100+ Winter Date Ideas in Southeast Michigan During Covid

Grab your significant other and get out there and play or chill with these 100+ winter date ideas in Southeast Michigan during Covid!

Dating your spouse or significant other while social distancing protocols are in place is definitely a struggle, but not impossible with a little planning ahead.

I know everyone’s level of comfort is different at the moment, and that’s OK; do what works best for you YOU! If you are ready to {carefully} support our businesses, start by visiting one of these 100+ winter date ideas in Southeast Michigan during Covid.

Remember to call ahead or book reservations when possible, mask up, be extra patient, and if you can swing it, leave a little extra tip 😉

I broke these ideas into categories, so you can pick an idea based on your mood/budget/personality/safety standards.

Happy date night planning!

100+ Winter Date Ideas in Southeast Michigan During Covid

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE DATES:

• Check this list of outdoor fun for winter including places to ice skate, hike, snowshoe, cross country ski and go sledding
• Visit any of the area’s Huron-Clinton Metroparks {go cross-country skiing}
• Head on an evening lantern hike, or go on your own — many state parks are open late!
• Challenge yourself at aerial challenge forest park TreeRunner West Bloomfield Adventure Park
• Take a drive to Hell…Michigan and lock your love on the lock bridge
• Visit downtown Rochester and add a lock to the bridge there
• Nab a coffee and head on a hike {Ann Arbor}
• Visit the Ford Drive-In {Dearborn} and cuddle up with blankets to watch a movie
• Walk the property of Meadowbrook Hall {Rochester} or Cranbrook {Bloomfield Hills}
• Feed the animals at Domino’s Petting Farm {Ann Arbor}
• Visit Belle Isle Park {Detroit}
• Walk around the Mill Pond in Brighton
• Take a stroll along the Detroit Riverwalk and Dequindre Cut {Detroit}
• Take a scenic horseback ride with Brighton Riding Stable {year-round}
• Go geocaching {basically a treasure hunt using GPS}

INSIDE AND CHILL DATES:

NOTE: Most of these spots require reservations or tickets, so make sure to check out their website before you visit!

• Head to the movie theater {or rent out the entire thing!}
• Visit a local bookshop and pick out some new reads together
• Relax together at Oasis Hot Tub Gardens {Ann Arbor}
• Check out a float spa:
  • Beyond A Dream {Brighton and Okemos}
  • Float Clarkston {Clarkston}
  • Motor City Float {Clawson}
  • Sapphire Springs Flotation Therapy {Farmington Hills}
  • True Rest {Farmington Hills}

INDOOR PLAY DATES:

• Go glow-in-the-dark mini-golfing at the Putting Edge {Novi}
• Climb the walls at Planet Rock {Madison Heights or Ann Arbor}
• Practice your shot at Peacemakers indoor gun range – rentals available {Howell}
• Hold reptiles together at The Reptarium {Utica}
• Visit one of the area’s casinos {we love to go and people watch!}
• Book a private room and play detective at:
  • Clueless Escape Rooms {Ann Arbor}
  • Breakout {Ann Arbor}
  • Decode Detroit {Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti}
  • The Great Escape Room {Royal Oak}
  • Escape Room Novi – private rooms only {Novi}
  • Escape Room-Zone {Madison Heights}
• Grab quarters for arcade games at: 
  • Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum {Farmington Hills}
  • Pinball Pete’s {Ann Arbor}
  • Offworld Arcade {Detroit}
  • Ready Player One {Detroit}
  • Dave & Buster’s {Livonia and Utica}
  • The Grid Arcade and Bar {Lansing}
• Throw axes’s on a private lane at one of these locations:
  • Axe Ventura {Ann Arbor}
  • The HUB Stadium {Auburn Hills} — They also have bombowling and an arcade!
  • Total Axe Throwing {Clinton Township}
  • Detroit Axe {Ferndale}
  • Escape Room Zone {Madison Heights}
  • Bull’s Eye Axe Throwing {Lansing}
  • Escape Room Zone {Madison Heights}
  • BATL {Novi}
  • High Caliber Karting and Entertainment {Okemos} — Games and go karting are available as well
• Play the football/bowling/horseshoes game at The Fowling Warehouse {Hamtramck}
• Visit Cadieux Café  for feather bowling {Detroit}
• Go to Palazzo di Bocce {Lake Orion} or Coratti’s {Howell} and play bocce ball
• Rage and break objects together with an appointment at the Destruction Depot {Whitmore Lake}

DATES WITH CLASS:

• Walk around the Detroit Institute of Arts
• Visit The Henry Ford Museum {Dearborn}
• See an indie flick at the Michigan Theater – available virtually too {Ann Arbor}
• Explore history and more at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History {Detroit}
• Walk through the Flint Institute of Arts {FREE on Saturdays}
• Check out up-and-coming artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art {Detroit}
• Learn about the history of music at the Motown Museum {Detroit} – re-opening Feb. 18
• Visit the quirky open air art installation – Heidelberg Project {Detroit}
• Visit the Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum {Detroit}
• Take photos together near all of Detroit murals or the 40+ murals in Flint

FOODIE FUN DATES:

• Book an igloo for private experience
• Do a strolling dinner with takeout — get an app, entrée, drink and dessert at various places and have a car picnic
• Choose your own adventure in dining and head out to the outdoor chalet at Detroit Shipping Company
• Visit Eastern Market and purchase fresh ingredients for a meal you make at home together {Detroit}
• Split an extreme milkshake at M Street Baking Co. {Howell} or Garrido’s Bistro {Grosse Pointe Woods}
• Nab some fun wine, popcorn, bulk candy and more at Horrock’s Farm Market for a fun night in {Lansing}
• Enjoy a wine flight on the heated porch at Spicer’s Winery {Fenton}

FINE DINING DATES:

Make reservations for an extra romantic spots:

• Gandy Dancer {Ann Arbor}
• The Chop House {Ann Arbor}
• The Whitney {Detroit}
• London Chop House {Detroit}
• English Inn Restaurant and Pub – private conservatories available {Eaton Rapids}
• Mabel Gray Kitchen – heated patio available {Hazel Park}
• Holly Hotel {Holly}
• Troppo {Lansing}
• Bacco Ristorante {Southfield}

ROMANTIC NIGHT AWAY:

• Graduate {Ann Arbor}
• The Townsend Hotel {Birmingham}
• MotorCity Casino Hotel {Detroit}
• Westin Book Cadillac  {Detroit}
• The Detroit Foundation Hotel {Detroit}
• The Siren Hotel {Detroit}
• Wild Goose Inn Bed & Breakfast {East Lansing}
• English Inn {Eaton Rapids}
• The Inn at St. John’s {Plymouth}
• Royal Park Hotel {Rochester}
• Outside of SE Michigan but worth the drive — The H Hotel {Midland}

DATES TO DO AT HOME:

• Take a virtual Detroit tour with the Detroit Experience Factory 
• Grab some friends and enjoy a Murder Mystery party on Zoom
• Work on art skills with an online class through the Ann Arbor Art Center or your local Painting With A Twist franchise
• Grab a few to-go growlers for an at-home beer tasting from one of the breweries along the Grand River Beer Trail or other local spots
• Purchase an at-home cocktail infusion kit from Michigan-made InBooze and make something delicious!
• Check out these 30+ indoor date night IN ideas listed here

Where do you hope to visit soon? Or, what fun date nights in do you have planned?