Raised as a rural Oregonian with great grandparents from Arkansas here, north = up and south = down is pretty solid in my vernacular, though sometimes elevation

Raised as a rural Oregonian with great grandparents from Arkansas here, north = up and south = down is pretty solid in my vernacular, though sometimes elevation will override latitude and we'll go "up" to somewhere slightly south. We mostly go "over" to places without a large elevation or latitude change, but there is some use of "out" but never to cardinal directions, only to imply change in population density or degree of settlement. If you're in town, you might be "headed out" to a campground, just as you might "head in" to town afterward, if you're in the city you'd head "out" to a smaller town.