On-Trail Navigation - 2025

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.

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:

Course Requirements
Course Activity Date Availability Leader
On-Trail Navigation Workshop
Seattle Program Center
Thu, Feb 20, 2025
Registration closed Feb 11
2 participants
0 instructors
Seattle Program Center
Thu, Mar 20, 2025
Registration closes Mar 11
9 participants
2 instructors
Seattle Program Center
Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Registration opens Mar 1; Instructor registration open now
11 participants
2 instructors
On-Trail Navigation Field Trip
Carkeek Park
Sat, Feb 22, 2025
Registration closed Feb 11
2 participants
0 instructors
Carkeek Park
Sat, Mar 22, 2025
Registration closes Mar 13
8 participants
1 instructor
Roster
Required Equipment

Baseplate compass with adjustable declination (see http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/compass-declination.html, http://www.thecompassstore.com/comwitaddec.html)

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