Ryan CM Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Myself, I find the more time I spend outside, the better I get at estimating the time without a clock. Spending a summer working outside without a watch helped a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harobed1156 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 A sundial compass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshins Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 i tend to use the sun most often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillPlayer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 NTP, network time protocol But outside yeah, position of the sun if I know which direction is south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston123 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 In an actual survival situation, or really, any situation where you are outdoors with limited artificial light, you pretty much go to sleep when the sun goes down. There is little else to do.In "middle latitudes" ( I am located at 42N 71W, which is basically "halfway up" the Northern Hemisphere), you can get a rough estimate about how much sunlight you have remaining by holding your hand up to the bottom of the sun, and counting the number of finger-spans it takes you to get to the horizon. Each finger is roughly 15 minutes of usable sunlight. So a whole hand (discounting the thumb) is about an hourHowever, in extreme northern/ southern latitudes, the sun stays closer to the horizon for longer, and this gets a little inaccurate. However, use this method when the sun is high in the sky, and you should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernestww Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I think it would be interesting to play with some of this stuff - Viking sun stone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_sparIt was used to locate the sun on cloudy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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