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 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!

Orienteering in the Digital Age...

Much like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a series of points on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their routes between checkpoints and return to the Start. However, instead of using a large paper map, your smartphone will display only the current map segment with a compass overlay, progress updates, and hints to avoid 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.


Checkpoint Challenges Greater Fifth Ward

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
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

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

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

Orienteering Meet

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Orienteering Club

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

Navigation Sport

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