iOS ships with a basic compass that you can use to find your basic heading when driving or hiking. It's not as robust as some third-party orienteering apps, but it will work in a pinch when these ...

This material is taken from Chapter 6 - Wilderness Travel from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis. For more details on this exciting book check out The Backpacker's Field Manual Page. This ...

Compass Navigation and Orienteering, 5:30-7 p.m. July 7 and 20, Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, and Aug. 18, Quarry Park, Duluth. Learn compass skills and practice them on a basic orienteering course.

CORNWALL — Environmental educator Carl Heitmuller will explain the basics of orienteering at 10 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Outdoor Discovery Center. Orienteering is the sport ...

If your Geeklings are getting tired of Geocaching, and you're looking for something a little more challenging for them, then it's time you gave some thought to Orienteering. The basic idea of the ...

With a map tucked under his arm and a compass held out at waist level, Scott Smith of East Rowan High School twists the compass dial until the hollow, arrow-shaped indicator lines up with the red ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

THURMONT -- After a brief course on using compass and map, a group of hikers took in the brisk air Sunday and tracked their way through Catoctin Mountain Park's basic orienteering course. The National ...

WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK — Orienteering can be frustrating, especially for a middle-age guy with bad eyes and a bum knee like me. But the organizers of this meet assured me that even an old-timer ...