I've got an App on my cellphone that will tell me where the sun is --
Celestial by Navimatics, but then the phone has a built in electronic compass too
and then there's
Sun Compass for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone I think the idea of this thread's exercise is determine direction without tech -- no compass, no watch, no cheat sheet with sun directions, no iPhone ... A simple stick in the ground and tracking the sun's shadow and you can have a fairly accurate idea of N-S-E-W. With a little time you can make a sun compass that travels with you. Simple no-tech solutions.