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Free and cheap date ideas in NYC: gallery nights, free concerts, walking tours, tastings and markets worth wandering. Pair any of these with a walk and you’ve got a night out. For paid ideas, see Date night.

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Starts in 8h 1m
Daily · 7 AM–6 PM
34°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Kensico Dam Plaza, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Kensico Dam Plaza

📍 Kensico Dam Plaza · Valhalla, Westchester
Free
Starts in 9h 1m
Daily · 8 AM–4 PM
36°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lasdon Public Gardens, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Lasdon Public Gardens

📍 Lasdon Public Gardens · Somers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 10h 1m
Every Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lenoir Preserve Nature Center, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Lenoir Preserve Nature Center in Yonkers

📍 Lenoir Preserve Nature Center · Yonkers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 10h 1m
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Croton Point Nature Center, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
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Croton Point Nature Center

📍 Croton Point Nature Center · Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
Free
Starts in 10h 1m
Daily · 9 AM–4:30 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Untermyer Gardens, Westchester · official listing on untermyergardens.org · checked Nov 11
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Untermyer Gardens (winter hours)

📍 Untermyer Gardens · Yonkers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 11h 1m
Daily · 10 AM–4 PM
40°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
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Muscoot Farm in Somers (Free Admission)

📍 Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm · Somers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 11h 1m
Every Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–5 PM
40°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site, Westchester · official listing on nps.gov · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon

📍 Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site · Mount Vernon, Westchester
Free
Starts in 13h 1m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
43°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Neuberger Museum of Art, Westchester · official listing on purchase.edu · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Neuberger Museum of Art

📍 Neuberger Museum of Art · Purchase, Westchester
Free
Starts in 2d 11h
Every Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 10 AM–4 PM
45°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Cranberry Lake Preserve Nature Center, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
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Cranberry Lake Nature Center in North White Plains

📍 Cranberry Lake Preserve Nature Center · North White Plains, Westchester
Free
Starts in 2d 11h
Every Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 10 AM–4 PM
45°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · repeats, so you can go another time · at Trailside Nature Museum, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Trailside Nature Museum in Cross River

📍 Trailside Nature Museum · Cross River, Westchester
Paid · Official: no additional museum admission; park pass not required.
Starts in 2d 11h
Every Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 10 AM–4 PM
45°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Trailside Nature Museum, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge

📍 Trailside Nature Museum · Cross River, Westchester
Free

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