Five Fun Summer Date Ideas

Summer is here, and that means it’s time for beach days, warm nights, and outdoor dates. Long gone are the movie theater and arcade dates, outside dates are finally back. With warm weather and more free time, the options for outside dates are endless. When it’s hot outside, we tend to be more excited and outgoing, which means it’s time to grab your boyfriend or text your crush and head to the nearest park. There’s no better time to start the summer fling that you’ve been looking forward to all year than right now. Here are some fresh and flirty outside date ideas that will get that summer heat going.

Grab your workout shoes and water bottle and find a cute hiking partner and head to the nearest trail. Summertime is about following your instincts and trying new things, and hiking is the perfect way to get that fresh air that every relationship needs. It’s the ideal opportunity to explore a new area with your beau while talking and finding more about one another in the comfort of the deep woods.

Imagine this: the sun is setting, and the sky is painted a beautiful shade of pink. You have a basket full of cheese and crackers and a bottle of rosé and your admiring the outside beauty with your bae. A picnic is a perfect place for a romantic date and a way to spice things up.

In 2019, outdoor movies are no long limited to just drive-in theaters. They now have movies on projection screens that you can enjoy from the comfort of a park, cuddled up with your significant other. Outside movies are super trendy right now, so get your popcorn and candy and head to your nearest outside movie theater. Nothing sounds better than enjoying a film on a beautiful summer night under the stars.

I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t love a good rooftop bar?! Now that the weather is finally nice, rooftop bars are all the rave. You can enjoy a glass of wine with your partner while chatting it up at a beautiful rooftop bar. It’s the perfect place to bring a first time date or tour partner of many years, and change things up from a regular bar. Rooftop bars are an ideal social scene, where you can talk, dance, drink, and listen to music.

Carnivals and fairs bring out the kids in us and are never not exciting, no matter how old you are. You can win over your date in a game of whack-a-mole or have a romantic ride on the Ferris wheel (with a smooch at the top)-fairs are the perfect opportunity for a summer date. You can even be competitive with your partner in a fun and flirty way. Who knows, you may win more than just a prize.

It’s summertime and love is as hot as the weather, so grab your summer beau and head to one of these perfect outdoor dates.