Because map reading is an art there can be a quiet sense of achievement when a pin-point comes up on time as calculated. Not much achievement in hitting the Go-To button. When on cross-country flights it is a simple precaution before starting engines to draw a line of bearing from a nearby NDB or VOR to each appropriate pin point. Believe it or not, you don't have to be instrument rated to tune to a navaid frequency and use it as a plotted position line over any pin point on the chart. Handy to know if a pin point is hard to find while flying in haze or toward the setting sun.
Most flying schools have a synthetic training device. Students should be taught how to tune and identify a navaid, and obtain a bearing by ADF or VOR even before starting their first dual cross-country flight. Money well spent.