Improve your ability to hike confidently and safely in winter with these essential navigation tips from our experts.

Even with an endless list of navigational apps and gadgets, it’s best to be prepared with an old school compass. After all, apps can crash, phone batteries die, and service can get lost in remote ...

Your iPhone's compass is a feature you may not know about, but it can save your life. However, you'll need to calibrate it before tis first use.

A compass is a navigational instrument that identifies the cardinal points—North, East, South, and West, including intermediate directions. The most reliable and best compasses work by using the ...

My wife and I enjoy hiking off trail and for our bushwhacking adventures, we use a paper topographic map, a compass and a handheld GPSR.