This post is similar to a previous one. Here's an easy rule of thumb you can use. You have to have a watch or other timepiece to do this properly. In the Northern hemisphere, shadows are cast pointing NORTH. At midday, a small northward-pointing shadow can be seen. Observe the shadow Pick a landmark. Start walking the way the shadow points. This is if you need to go north. In the Southern hemisphere, it is exactly the opposite. Now, if you need another compass direction, here's what to do in the Northern hemisphere at midday. Observe the shadow. Turn to face in the same direction as the shadow. Then turn 90 degrees to your LEFT if you need WEST. Turn 90 degrees to your RIGHT if you need EAST. And again, pick a landmark and start walking. The exact opposite is true for the Southern hemisphere. Why pick a landmark? Simple. Landmarks are stationary. They don't move as the day passes. If you pick an obvious enough landmark near the horizon, you can maintain a straight line. At night (if you so choose), and if the moonlight is bright enough, you'll still be able to make for that landmark. If there isn't a way to locate a landmark, then simply observe the tree shadows. Face the direction in which the shadow points. Walk 90 degrees RIGHT in the Northern hemisphere for north (LEFT in the Southern hemisphere). This is in early morning. This will change to 90 degrees RIGHT in late afternoon and evening. The shadows will shift as the day passes. You'll have to compensate for that, otherwise you'll stray off course. The other alternative is to travel only in the early morning, when the sun is more directly east of you, and late in the afternoon when the sun is more directly west of you. Other than this, you're on your own. Good luck.
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All of the above and depending on if you're in the southern or northern hemisphere on the moss on trees
1 week ago
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I would probably get my phone out and use the compass app...
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One day you'll look to see I've gone For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun Some day you'll know I was the one But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
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The moss trick may not always work some treas have moss all around them, the magnetic needle works but if you don't have one with you how are you going to make a compass, using the shadows not bad but it can fool you, using the stars if you know wich one is the north star you keep it ahead of you.
2 weeks ago
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The night fall look for the BRIGHT STAR IN THE SKY THAT IS NORTH. EARLY MORNING WILL.EVEN BE BETTER.
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It depends on the situation all of the above could be a valid possibility
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Waits for nightfall. Forgets earth wobbles more than taught in school. Half a degree off over 50 miles. You just walked past the village on the map, nearly half a mile and might not notice it. I had to check. 50 miles out and off by half a degree is 0.44 miles off target.
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Inova ou inventa
You're lost in the woods and need to know which way is north. What do you use?
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