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Off Trail Navigation

What is the best way to accomplish off trail navigation, whether you're a beginner or an expert. The answer for both is essentially the same.A
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Volunteering in Parks

Volunteering in parks can be very rewarding for people who enjoy nature and working with or helping people. The United States is home to hundreds ...
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Storing Your Camping Gear At Home

Going camping lets you live the simple life for a while, but when you get all your gear back home it can make your daily ...
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how to properly remove a tick

Ahh, warm weather, the great outdoors…and ticks. Unfortunately, these items all go together. For some, the very word “tick” makes their skin crawl. Of course, ...
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Treat a Snakebite

While all outdoorsmen take safety measures to ensure that they do not get lost in the woods and avoid bears, far less people provide the ...
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Never Get Lost Again – Tips to Help You Choose a Great Compass

Finding your way in the great outdoors can be quite a challenge, but having the right compass at your side can make the journey at ...
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Figuring Out How to Use Your New GPS Receiver

Using a GPS receiver in the outdoors can be quite handy, especially for those who do a lot of hiking, camping, hunting, and more. These handy electronic devices are easy to use and offer quite a few distinct features that are helpful to have. ...
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Dressing Right for the Outdoors: The Logic Behind Layering

One of the most important things to remember whenever you step outdoors is that to enjoy what you are doing, you have to be dressed ...
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Geocaching – High Tech Scavenger Hunt

Call it a sport, a leisure activity, a virtual treasure hunt, or a social networking activity, geocaching has it all! You may have heard of ...
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Geocaching—Technology Meets the Outdoors

About Geocaching It sounds like a new cold virus—just what is geocaching anyway? Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunt where participants use a Global Positioning System ...
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