The slope behind the boathouse
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Skip the lawn everyone uses. Walk past it, around the water, and there's a slope nobody finds.
9 min from Grand Army Plaza
Afternoon picnics, solved
Where to lay down the blanket.
A scout for your Saturday. Three or four people, two hours of sun, somewhere with shade when you need it and a bathroom you can actually use.
This Saturday
This Saturday in the city, we'd send you here.
Three picks for this weekend, refreshed every Thursday. Each one's been walked, sat on, and timed against the afternoon sun. Tap to see why.
Under the willows, north end
Fort Greene Park
Three willows form a natural canopy. Bring a thinner blanket — the ground is soft.
6 min from Atlantic Av
The rosebed bench triangle
Cobble Hill Park
Smaller park, but the bench triangle near the roses gets gentle afternoon light until 5:30.
3 min from Bergen St
The criteria
What we check that Google won't tell you.
A good picnic spot is the intersection of six small things. Most map apps know two of them. We've walked every spot we recommend and timed it against the afternoon.
Where the shade falls at 3pm vs 5pm
The same lawn is two different places at those hours.
Whether the ground is actually flat
Slope matters when you're pouring tea.
Real bathroom access
Not 'there's a park bathroom somewhere.' A specific one, with hours.
Crowd density on a typical Saturday
Some spots are empty at 2pm and a music festival by 4pm.
How loud the nearest road is
You'd be surprised. We measured.
What's within a 5-minute walk for snacks
Because someone always forgets the cheese.
The picker
Tell it your afternoon, get a spot.
Four people, two hours, want shade, near the G train. That's enough. We do the rest.
Your afternoon
4 people
2–4pm Saturday
Shade preferred
Near G train
Our pick
The slope behind the boathouse
Prospect Park · 9 min from Grand Army Plaza
Things people said when they got to the spot.
Wait this is actually perfect.— Maya, picnicked in Prospect Park
How did you find this corner.— Devon, picnicked in Fort Greene
I've lived here eight years.— Priya, picnicked in Cobble Hill
The shade thing is real.— Theo, picnicked in McCarren
Bathroom was right where you said.— Lina, picnicked in Carl Schurz
Where we cover
We've walked every spot ourselves.
Which means we're only in five cities right now. We'd rather know one neighborhood properly than guess at a hundred.
New York
184 spots, 12 neighborhoods
San Francisco
92 spots, 8 neighborhoods
London
76 spots, 6 boroughs
Berlin
54 spots, 5 kiez
Tokyo
61 spots, 7 wards
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Honest pricing
Free for a few picnics. Cheap if you want more.
Three spots a month, free, forever. If you picnic more than that — or want to save spots, get weather-aware reminders, and see seasonal picks — it's $4 a month. That's less than the cheese.
$4/mo
Unlimited spots, save your favorites, weather-aware nudges, seasonal picks.
Cancel from the app in two taps. We won't email you about it.
A note
Why we made this.
I tried to plan a picnic for my partner's birthday and spent an hour zooming around Google Maps. Got it wrong — full sun, no bathroom, a wedding photo shoot on the lawn. Walked the city for the next year, blanket in my bag, taking notes. This app is those notes.
Caleb
Caleb, founder