The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way Predict the Weather Locate Water Track Animals—and Other Forgotten Skills

Turn Every Walk into a Game of Detection

When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun’s direction the Big Dipper tells the time a passing butterfly hints at the weather a sand dune reveals prevailing wind the scent of cinnamon suggests altitude a budding flower points south. To help you understand nature as he does Gooley shares more than 850 tips for forecasting tracking and more gathered from decades spent walking the landscape around his home and around the world. Whether you’re walking in the country or city along a coastline or by night this is the ultimate resource on what the land sun moon stars plants animals and clouds can reveal—if you only know how to look!