Name: Introduction to Wilderness Navigation
Start: 2025-11-29T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-29T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center

Would you like to learn how to read a topographical map for wilderness travel and how to use a compass and GPS with that topo map so you don’t get lost? Join a two-part course “Introduction to Wilderness Navigation”. Saturday will be in class at the Discovery Center from 9-4 and Sunday will be in the field at Shawnee Mission Park Orienteering Course from. 1 to 3.
**YOUR RSVP DOES NOT HOLD YOUR SPOT!**
Class size is limited to the first 12 people who enroll. Once you have enrolled and paid, I will confirm that you are in the classes.
**ENROLLMENT = $70.**
**Scholarships = $25 . If you are under the age of thirty as part of the Outdoors for All Program which helps each new generation stay in touch with nature and learn the importance of protecting it for the next generation.**
Please enroll via PayPal -[https://paypal.me/kcsierracluboutings](https://paypal.me/kcsierracluboutings)
Part of your payment ($25) is for class materials: UTM booklet with grid tool, USGS Hilda topo quad map, and worksheets/handouts. The remainder of the payment, is a fundraiser/donation to finance the Gear Lending Library, local leadership first aid training, & trail maintenance in KS & MO. Instructors are volunteers & not compensated.

**BEFORE CLASS**
Read the book “Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS” by Bob & Mike Burns, Mountaineers Books, 2015. *The book is not included in the materials that I will be giving you at the first class.* You may be able to find the book at the library -
[https://search.worldcat.org/title/88994130](https://search.worldcat.org/title/889941305)
or you can purchase on Amazon.
**FOR CLASS**
You will need a compass with a clear baseplate and adjustable declination. One basic compass that the book recommends is the Brunton Tru Arc 5. You can order the compass online at several sites like Amazon or Target.
**Nov 29 (SAT) 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, ANITA GORMAN DISCOVERY CENTER**
CHAPTERS 1 & 2, MAP AND COMPASS BASICS
“With the exception of your brain, a map is your most important navigational tool. No one should venture into the wilderness without one, nor without the ability to interpret it.”
CHAPTERS 3 & 4, NAVIGATION AND UTM BOOKLET
"Navigation is the science of determining the location of your objective and keeping yourself pointed in the right direction from your starting point to this destination.
CHAPTERS 5, 9 & 10, LOST!, TRIP PLANNING & GPS6
“Routefinding begins at home. Before heading out the door, you need to know not only the name of your wilderness destination but also a great deal about how to get there and back. This information is accessible from guidebooks and maps and from people who have been there.”
**NOV 30 (SUN) 1:00- 3:00 PM, SHAWNEE MISSION PARK**
Practice with map & compass at the Shawnee Mission Park Orienteering Course. Meet at 7900 Renner Rd Visitor Center, Shawnee, KS 66219
**At sign-in -** all participants on Sierra Club outings are required to sign a standard participant agreement you can read here, if you would like to read it b4 you choose to participate, [www.tinyurl.com/sonsite](www.tinyurl.com/sonsite)

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