- "Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings."
The study of how to enjoy and appreciate the natural environment through activities like hiking, camping, and fishing.
Hiking: Walking along trails, usually in natural areas such as forests, mountains, or national parks.
Camping: Staying overnight in a tent, cabin, or recreational vehicle (RV) in nature.
Backpacking: Hiking while carrying a backpack with essential gear for a multi-day trip, usually done in remote wilderness areas.
Fishing: Catching fish as a sport or for consumption in rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Hunting: Pursuing wild animals for food, sport or trophy, usually done with firearms or archery. regulated by local hunting regulations.
Rock Climbing: Scaling rock formations or artificial walls with ropes, anchors, and specialized gear.
Kayaking: Paddling a small boat, usually on rivers or lakes. Kayaks have a slim design, with one or two persons on board.
Canoeing: Paddling a larger boat that has an open deck and is propelled by paddles. Canoeing is generally done on lakes, ponds and calm streams.
Mountain Biking: Riding specialized bicycles designed for off-road terrain, usually in natural areas with trails.
Wilderness Survival Skills: Learning how to survive and thrive in remote natural environments, by acquiring skills such as shelter building, fire making, water filtration, navigation, and first aid.
Wildlife Watching: Observing wild animals in their natural habitat, usually with binoculars, spotter scopes, or cameras, while trying to minimize the impact of human presence.
Orienteering: Finding your way in unknown territory, using a map, a compass, and specialized markers or flags as checkpoints.
Trail Running: Running long distances on trails and in natural environments, usually with minimal equipment and support.
Snowshoeing: Walking in snow-covered areas with specialized footwear that distributes the weight of the user and prevents sinking.
Cross-Country Skiing: Gliding over snow-covered terrain with specialized skis and poles, usually on Nordic tracks or off-trail.
Snowboarding: Riding a single board over snow, usually in snow resorts with prepared slopes and obstacles.
Sledding: Traveling over snow or ice on a sled, usually done for fun and recreation.
Outdoor Photography: Capturing images of the natural world, landscapes, and wildlife, in a creative and artistic way.
Cooking and Food Preparation: Learning how to prepare meals and snacks in outdoor environments, using stoves, grills, utensils, and appropriate ingredients.
Nature Interpretation: Learning about the ecology, geology, history, and culture of natural areas, as a way to gain appreciation and understanding of the environment.
- "The activities that encompass outdoor recreation vary depending on the physical environment they are being carried out in. These activities can include fishing, hunting, backpacking, walking, and horseback riding."
- "These activities can be completed individually or collectively."
- "Outdoor recreation is typically pursued for purposes of physical exercise, general wellbeing, and spiritual renewal."
- "Rather, it is the collectivist idea that is at the fore in outdoor recreation, as outdoor recreation does not necessarily encompass the same degree of competitiveness or rivalry that is embodied in sporting matches or championships."
- "When the activity involves exceptional excitement, physical challenge, or risk, it is sometimes referred to as 'adventure recreation' or 'adventure training', rather than an extreme sport."
- "Other traditional examples of outdoor recreational activities include hiking, camping, mountaineering, cycling, dog walking, canoeing, caving, kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, running, sailing, skiing, sky diving, and surfing."
- "As new pursuits, often hybrids of prior ones, emerge, they gain their own identities, such as coasteering, canyoning, fastpacking, and plogging."
- "In many cities, recreational areas for various outdoor activities are created for the population."
- "These include natural parks, parks, playgrounds, sports facilities but also areas with free sea access such as the beach area of Venice Beach in California, the Promenade des Anglais in Nice or the waterfront of Barcola in Trieste."
- "While a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities can be classified as sports, they do not all demand that a participant be an athlete."
- "Competition generally is less stressed than in organized individual or team sports."
- "Outdoor recreation is typically pursued for purposes of physical exercise, general wellbeing, and spiritual renewal."
- "These activities can be completed individually or collectively."
- "Rather, it is the collectivist idea that is at the fore in outdoor recreation."
- "Kayaking, rafting, sailing, and surfing."
- "Mountaineering, rock climbing, and skydiving."
- "Hiking, backpacking, and camping."
- "Running, skiing, and cycling."
- "Hybrids such as coasteering, canyoning, fastpacking, and plogging."