Any reliable outdoor navigation app needs the ability to track your route or record waypoints, show trails, and display offline maps. I scoured as many free navigations apps as I could find to come...

Hiking Project provides and extensive library of hiking trails that are downloadable for offline use. Best of all, there is no paid subscription. Hiking Project is completely free, so you won't be...

There are multiple ways to find public land near you. The US Geological Survey maintains a free web map of public land in the United States (https://maps.usgs.gov/padus/). Several paid GPS apps...

Cutting a Christmas tree on Black Friday has been a tradition in my family for many years. In fact, I can only remember one year when I was young that we went to a tree lot instead of a national...

Many sleeping bags display a temperature rating but don't specify which (if any) testing standard was used. If your sleeping bag wasn't tested using an approved standard, you could (literally) be...

A good pair of leather boots is expensive but they will last for years if properly cared for. Leather boot care is quite simple and requires just a few materials. When done regularly (and properly),...