Article / Updated 04-26-2016
Using the sun, the stars, and a little ingenuity can help you find your way in the wilderness and is easy to do more often than not. Remember, people have been using the heavens to navigate for thousands of years. The following techniques can be used anywhere on Earth and are sometimes incredibly accurate, but give you only general direction:
Stick and shadow
Plant a long stick in the ground and mark the tip of its shadow.