While day time is the typical time for a hike, there are times when someone might like to go for a night hike. Obviously anything too strenuous should be avoided for safety issues, but a simple walk through the woods with the proper night hiking gear should be fine. Just never go alone and always keep safety in mind. So what do we even do on a night hike, you can’t see anything. In this article I thought I’d list out some night hike activities for you to consider on your next nocturnal hiking outing.
Night hike activities
When hiking with kids or in groups, you may want to have some night hiking activities lined up for the group. I haven’t tried any of the ones listed below myself so I’m not quite sure what they all are, but some do sound very familiar.
I did do some research and there are tons of ideas out there. Here’s a list of night hiking activities, and a simple Google search will bring up loads more. I’ll also quickly list out some that I found.
Additional sources for night hiking activities: fcgov.com, earthrangers.org, wolf-ridge.org, youthwork-practice.com, goingwild.net. Each of the below activities can be found in one of these links.
- Baby bat search
- Mom’s voice
- Nose lickers
- Fading colors
- Raccoon food
- Silent owl wings
- Sounds of the night
- Animal ears
- Nocturnal Menagerie
- Rock On – rub quartz together to make flash of light and smell
- Latitude
- Night owl
- Bioluminescence
- Spider eyes
- Legend of the stars
- Insect ID
- What’s up DOC?
- Bat/Moth game
- Animal calling
- Stop at a campsite and build a fire
- Map constellations
- 3 sticks
- Capture the treasure
- Smugglers game
- Hide and seek tapping sticks
- Outdoor adventure games
- Camp attack or flag robbery
- Attack – defend
- Treasure hunt
- A night in the woods
- Rope Walks
- Glow stick tracking
- Torch tag
- Capture the flag
