navigation Sport Whiskey Point Navigation Sport United Center Navigation Sport Olsen Hansen Row Houses Navigation Sport Old Town Navigation Sport Robert Brooks Homes Navigation Sport Little Italy Uic Navigation Sport Wrigleyville Navigation Sport Hanson Park Navigation Sport Garfields Navigation Sport Near North Side Navigation Sport Logan Square Navigation Sport Greektown Navigation Sport Cabrini Addition Navigation Sport Rush & Division Navigation Sport Cityfront Place Navigation Sport Humboldt Park Navigation Sport Pacific Junction Navigation Sport Moreland Navigation Sport Six Corners Navigation Sport Little Hell Navigation Sport Fort Dearborn Addition Navigation Sport Belgravia Terrace Navigation Sport Grace Abbott Homes Navigation Sport Grayland Navigation Sport Gold Coast Navigation Sport Central Park Navigation Sport Belmont Cragin Navigation Sport Simons Navigation Sport West Ravenwood Navigation Sport Killgubbin Navigation Sport Marshall Field Garden Apartments Navigation Sport Bucktown Navigation Sport Frances Cabrini Homes Navigation Sport Lombard Tree Navigation Sport California Park Navigation Sport Humboldt Navigation Sport Swedentown Navigation Sport North Lawndale Navigation Sport Belmont Park Navigation Sport Maplewood Navigation Sport Ukrainian Village Navigation Sport Austin Navigation Sport Mid North District Navigation Sport Boystown Navigation Sport Cuyler Navigation Sport Lincoln Park Navigation Sport East Garfield Park Navigation Sport Canal Trustees Navigation Sport Carl Sandburg Village Navigation Sport Magnificent Mile Navigation Sport Mccormickville Navigation Sport Lake View Navigation Sport William Green Homes Navigation Sport Ravenswood Manor Navigation Sport Ravenswood Gardens Navigation Sport Near West Side Navigation Sport Little Sicily Navigation Sport Shantytown Navigation Sport East Village Navigation Sport Crawford Navigation Sport Hermosa Navigation Sport Kinzies Addition Navigation Sport Mandell Navigation Sport Swede Town Navigation Sport River North Navigation Sport Wicker Park Navigation Sport West Town Navigation Sport Duncans Addition Navigation Sport Claremont Cottages Navigation Sport Cragin Navigation Sport Bricktown Navigation Sport Carpenters Addition Navigation Sport Wolcotts And Bushnells Additions Navigation Sport Kelvyn Grove Navigation Sport Cityfront Center Navigation Sport Millenium Park Navigation Sport Hamlin Park Navigation Sport Jane Addams Homes Navigation Sport South Lawndale Navigation Sport West Loop Navigation Sport West Garfield Park Navigation Sport Streeterville Navigation Sport Bohemian California Navigation Sport Garfield Park Navigation Sport Pilsen Navigation Sport Fifty Acres Navigation Sport Pine Grove Navigation Sport Irving Park Navigation Sport Towertown Navigation Sport Maplewood Courts Navigation Sport Conleys Patch Navigation Sport Buena Park Navigation Sport Loop Navigation Sport Garibaldi Square Navigation Sport Lower West Side Navigation Sport Sheffield & Depaul Navigation Sport Avondale Navigation Sport Pennock Navigation Sport

Map And Compass Reading

United Center Map And Compass Reading Lower West Side Map And Compass Reading Belgravia Terrace Map And Compass Reading Marshall Field Garden Apartments Map And Compass Reading Garfield Park Map And Compass Reading Loop Map And Compass Reading Shantytown Map And Compass Reading Sheffield & Depaul Map And Compass Reading Little Sicily Map And Compass Reading Grace Abbott Homes Map And Compass Reading Cuyler Map And Compass Reading Cityfront Place Map And Compass Reading Cityfront Center Map And Compass Reading Lincoln Park Map And Compass Reading Fifty Acres Map And Compass Reading North Lawndale Map And Compass Reading Hamlin Park Map And Compass Reading Mandell Map And Compass Reading Hanson Park Map And Compass Reading Avondale Map And Compass Reading Ravenswood Manor Map And Compass Reading Streeterville Map And Compass Reading Belmont Park Map And Compass Reading Pennock Map And Compass Reading Little Hell Map And Compass Reading Wicker Park Map And Compass Reading Crawford Map And Compass Reading Kinzies Addition Map And Compass Reading Austin Map And Compass Reading Little Italy Uic Map And Compass Reading Rush & Division Map And Compass Reading Bohemian California Map And Compass Reading Ravenswood Gardens Map And Compass Reading Conleys Patch Map And Compass Reading Claremont Cottages Map And Compass Reading West Town Map And Compass Reading Kelvyn Grove Map And Compass Reading Garfields Map And Compass Reading Mid North District Map And Compass Reading Pine Grove Map And Compass Reading Hermosa Map And Compass Reading Robert Brooks Homes Map And Compass Reading Near West Side Map And Compass Reading Near North Side Map And Compass Reading Towertown Map And Compass Reading Canal Trustees Map And Compass Reading Pilsen Map And Compass Reading William Green Homes Map And Compass Reading West Garfield Park Map And Compass Reading Lake View Map And Compass Reading Olsen Hansen Row Houses Map And Compass Reading Cragin Map And Compass Reading River North Map And Compass Reading West Ravenwood Map And Compass Reading Cabrini Addition Map And Compass Reading Swede Town Map And Compass Reading Pacific Junction Map And Compass Reading East Garfield Park Map And Compass Reading Lombard Tree Map And Compass Reading South Lawndale Map And Compass Reading West Loop Map And Compass Reading Central Park Map And Compass Reading Simons Map And Compass Reading Millenium Park Map And Compass Reading Belmont Cragin Map And Compass Reading East Village Map And Compass Reading Whiskey Point Map And Compass Reading Moreland Map And Compass Reading Swedentown Map And Compass Reading California Park Map And Compass Reading Bricktown Map And Compass Reading Bucktown Map And Compass Reading Maplewood Map And Compass Reading Old Town Map And Compass Reading Carpenters Addition Map And Compass Reading Fort Dearborn Addition Map And Compass Reading Maplewood Courts Map And Compass Reading Buena Park Map And Compass Reading Humboldt Park Map And Compass Reading Printers Row Map And Compass Reading Boystown Map And Compass Reading Ukrainian Village Map And Compass Reading Killgubbin Map And Compass Reading Grayland Map And Compass Reading Six Corners Map And Compass Reading Humboldt Map And Compass Reading Irving Park Map And Compass Reading Carl Sandburg Village Map And Compass Reading Logan Square Map And Compass Reading Garibaldi Square Map And Compass Reading Gold Coast Map And Compass Reading Jane Addams Homes Map And Compass Reading North Center Map And Compass Reading Mccormickville Map And Compass Reading Wolcotts And Bushnells Additions Map And Compass Reading Greektown Map And Compass Reading Frances Cabrini Homes Map And Compass Reading Magnificent Mile Map And Compass Reading Duncans Addition Map And Compass Reading Wrigleyville Map And Compass Reading