Outdoor Activity Ideas: 60 Suggestions

Do you and the other members of your family spend entirely too much time indoors engaged in activities like watching television, playing video games or surfing the Internet? While those activities can certainly be enjoyable, there’s more to life than staring at an LCD screen. Why not go outside and get moving instead of staying cooped up inside?

60 Ideas for Outdoor Activities

If you’re ready to step out into the sunshine and participate in some outdoor activities, good for you! Here are a few suggestions – some chores, some pure fun – to help you get started.

1. Attend a local festival
2. Attend an outdoor adventure camp program
3. Build a sand castle
4. Enjoy dining al fresco at one of your favorite local restaurants
5. Fertilize your lawn
6. Fly a kite
7. Gather pine cones for craft activities
8. Go crabbing
9. Go fishing
10. Go for a bicycle ride
11. Go for a boat ride (rent a boat or take a group boat tour if you don’t own one)
12. Go for a motorcycle ride (rent one if you don’t own one)
13. Go for a run
14. Go for a swim
15. Go hiking
16. Go on a canoe float trip
17. Go on a picnic
18. Go to an amusement park with friends and family members
19. Go for a go cart ride at a local track
20. Go zip lining
21. Hold a yard sale to get rid of clutter and raise some cash
22. Host a cookout
23. Jump on a pogo stick
24. Landscape your yard
25. Plant and tend a flower garden
26. Plant and tend a vegetable garden
27. Plant and tend an herb garden
28. Play a game of hopscotch
29. Play a round of miniature golf
30. Play a tug of war with friends and/or relatives
31. Play croquet on your own or with companions
32. Play Frisbee with like-minded companions
33. Play hide and seek with the youngsters in your family
34. Play volleyball with friends and/or family members
35. Play with a hula hoop
36. Power wash your house
37. Shoot hoops at a local playground (or in your own backyard!)
38. Sketch or paint a landscape
39. Spend a morning or afternoon at a local park
40. Spend a day – or longer – at the beach
41. Start a container garden
42. Start jogging regularly
43. Take a camping trip with friends and/or family members
44. Take a nap on a chaise lounge in your back yard
45. Take a ropes course
46. Take a walking tour of your town
47. Take diving lessons
48. Take golf lessons
49. Take swimming lessons
50. Take tennis lessons
51. Take up bird watching
52. Take up race walking
53. Train for a 5K (or a marathon if you’re really ambitious)
54. Try cooking with a solar oven
55. Visit a local tourist attraction
56. Visit a nearby lake
57. Visit a pick-your-own fruit and vegetables farm
58. Volunteer to provide outdoor work for a local charity
59. Walk your dog
60. Wash and wax your car

What Other Outdoor Activity Ideas Do You Have?

These are, of course, only a few of the many outdoor activities that can provide a great reason to get out of the house and get moving. What suggestions do you have to share?