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How to Navigate Wilderness Areas: Video Series

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Wilderness survival experts use various methods 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 on wilderness survival.

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  1. Wilderness survival experts use elevated areas to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to use an elevated view to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  2. Wilderness survival experts use compasses to navigate for wilderness survival. Learn how to use a compass to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  3. Wilderness survival experts must be able to find true north without the aid of a compass. Learn how to find true north without a compass and navigate by true north while alone in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  4. Wilderness survival experts find and use the North Star to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to find the north star to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  5. Wilderness survival experts use the Sun to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to use the Sun to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  6. Wilderness survival experts use moving water to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to use moving water to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  7. Wilderness survival experts use growing moss to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to use growing moss to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  8. Map features must be interpreted to help wilderness survival experts to navigate wilderness areas. Learn how to understand map features to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  9. Hikers and backpackers should learn how to read a map and compass. Learn how to read a map and compass to navigate in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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  10. Campers research their camping location before making camp in a wilderness area. Learn how to research a camping location in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness navigation.

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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.

 
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John Stewart John Stewart is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and has instructed boy scouts on climbing, outdoor skills, pioneering, wilderness survival and kayaking for the past nine years at Camp Durant in Carthage, NC.dkdk

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