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1: Place a 3' long stick in the ground firmly.
2: Mark the end of the shadow from the 3' long
stick with a smaller stick.
3: Now wait around 15 minutes.
4: Use another small stick to mark where the end
of the shadow is now.
5: Lay another stick on the ground so that it
touches both small sticks.
6: Place your left foot towards the first small
stick marker.
7: Place your right foot towards the second
small stick marker.
8: With your body facing the 2 small sticks used
to mark the ends of the shadow you are now facing north. Your Right is east, your left is west and behind
you is south.
Note: At 12 noon your shadow will be facing North in the Northern
Hemisphere
Another way using the Sun to tell Direction
If you have a digital watch with no hour
& minute hand then just replicate a watch with sticks to match the time on your digital watch.
1: Point the
hour hand at the sun.
2: Half way between the hour
hand and 12 noon will be do south.
(If you are in the southern Hemisphere the it would be
north)
When facing
north your Right
is East, your
Left is West
At Night know
how to use the Stars and
Moon
to tell North
but of
course it's
always best to
carry a Compass.
The North Star
is the last star
in the handle of
the Little
Dipper
constellation.
You can also
find the North
Star by using
the Big Dipper
constellation.
The outermost
stars of the cup
of the Big
Dipper forms a
straight line
that always
"points" to the
North Star or
Polaris.
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