If snowshoeing through your neighborhood lost its novelty weeks ago, enliven your wintertime trekking with another activity: geocaching. This high-tech version of hide and seek was created in 2000.

“By partnering with top-of-the-line content providers such as National Geographic, Magellan continues its commitment to give the outdoorsman a premier experience with a powerful combination of ...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of the muscle. He has got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill ...

In keeping with rapid demand, the USGS has posted new US Topo quadrangles covering Colorado (1,794 maps) and Minnesota (1,689). These new quads replace the first edition US Topo maps for those states.

So I realized that phones can be pretty useful to a hiker -- I own a nexus one, and using GeOrg made me realize that a smartphone could make hiking/backpacking much easier: gps, USGS topo map, compass ...