75+ Fun Outdoor Date Ideas For Adventurous Couples

Have you ever taken the Love Languages Test? I’ve done it a few times, with mixed results, mostly because my real love language isn’t on there. Adventure is my love language.

If you know our back story, you probably wouldn’t be surprised. I met my husband on a chiarlift while we were both skiing. We went spelunking on our first date, witch is a great outdoor date idea. He proposed to me on the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. And since then, adventure has been a huge part of our relationship, and one of the best ways for the two of us to feel connected. That’s why we spend lots of family time outside, and its a great way to spend a date night!

While most of our site is focused on adventures for families, I know that strong families come from strong relationships. I love my kids, I really do, but I also love my time away from them.  Time to just be me and to connect with my partner.  Time to talk, be still, and have no one yelling “MOM” or smearing my pants with dirty fingers. Time to spend some quality time, just you- with fun, these outdoor date ideas.  

Yes, we need time for ADVENTURE in our relationship!

Back before we had kids, we could pick up with a moments notice and head out for a hike, ride a local mountain bike trail together, or stay out extra late with the stars and some ice cream in your own backyard together.

You see, while we’re huge advocates of taking kids with you on adventures, but every now and then its okay to leave them behind chasinga fun date idea!  What better way to get your adventure fix AND strengthen your relationship at the same time as trying something new on an outdoor adventure date night with your partner using one of these outdoor date ideas.  

 Sometimes we do super adventurous things, while other times we just grab our bikes and ride around town, go fishing, or find a great lookout and have a picnic, witch are some other super fun outdoor date ideas. Being out in nature and together works wonders for our relationship and our individual mental health. It’s a great way to connect and spend time together while enjoyng the great outdoors!

So, if you’re like us and love outdoor dates, but need some inspiration, here are over 75 fun outdoor date ideas to get you started!

Best outdoor date ideas for adventure loving couples

Year-Round Outdoor Dates

1. Go for a hike
2. Find an overlook and set up a romantic picnic
3. Fly a kite together
4. Go stargazing (details here)
5. Go rock climbing
6. Try Paintballing together
7. Walk through a park holding hands and then enjoy a glass of your favorite drink while you soak up the sunshine on the grass
8. Make marshmallow guns and have a fight (this is a fun activity for a double date)
9. Go on a photo scavenger hunt
10. Have a bonfire and make some gourmet s‘mores
11. Go for a bike ride – renting a tandem bike is always a blast
12. Feed birds at the park
13. Go to a drive-in movie
14. Go on a leaf collecting walk
15. Do a zipline or giant ropes course together
16. Go for a full moon hike (details here)
17. Go geocaching (a great way to discover hidden gems close to home)
18. Watch the sunrise and have a picnic breakfast
19. Find some trees that are close together and test your balance on a Slackline.
20. Have a nerf gun fight together. Winner picks what treat you go out for after!
21. Play tag (or better yet, tackle football)
22. Cloud-watch
23. Visit a nature center
24. Go to an outdoor concert
25. Set up an obstacle course and complete it together
26. Grab scooters and cruise around town
27. Attend an outdoor class from a local naturalist
28. Go bird watching
29. Climb a mountain and dance, dance, dance on top
30. Go on a scavenger hunt
31. Create your own version of The Amazing Race and invite other couples to compete against you
32. Go trail running together
33. Collect shells at the beach
34. Sign up for and complete a race together
35. Have a moonlit picnic (with a couple candles for extra romance)
36. Pack it up for the night and head for a campout.
37. Ride in a hot-air balloon
38. Go to a Boot Camp fitness class together
39. GO to an outdoor concert together
40. Get frisbees and play disc golf together
41. Wander through a botanic garden
42. Watch a movie outside and cuddle under a blanket
43. Go ice blocking down a grassy hill
44. Check out the ocean tide pools
45. Soak in a hot spring
46. Join a local walking tour
47. Go rollerblading together
48. Sit on the grass and talk about your goals and dreams
49. Cook a meal over a fire (foil dinners, dutch oven, etc)
50. Set up a double hammock and snuggle

Winter Outdoor Date Ideas

1. Go tubing down a hill
2. Go skiing – cross country skiing is great for conversation
3. Head into the forest and chop down your own Christmas Tree
4. Go snowshoeing
5. Visit an Ice Castle
6. Book a backcountry yurt and ski or snowshoe into it for the weekend
7. Stroll around the neighborhooe at night and rate which houses have the best holiday lights
8. Go sledding
9. Go for a full moon walk
10. Go to an overlook and drink cocoa
11. Have a snowball fight
12. Build a snow cave, and maybe even sleep in it
13. Shovel your neighbor’s driveways together
14. Build snowmen that look like each other
15. Ice skating while holding hands

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Summer Outdoor Date Ideas

1. Pick berries at a local farm, or better yet, in the mountains
2. Go to the beach and build a giant sand castle together
3. Have a rock skipping competition
4. Have a picninc in a meadow of wildflowers
5. Go snorkeling together
6. Go tandem kayaking
7. Make a giant slip-n-slide
8. Find a new swimming hole (bonus if it has a rope swing)
9. Plant flowers for a neighbor together
10. Tube down a river
11. Go canoeing out on the lake
12. Have a water balloon fight
13. Go rock climbing
14. Build mini boats out of anything you can find and race them down a creek
15. Go fishing