Knowing how to use a compass, along with a topographical map of the area, means you can navigate those remote locations with confidence. It also opens up the world of orienteering, the sport of ...

Navigation of the world’s wild places using a compass and paper map is a must-have skill. With it, you’ll always find your way home.

Place your compass on the map and turn the map until the longitude lines point north. This orients your map with your compass. Take a direct bearing on one landmark.

The state-sponsored, "Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" program is offering a map, compass and navigation class for women on Sept. 26 at the Great Swamp Conservancy in Canastota.

Learn more on how to use a map and compass. Our team of experts prepared the guide on everything you need to know about using a map and compass.

Alongside a tent, sleeping bag and other standard camping essentials, Bailey loaded up a PDA on which were stored his trail data book, 23 novels and his whole journal from his 1998 hike of the ...

So what can you do with a map and compass? Unfortunately, not geocaching. The resolution of most maps just isn't adequate to find a cache. But taking a compass along on a geocaching hunt is a very ...

According to Wells, being able to navigate with a United States Geological Survey standard topographic map and a compass is a basic skill that anyone planning to get serious about camping should have ...

One year ago, you were reading this, by Dave Hinerman: "Dad? How did people find geocaches before GPSes were invented?" A retro-GeekDad like me longs for a teachable moment like that. The short ...