Backcountry navigation is one of the most important basic skills you can have on your adventures — without it, you’re as good as lost!

Wilderness Outings navigational courses are field-based (not in a store or parking lot), where you will learn navigation skills in the outdoors, in real ‘backcountry’ conditions. After a short orientation at the trailhead, you will hit the trail and learn to move through the backcountry quickly and efficiently.

No matter if you are out to learn the basics of map orientation and bearings, or how to use the high-tech gadgetry of the GPS, Wilderness Outings has a course for you.

Navigation courses are offered throughout Southern California in locations such as Mission Trails Regional Park (near San Diego), Santiago Oaks Regional Park (near Orange County), and Malibu Creek State Park (near Los Angeles).

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Course Offerings
» Map & Compass
» GPS Navigation

Private or Group Courses are available. Contact us for more information!

Cory Freyer, Navigation Program Director

Cory has spent over 10 years with Wilderness Outings, as Coordinator for Los Angeles area courses, and as the primary instructor of Navigation Courses. With dozens of navigation courses taught over the years, she is uniquely qualified to direct the navigation programs for Wilderness Outings.