How to Use an Elevated View to Navigate

Series Summary

Hikers, backpackers and even hunters need to know how to navigate wilderness areas with and without a compass. There are various methods wilderness survival experts, Eagle Scouts, hunters, fisherman and hikers use to navigate in the wilderness. Many use a compass and map or even a GPS, but there are times when these are not available and are very necessary. However, they are not necessary because there are other ways to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to use a compass, maps, moss, running water, and the Sun to navigate in the wilderness in this free video series featuring Eagle Scout John Stewart. Stewart teaches how to use an elevated view to navigate wilderness areas, how to use a compass to navigate in the wilderness, how to find true north without a compass, how to fin the North Star to navigate in the wilderness, how to use moving water to find the cardinal directions in the wilderness, how to use growing moss to navigate in the wilderness, and how to use a map to navigate wilderness areas.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is John Stewart, and this is how to use a elevated view, for navigation. If you're out in the outdoors, and happen to get lost, you can easily find your way, by making it to a higher elevation. You can climb a tree. If you can get above the canopy of the trees, and see out in the further distances, you can look for certain landmarks that might point the way to where you need to be heading. Other things you might try to do, are climb a mountain. You can find hills, mountaintops, and stuff like that, that you can easily make your way up, to where you can overlook the landscape. At this point that you've gotten to a higher elevation, you’re going to look for cities, fire towers, valleys. Valleys normally lead to rivers, and flowing waters, and they'll help you point the direction, to where you need to be heading, so if you can get to a higher elevation, you can easily find landmarks that will help you get back on the way to being found, and hopefully, you might see something else that might intrigue you, and this is how to use an elevated view, for navigation."