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    • Becoming a Maine Guide
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      • Student Policies
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    • Veterans Benefits
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    • Guided Bass Fishing
    • Zeb Leavitt Scholarship

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Map & Compass Land Navigation Field Training

Map & Compass Land Navigation

Field Training

Time to Wander off the Path! Land Navigation can take you places.


The ability to navigate is essential. In the first place, it will help you to avoid getting lost. If you do get lost, it will help you find your way out. 


This workshop is focused on Map and Compass skills. When practiced, you will be prepared and equipped with skills when the occasion arises. Most importantly, you’ll develop the sense to adapt in all situation by using what is available to you. 


Navigation is taught by Maine Guide Greg Sarnacki, who leads through woods and waters of Maine confidently and professionally. 



Topics covered:
• Understanding necessary terminology and course plotting
• Accurate and effective map reading
• Understanding and plotting map coordinates
• Declination: true, grid, and magnetic north
• Scale and distance
• Navigate accurately to distant targets
• Navigating in poor visibility
• Plotting positions on the map should you become “lost”
• Latitude and Longitude
• How to plot UTM coordinates from your map


Includes: 

Land Navigation Handbook; Gregory Sarnacki

Lunch


Equipment List: 


- Compass, Notebook & Pen/Pencil, Backpack, Dress for the woods. If you don’t have a compass we suggest: Any compass with 360 degrees and increments with at least 2 degrees, and a see-through bezel. Silva Models are great. The “Military Lensatic” compass is not sufficient and requires more work. 

o Walking Shoes/Hiking Boots

o Backpack

o Clothing Layers

o Insect Repellant

o Sunscreen

o Water bottle

June 24 - 27, 2021 Re-Wilding Weekend

Location: Mattawamkeag River Field Site

with Maine Guide, Gregory Sarnacki


 This is part of the Re-Wilding in Nature Skill Building Weekend June 24-27, 2021
Includes Meals and Lodging

Professional Instruction 

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Hear What People are Saying

Cathy Hill

2020 Participants

2020 Participants

Map & Compass Workshop
Land Navigation Workshop

 The BEST! This is really what I came for and it could not have been done better. Greg is so good at what he does and he knows how to pace the information, give time for hands on practice and when to challenge and push you to take the next step to move forward. His down to earth, calm and in depth knowledge is amazing. As a teacher I can totally appreciate his innate ability to share his knowledge with his students in the most kind and considerate ways.

2020 Participants

2020 Participants

2020 Participants

It was a small, yet  incredibly powerful group. Due to Covid19, We kept the class to a minimum. We feel so happy to have had these Amazing people to share the day with. Thank you all. 

Al Harriman

2020 Participants

Jeremy LeClair

I thoroughly enjoyed my day at The Basic Land Navigation class. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming and the food was delicious. Greg is very knowledgeable in map & compass but more importantly, he is able to teach. I spent 17 years of my military career in training. I've met experts in their field who couldn't effectively convey information. I've met many dynamic speakers who could talk for an entire class without saying anything. But Greg is one of those enthusiastic and engaging instructors who draws the audience into the presentation and captures your interest. I learned a lot more from him than I was expecting. Thank you!

Jeremy LeClair

Jeremy LeClair

Jeremy LeClair

Be expert with Map & Compass

 Greg was just amazing.  It has been a long time since I have had an instructor as passionate and capable as that man.  He is a gem for the organization.  Watching and listening to him work with my son Gabe was heart warming for me.  He did not talk down to him (which happens often with people not used to working with kids) but treated him like a young adult.  Thank you.  

Gabe LeClair

Jeremy LeClair

Gabe LeClair

Summer Camp was cancelled due to the Corona Virus. So, Gabe decided that learning with Maine's Outdoor Learning with his Dad would be a fun summer project. 

Never Be Lost Again!

  • Becoming a Maine Guide
  • Maine Guide School: 4 Day
  • Maine Guide School: 7 Day
  • ReWild in Nature Weekend
  • River Rescue Training
  • Foraging the Maine Woods
  • Private Classes
  • Schedule
  • BUY NOW
  • About MOLC
  • Veterans Benefits
  • About Our Field Site
  • Zeb Leavitt Scholarship

Maine's Outdoor Learning Center

93 Thurlow Road LINCOLNVILLE, ME 04849 US

(207) 290-1496

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