How To Find North With A Stick 🤔

if its sunrise and the sun is on your right arm you are facing north. you dont have to wait. if is sunset its the oppisite. learn your directions.

If you have an analog watch, you do not need to wait "10-15 minutes" to determine direction.

I just use a locator map

Ok but what if I don’t have a yellow marker??

Only kinda works at noon. early and late day this is nonsense.

Not quite. You really have to do this near noon. Doesnt work near sunrise or sunset.

Original How to Use a Stick and the Sun to Find North - How to use a simple shadow experiment to locate north by placing a stick in the ground and tracking how its shadow moves over time.

In Nigeria, north is exactly where you DON'T want to find or go..

"Sun rises in the East. And, it sets in the West" If you're that dumb that you have to depend on a couple of rocks, then someone has failed you.

First, place a stick in the ground. Then place a rock. Then remember that you have a smartwatch or a smartphone with GPS and a compass, and ignore all the previous stupid steps. Or just look around to see from where you came, and where you want to go.

When you place both feet next to the rocks as you face "North" sit down on the stick. You won't feel lost anymore. Just...

First, put a stick in a daylight. Put a rock at the tip of the stick's shadow. Then grab a compass.

Does this differ between the two hemispheres?

That only works half the time. The other half, the rules change when you cross the hemisphere. Know your stars.

Only if the sun is on your right

What if a cloudy, or rainy day?

what if all I have is a gay stick?

No way I'm alone in knowing this instantly without sticks and rocks haha

The earth rotates 0.25 deg/min, so waiting 10 to 15 min will move the shadow 2.5 to 3.75 deg, not what's shown. If your stick casts a 0.5m shadow, the tip will have moved about 3cm. The movement shown would take a couple of hours.

And if you stand with the first rock on your right, the second on your left you're facing South, interesting ...🤔

腕時計の真ん中に小枝を立て、その影と短針が重なるよう腕時計の向きを変えると、短針と12の文字盤との間が即座に北を指しています。長い棒を地面に刺す必要も、太陽が動くのを待つ必要もない。

Ofcourse, if the east is to the person's right then person is facing north. Else south.

At what time do you do this? cuz it's continually moving

@bohemianww This only works 5 minutes before solar noon (not actual noon). This video can literally cause someone to walk in the absolute wrong direction Also the shadow won’t move nearly that much in 15 minutes, the sun moves approximately a fingers width at full arm extension in that time

Do you need to do all this if you already know the sun moves from east to west?

Or you could take the stick and hit your tour guide who won't share his compass.

Bro just got lost with stick navigation😅😅

Or you can just look at the position of the sun. Which rises in the east and sets in the west. Takes literally seconds