How to Navigate Without a Compass Boston MA

If you have a map, find landmarks around you (mountains, lakes, roads, rivers, etc.) and orient the map in the direction you are facing. North is usually up at the top of a map.

Local Companies

Entertainment Cruises- Odyssey/Spirit of Boston
(617) 654-9720
88 Broad Street, 5th Flr.
Boston, MA
Massachusetts Bay Lines
(617) 542-8000
60 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA
Yacht Starship
(877) 744-7999
25 Drydock Avenue, 4th Floor
Boston, MA
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
(617) 536-4100
2 Copley Place, Ste. 105
Boston, MA
Boston Duck Tours
(617)4500069
Three Copley Place, Suite 310
Boston, MA
Boston By Foot, Inc.
(617) 367-2345
77 North Washington Street
Boston, MA
Go Boston Card
(800)8879103
85 Merrimac Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA
PlanetTran, LLC
(617)4751665
38 Sidney Street, Suite 230
Cambridge, MA
Charles River Boat Company, Inc.
(617)6213001
100 CambridgeSide Place
Cambridge, MA
Amnet Boston Travel
(617) 236-0017
299 Newbury Street, B-1
Boston, MA

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Steps

  1. Use the sun. If it's in the afternoon the sun will be setting so it will be, more or less, in the west. If it is still morning then it will be rising roughly in the east.
  2. At night, in the northern hemisphere, look for Polaris (the north star). It is located in the handle of the Little Dipper. Looking at Polaris, you will be facing North.
  3. At night, you can find the North Star using the Big Dipper as well. Draw an imaginary line from the two stars that make up the right side of the dipper. Draw it out several hand-lengths from the dipper. The direction from the end of these hand-lengths is roughly true north.
  4. If you have a map, find landmarks around you (mountains, lakes, roads, rivers, etc.) and orient the map in the direction you are facing. North is usually up at the top of a map.

Warnings

  • If you are looking at the stars, take care not to trip, it's amazingly easy to do!
  • Never look directly into the sun, it could do long term damage to your eye sight!

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Featured Local Company

Entertainment Cruises- Odyssey/Spirit of Boston

(617) 654-9720
88 Broad Street, 5th Flr.
Boston, MA
http://www.entertainmentcruises.com/

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