how do you tell where north is in minecraft?

Answer 1

The clouds always go north

Answer 2

the clouds always travel to the north and from here you can determine where east south and west is btw the sun rises in the east and sets in the west

Answer 3

Also on cobble stone there is an arrow which shows north-west direction.

Answer 4

You can tell in many different ways. The easiest is problably just to look at the clouds though. They always move north.