The art and science of determining your position and planning and following a route across land, sea, or air.
Compass Navigation: Learning how to use a compass to accurately navigate in the outdoors, including reading a map and determining distances and direction.
Map Reading: Understanding the design of maps, topographical features, map symbols, and how to use maps to navigate.
GPS Navigation: The basics of satellite navigation, using GPS to determine location and plan a route.
Orienteering: A competitive sport that includes navigating through unfamiliar terrain with a map and compass while maintaining speed and accuracy.
Trails and Trail Markings: Understanding trail markings and trail signs, including learning the types of trails and the basic guidelines for trail etiquette.
Weather: Understanding weather patterns, how to prepare for outdoors activities in different weather conditions, and recognizing warning signs of dangerous weather.
Search and Rescue: Basic search and rescue techniques, how to signal for help, and what to do if stranded or lost.
Camping and Hiking: Understanding the equipment needed for camping and hiking, including basic campsite setup, trail etiquette, and proper hiking gear.
Emergency First Aid: Basic first aid techniques for common injuries and illnesses in the outdoors, including preventing outdoor-related illnesses.
Wilderness Survival: Skills needed for survival in the wild, including fire-building, shelter-making, water purification, and acquiring food.
Navigation Equipment: Understanding the different types of equipment used for navigation, such as compasses, maps, GPS devices, and electronic navigation devices.
Navigation Techniques: Learning different navigation techniques, such as triangulation, pacing, dead reckoning, and landmark navigation.
Wildlife and Plants: Identifying common plants and wildlife that are encountered in the outdoors, understanding their behaviors and habitats.
Leave No Trace: The principles of responsible outdoor practices, including minimizing impact on the environment and respecting wildlife.
Physical and Mental Fitness: Preparing oneself for outdoor activities by being physically fit and mentally prepared for the challenges of the outdoors.
Map and compass navigation: Using topographic maps and a magnetic compass to determine location, direction and distance accurately.
GPS Navigation: Utilizing Global Positioning System devices to determine location, track movements, and navigate to specific waypoints or destinations.
Celestial Navigation: Using the stars or other celestial bodies to determine your position and navigate towards a specific location, often used in maritime navigation.
Dead reckoning navigation: Using calculations based on speed, direction and elapsed time to determine a estimated position and destination.
Landmark navigation: Identifying distinctive landmarks or features to navigate within or towards a specific location.
Trail Navigation: Following established trails or tracks,such as hiking trails or animal tracks, to guide you through an area.
Water Navigation: Charting routes and using navigational aids to move vessels through waterways, often including the use of buoys, lighthouses and other navigational markers.
Magnetic Navigation: Using a magnetized needle or compass to follow specific magnetic fields or directions.
Road or Street Navigation: Using road maps or GPS devices to navigate vehicles along roads and highways.
Orienteering: A competitive activity that combines navigation with cross-country running or orienteering, in which competitors use a map and compass to navigate through a series of checkpoints or controls in the shortest possible time.
Cave navigation: Navigating within caves using maps, compasses, and specific techniques to guide your way through unknown cave systems.
Arctic navigation: Using various navigation techniques such as math, maps, GPS and signals to navigate in polar regions of the world.