Checkpoint Challenges Customer Photo No more scheduling conflicts! This revolutionary orienteering experience uses your smartphone as both map and compass, giving you the freedom to enjoy our courses whenever you choose.

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!

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.

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 Greater Ost South Union

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
Always looking for something unusual to do with my girlfriend and this way a hit with both of us!
Noah
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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

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

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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Map And Compass Reading

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Orienteering Meet

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Orienteering Event

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

Orienteering Club

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