Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do daily. This is one of the reasons that ...

Forest Ridge Park offers wilderness navigation classes to equip hikers with essential outdoor navigation skills.

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — No matter if it's fishing, hiking or hunting, many opt to use use a cell phone to navigate, but that approach can be a double-edged sword. Dave Bieri, district ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

On August 26-27, the Fort Bliss, Texas Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) conducted map reading training in a classroom environment that concluded with a hands-on practical night and day land ...