Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo It's no longer necessary to plan around an event! This modern take on orienteering leverages your smartphone for navigation, enabling you to explore our courses whenever it suits you.

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!

A new version of Orienteering......

Like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a sequence of points marked on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their own route between the checkpoints, eventually returning back to the Start location. However, instead of a full-size paper map, your smartphone will only show you the current map segment with an intergated compass along with details on your progess and hints to prevent you getting lost.

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 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

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

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

Orienteering Meet

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Orienteering Club

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

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