Hiking Navigation Skills – Outdoor Navigation

Hiking is making a journey. A journey with a starting and an end point and on this journey you and your party are responsible for finding a way from begin to the end point. Even if you only plan to follow well marked and well maintained trails it would be good to have knowledge about navigation and posses some navigational skills. Getting lost can be a very scary and possibly dangerous situation and with the correct navigation skills you can avoid getting lost or re-find your path quicker should you get lost. In this section we will teach you all the necessary Hiking Navigation Skills:

	Using Hiking Maps Learn how to Use a Hiking Map to determine your location and stay on your Hiking Route.		Compass Navigation Learn how to Use a Compass to Find your Location and to Navigate. All about Compass Navigation.
	GPS Navigation Learn how to Use the Global Positioning System or GPS to determine your location and stay on your Hiking Route.		Finding North Learn how you can use man-made and natural tools to determine where North is and find your way.
	Determining your Altitude Learn how you can use man-made and natural tools to determine at what altitude you are.