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

Are you passionate about hiking or walking in the park but also looking to challenge your mind?

Checkpoint Challenges offers an unmatched outdoor adventure experience. Plot your unique course between checkpoints while working on your map reading skills!

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.

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

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!
Ava
Went with my teenage kids and they were really intrigued and want to do this again. Novel way to enjoy the fresh air!
Bella
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

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

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Orienteering Event

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Orienteering Club

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

Orienteering Meet

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