Eastern Washington Orienteering Club
Using A Compass With A Map
The Orienteering Map
This page, and the ones that follow, will describe the peculiarities of an orienteering map and show you how to efficiently use a compass with one. Print out this PDF copy of the map we're using as an example if you want the full hands-on experience.

In our lesson, we're going to imagine that we are at control point 4 and want to follow a compass heading to control 5.