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Route Finding and Navigation: Essential Skills for Outdoor Exploration

Learn how to find the best route to your destination and navigate effectively with maps and compasses. Discover reliable sources for route information and understand the importance of map reading and compass skills. Enhance your outdoor adventures with this comprehensive guide.

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Route Finding and Navigation: Essential Skills for Outdoor Exploration

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  1. Freedom of the Hills Chapter 5 Route Finding and Navigation

  2. Route Finding determining the best path to take to reach your destination.

  3. Route finding begins at home Everyone needs to know the route Always be reassessing your rout Get in the Know

  4. Where do we look to find routes? • Guide Books • Internet Sites • hikingproject.com • summitpost.org • bpbasecamp.freeforums.net • socalhiker.net • People who have been there • Clubs • Social Media • Businesses (REI, local shops, etc.)

  5. Where do we look to find routes? • Maps • Hand Sketches • Forestry Map • Park Service Maps • Topographic Maps • Tom Harris Maps • Computer Software • Cell Phones

  6. Navigation

  7. What is a Map?

  8. Parts of a Map Map Legend Name of Map Coordinates Map Scale Contour lines Compass Rose Or North Arrow Map Location Declination

  9. Coordinates -Latitude & Longitude

  10. Compasses

  11. Parts of a Compass

  12. Magnetic Declination • the difference of angle on the compass between Magnetic North andTrueNorth • This varies over years and based on your real location

  13. Compass Adjustment Method

  14. Following a Heading

  15. Using a landmark

  16. Questions? There is more, but I am probably out of time.

  17. Intentional Offset 3 miles 1 mile road Which way do you turn?

  18. Intentional Offset road You know to turn right!

  19. Intentional Offset road You have missed! Now what?

  20. Intentional Offset road You know to turn left, even if you miss by a lot.

  21. Why do I need to learn to use a map and compass? I already have a GPS.

  22. A GPS is a supplement for map and compass but not a replacement • requires batteries. • doesn’t work well in deep canyons or with heavy tree coverage. • can only guide you if you already have coordinates. • Many units can’t show terrain. • You must be moving to get a valid direction reading from most units.

  23. Wagon WheelTraining Map clmrg.org/summerclass Week 3

  24. Wagon Wheel Topo Map

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