This month's workshop is part 2 of a 3-part workshop focusing on how to use a compass. Last month Barb Brenner presented how to use magnetic north to take and use a bearing. This month we will work with a map, learning how to use true north to take and use a bearing. True north is used as the "north" on topo maps. Bring your compass to the workshop. It is a tool for measuring a bearing, the angle between north and the direction we want to go.

[source: Adirondack Mountain Club: Genesee Valley Chapter website, 2016-Feb-1]