Why does the magnet always point to the North?

The Earth is a magnet that can interact with other magnets in this way, so the north end of a compass magnet is drawn to align with the Earth's magnetic field. Because the Earth's magnetic North Pole attracts the "north" ends of other magnets, it is technically the "South Pole" of our planet's magnetic field. read more

A freely suspended magnet always point in North direction because earth itself behaves as a magnet. The shape of earth's magnetic field resembles that of imaginary bar magnet of length 1/5th of earth's diameter buried at its centre. read more

The magnets inside compasses are drawn to the magnetic North Pole, which is about 1,000 miles south of the actual North Pole. Therefore, even though a compass always points north, it does not always point toward the true north. read more

The north pole of a magnet points to the north because it is responding to the Earth's magnetic field. The magnet will not ALWAYS point north; if there is a stronger magnet nearby, it will be affected by that one instead. read more