Hyggehiking Manhattan’s Makeout Spots

On Saturday, July 11th, we’ll explore Manhattan’s most memorable makeout spots, from secret gardens and rooftops to iconic landmarks with dreamy vistas.

Note that making out is neither required nor necessarily encouraged during this daylong city wander, but you’ll come away with ample ideas and itineraries for future fraternizing, and by all means feel free to share stories of snoggings of yore and to suggest additional recs along the trek.

If you can convince any ecologist/sociologist friends to join us, maybe they can help us uncover the intricacies undergirding urban dating ecologies!

This hike celebrates 2026’s Week of Visibility of Non-Monogamy. While monogamy works great for most people most of the time, it’s nice to celebrate all the nontraditional relationship styles and approaches that enable people to choose and cultivate the best relationship configurations for them!

For what it’s worth, I made an attempt to use cat gifs to explain non-monogamy.

This is a 12 hour hike spanning 10+ miles, and you are free to join us at *any* point in the day 🙌. All RSVP'd "yes" and "maybe" attendees on Partiful will receive a link at 10am to my realtime location for the entire day, along with my phone number, so you can see exactly where we are on Google Maps and call me directly if you need help.

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🌿 About Hyggehiking 🌿

Hygge means "a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being."

"Hyggehiking" is my own special blend, where we engage in that conviviality while trekking through green spaces throughout our city.

I host Hygge gatherings so we can come together to make new friends, discuss fun projects we're eager to work on, dive into deep, thoughtful conversations, and meet people who can help make NYC feel like a smaller, closer-knit community. We bring our friends, family, coworkers, anyone we think would enjoy spending the day alongside a variety of curious souls.

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🗺️ Itinerary 🗺️

• 10am-10:30am — Little Canal in ‘Dimes Square’ (our meetup spot)
• 10:30am-11:30am — Williamsburg Bridge, East River Promenade, Pier 42, Pier 35
• 11:30am-1pm — Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, Elevated Acre, Oasis Park
• 1pm-2pm — Hudson Eats Food Court
• 2pm-4pm — Poet’s House, Collect Pond Park, Elizabeth Street Garden, Housing Works Bookstore, Washington Square Park, Jefferson Market Library
• 4pm-6pm — Gansevoort Beach, Little Island, Pier 57, Pier 59, High Line, Bryant Park, Radio City
• 6pm-8pm — Hallett Nature Sanctuary, The Mall & Literary Walk, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Shawarma Bay
• 8pm-9pm — Hearst Plaza, Lincoln Center, Pier 97, Riverside Park, Pier 1
• 9pm-10pm — Umpire Rock, Ladies Pavillion

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🎒What to Bring🎒

• comfy shoes

• sun protection

• cash

• friends 🥰

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👋🏼About Your Host👋🏼

I'm Steve Dean, admirer of nature, denizen of the internet, steward of social and technological ecologies, dating industry consultant, and relationship coach.

Connect with me anytime through my website, Dateworking (http://dateworking.com).

I'm also building up a dating & relationship library on substack! https://stevedean.substack.com.