Navigation Course
On-Trail Navigation
Learn and practice key skills needed to maintain an ongoing awareness of where you are and how to find yourself if you get lost on even the most complicated trail system.
Contacts
- Rolling Enrollment: Mon, Dec 1, 2025 - Mon, Sep 21, 2026
- Committee: Seattle Navigation Committee
- Members: $105.00 Guests: $130.00
- Availability: 115 (120 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This hands-on course, tailored to on-trail adventurers, provides information on key skills and tools, and hands-on practice on trail, to become confident reading a topographic map against the features of the terrain around you, get important information from a compass and altimeter, and maintain clear awareness of where you are as well as how to find yourself if you get temporarily misplaced.
Register for one workshop and one field trip set within the same month.
Badges you will earn:
On-Trail Navigation Course
| Course Activity | Date | Availability | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-Trail Navigation Workshop | |||
| Seattle Program Center |
Thu, Jan 22, 2026
Registration closes Jan 15
|
8
participants
1 instructor
|
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| Seattle Program Center |
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
Registration closes Mar 12
|
10
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Seattle Program Center |
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
Registration closes Jun 4
|
10
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Seattle Program Center |
Thu, Sep 17, 2026
Registration closes Sep 10
|
11
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| On-Trail Navigation Field Trip | |||
| Carkeek Park |
Sat, Jan 24, 2026
Registration closes Jan 15
|
8
participants
1 instructor
|
|
| Carkeek Park |
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Registration closes Mar 12
|
10
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Carkeek Park |
Sat, Jun 13, 2026
Registration closes Jun 4
|
10
participants
2 instructors
|
|
| Carkeek Park |
Sat, Sep 19, 2026
Registration closes Sep 10
|
11
participants
3 instructors
|
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Baseplate compass with adjustable declination (see compass requirements sheet in Course Materials)
Green Trails Mt Si NCRA 206S (rev 2021) map
SmartPhone (for both workshop and field trip)
Laptop or tablet (optional, for workshop)
Day Pack with urban oriented 10 Essentials - Field Trip
Emergency whistle