How to find North with some sticks in the ground
Get one long stick (at least 3 feet/1 meter long), one medium length stick (2 to 3 feet/1 meter long), and 3 short sticks (1 feet or 30cm). Then, all you need is a bit of time. This doesn’t work well around noon, but any time after or before it should work. This works in the northern hemisphere.