There’s something about the pull of the great outdoors that seeps into your bones. You start off slow, maybe for a walk in the woods near your house. But soon, that call of the wild has you gearing up ...

Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do daily. This is one of the reasons that ...

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FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — No matter if it's fishing, hiking or hunting, many opt to use use a cell phone to navigate, but that approach can be a double-edged sword. Dave Bieri, district ...

Using a compass is an essential skill. It’s like having a mental roll of duct tape: You don’t know when you’re going to use it, and it might kick around unused for a long time, but when you’re in a ...

Be the compass. GPS devices are great for road trips, but when you’re hiking backcountry, compass skills “still rule.” To plot a hike without trails, you need to determine your relationship to true ...

About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, half of the soldiers in that pilot program have failed the training. BLC is a 22-day school for the ...

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Which way does your front door face? Which direction is your school? The library? Your best friend’s house? Being able to visualize directions adds ...

The Compass app comes built-in on every new iPhone, and it's helpful when you want to make sure you're going in the right direction. Here's how to launch the app, calibrate it, and use it to find your ...

Not only migratory birds use a built-in magnetic compass to navigate correctly. A new study shows that non-migratory birds also are able to use a built-in compass to orient themselves using the ...

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