Want to spice up your marriage? Try spicing up your dates! This giant list of 75+ Chattanooga Date Night Ideas is perfect for spicing up your love life and getting out of the date night rut. Some of these ideas might take some planning ahead, but if you truly want to have a date night that will leave you and your spouse already scheduling the next one, there are a lot of fantastic places and activities right in our own backyard–Chattanooga, TN. Some of these date night ideas are better suited for specific seasons and times, so make sure to check each place’s business hours, and *ALWAYS* check Groupon and LivingSocial for discounts. You might even find something on those sites that we haven’t found out about yet!
Chattanooga Date Night Ideas
Active Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Go hiking at any one of our 150 miles of hiking trails within a 15 minute drive of downtown Chattanooga. Our parks, greenways, and natural areas hold close to 100 miles more, so take your pick! Try the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center or this list of day hikes from Outdoor Chattanooga for a start.
- Have a blast at one of the local trampoline places like The Jump Park or Superfly.
- Learn the basics of something new outdoors from Outdoor Chattanooga.
- Rent a canoe, kayak, or paddleboard and take advantage of all the Chattanooga waterways. There’s a great list of rental options in the right hand sidebar of Outdoor Chattanooga’s Water page.
- If you want a little more excitement on the water, go White Water Rafting on the Ocoee, Hiwasee, Chatooga, or Nantahala.
- Load up your bikes and take a bike ride on the TN Riverpark, or any of the bike-friendly areas in Chattanooga. Don’t have a bike? Rent one from Bike Chattanooga.
- Play a round of Disc Golf! Bet you didn’t know there were so many Frisbee Golf Courses around Chattanooga!
- Go Rock Climbing either outdoors, High Point Climbing Gym, or Tennessee Bouldering Authority.
Adventurous Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Watch the Chattanooga Roller Derby girls in action.
- Make it a double date and see how great your escape skills are at Escape Experience Chattanooga or Breakout Chattanooga.
- Go to 3Quest Challenge and use your smartphone to complete the puzzle in record-breaking time.
- Take a tour of Ruby Falls.
- See Rock City
- Climb the ropes course at Ruby Fall’s ZIPstream Aerial Adventure.
- Try your hand at geocaching, the modern-day treasure hunt. You’d never guess how many geocaches are hidden in Chattanooga!
- Go on a romantic sunset cruise or even a dinner cruise on the Chattanooga Southern Belle.
- Take a cruise on the TN Aquarium’s River Gorge Explorer. This is a must-do during the fall when the leaves are changing!
- Tour the caves and caverns in the area.
- Take a train ride from the TN Railroad Museum–either a regular train adventure or a dinner train!
- Take a cardboard sled ride down “Cardboard Hill” at Renaissance Park
- Take a ride on the Chattanooga Ducks
- Go horseback riding
- Go camping and snuggle under the stars.
- For the truly adventurous date night, go hang gliding or sky diving.
Artistic Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Look at art at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
- Paint something for each other at River City Pottery or The Pottery Place.
- Or, learn how to make something with clay at River City Pottery with a private class.
- Sip and paint with The Thirsty Brush or Uptown Art.
- Take art classes at Art Creations.
- Contact a local photographer for a couple’s photo shoot.
- Learn how to blow glass at iGNis Glass Studio.
- Take in a concert–Riverbend, J-fest, Riverfront Nights, or Nightfall are good places to start.
Casual & Classic Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Bowling
- Movies
- Roller Skating
- Stroll around the Chattanooga Zoo
- Enjoy the Tennessee Aquarium
- Dinner out
- Stroll around the Walnut Street Bridge and Coolidge Park area
- Grab an ice cream cone or some frozen yogurt at your favorite place.
- Take them out to the ballgame and watch the Chattanooga Lookouts. Don’t forget the peanuts and cracker jacks!
- Picnic at one of the local parks
Foodie Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Check out the local farmer’s market and make dinner with the ingredients you find.
- Pick some fresh fruit together at a fruit and berry patch.
- Take a cooking class at Mia Cucina, Dish T’ Pass, or the Sweet & Savory Classroom.
- Take a little drive to the Georgia Winery and have a wine tasting.
- Try a new restaurant you’ve never been to before.
Luxurious Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Enjoy an in-town getaway and stay at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo in a railcar-turned-hotel room, or stay at the Stone Fort Inn or the Bluff View Inn.
- Couples Massage; there are endless places to have a couples massage, but if you go to a massage school, they are usually half the price. (You can find deals on Groupon for this all the time!)
- Go to any of the bed and breakfasts in Chattanooga, have a picnic, and enjoy the scenery.
- Take a carriage ride through the streets of downtown Chattanooga during the summer.
Theatrical Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
Unique Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga
- Try your hand at panning for gold and gemstones at Ruby Falls Gemstone Panning.
- Go on an Archery Date and learn how to hit the target at River City Archery.
- Head to the skeet shooting range and practice hitting clay tartgets
- Go play paintball
2016 Valentine’s Day Dates in Chattanooga
- Archery Date Night at River City Archery (Feb 6th & 13th)
- Valentine Dinner Train (Feb 6, 11, 12, 13, and 14)
- Wild at Heart 2016 at the Chattanooga Zoo (Feb 12)
- Valentine’s Wine Dinner at the Georgia Winery (Feb 13)
- Romance at Ruby at Ruby Falls (Feb 12, 13, 14)
What other Chattanooga Date Night Ideas can you think of? Let us know and we’ll add them to the list!
