Human beings both sense the immediate environment and navigate beyond the immediately perceptible environment to find their way (Golledge, Loomis, Klatzky, Flury, & Yang, 1991; Golledge, Klatzky, & Loomis, 1996; Blasch, Wiener, & Welsh, 1997). People who are visually impaired (that is, are blind or have low vision) often lack the information to bypass obstacles and other impediments to locomotion and usually have little information about existing landmarks. Efforts to assist them with wayfinding have been limited, to a large extent, to devices that help them avoid obstacles. The long cane costs about $1.00 to $2.00 in India and is easily available. There is little information on the acceptance of the long cane among persons who are visually impaired in India and any potential barriers to its use. Thus, we conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the acceptance of the long cane among persons who are blind in south India.