[header] How to navigate without a compass [title] Use the sun. [step] If it's in the afternoon the sun will be setting so it will be, more or less, in the west. If it is still morning then it will be rising roughly in the east. 
You can then figure out the approximate directions of north and south as well. [substeps] During midday it can be more difficult to determine which way the sun is moving, so you may need to work a little harder.