Abstract: A vehicle locating and navigating system operating in conjunction with a cellular telephone network is provided. A small, hidden device located in a vehicle is activated through DTMF signals transmitted from any telephone station. Upon activation, the device determines the power at which normally transmitted control channels are received from several base stations of the network. Based upon these determinations, the device then calculates the distance between the vehicle and each of the base stations and, using triangulation or arculation, determines the location of the vehicle. The locational information is transmitted through a voice synthesizer back to the telephone station from which the activation signal is received, or to a different telephone station dedicated to receive this information.