Spending more time outside may be easier than you think!

We put these lists & categories together just to help spark some ideas and remind you how easy it is to actually spend more time outside as a part of your daily life!

Work Related:

• Take your lunch break outside
• Have your team meeting outside
• Walk or bike to work
• Have a walking meeting
• Open the windows
• Decorate office or work spaces with plants
• Bring the outdoors in
• Start a walking club, etc. that meets at lunch or before/after work

Individual/Personal Related:

• Visit a local park
• Add outdoor activities to your daily routine
• Schedule weekly time outdoors
• Workout outside
• Walk your dog/Visit a dog park
• Take a walk in the neighborhood before/after work
• Grill for dinner
• Volunteer
• Go mountain biking
• Sit around a fire pit
• Enjoy an outdoor restaurant
• Do your own landscaping
• Gardening
• Travel
• Take the Wild Hikes Challenge

Family Related:

• Visit a local park/playground (e.g. Sunny Lake)
• Have a picnic
• Sit around a fire pit
• Play miniature golf
• Go to an outdoor sports game
• Go camping
• Go geocaching
• Visit a local town festival (e.g. Garrettsville SummerFest)
• Visit an amusement park
• Visit an outdoor water park
• Visit one of Lake Erie’s beaches
• Visit a state park

Group Related:

• Participate in a charity 5k race/walk (e.g. Headwaters Adventure Race)
• Participate in a local nature education program
• Join a local sports/rec team/league (softball, basketball, etc.)
• Join an outdoor/hiking meetup, etc. (e.g. NE Ohio Hiking Club)
• Start/Join a walking club, etc., at work
• Sit around a fire pit with friends

Shopping Related:

• Visit your local farmer’s market
• Shop outlets with pedestrian-friendly outdoor spaces (e.g. Aurora Farms)
• Visit trendy outdoor pop-up markets, etc. (e.g. The Cleveland Flee)
• Visit an outdoor flee market (e.g. Hartville Flea Market)

Sports/Hobby Related:

• Disc golf
• Golf
• Gardening
• Sports
• Mountain biking
• Hunting
• Fishing
• Skiing/tubing
• Camping
• Swimming
• Canoeing/Kayaking
• Boating/Rent a boat at West Branch

Check out these related articles for more ideas:

• 95 Ways to Spend More Time Outside – REI
• 18 Easy Ways to For Families to Get Outside This Summer– Outdoors Family Magazine
• Get Off the Couch and Get Outside! Here’s How – The Healthy
• How to Spend More Time Outside in 7 Sneaky Ways – Bustle