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 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.

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 Shady Acres

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

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

Remarkably, even a single orienteering session improved spatial memory in our study participants. This suggests that participating in orienteering, even infrequently, could enhance spatial abilities, with the potential to delay their decline with age.

McMaster University Canada

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/dementia-fighter-how-orienteering-helps-the-brain/

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Orienteering Event

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

Navigation Sport

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

Orienteering Club

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Orienteering Meet

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