The only place I would travel at night is the dessert.that would only be in a survival situation to avoid the heat and sun.The only people I know that navigate at night are military running night operations or in an E&E situation.When running night ops the military has night vision goggles.If I would hike at night it would be on a clear star filled sky with a full moon.
If you do night hike get a CAMMENGA Tritium compass.I have one and recommend it highly.yes I have done night hikes and also night patrols (in training) in the military.

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John