Cruising grounds are public places where people meet for
anonymous sex. They are commonly used by closeted married men seeking casual sex who do not want to risk being caught by their wife using phone applications like Grindr. They are also used by both men and women that have public sex fetishes are who cannot host a sexual partner.
Some cruising grounds, such as
public bathrooms, adult video arcades, and bathhouses have a glory hole. Other cruising grounds are more exposed, such as areas in the woods, in the dunes of nude beaches, and in dark street alleyways.
Public cruising typically start as a places conducive for sex, such as a basement bathroom in a public area that doesn't get a lot of traffic, offers privacy, and makes it easy to hear others approach. People start to arrange to meet at these locations for sex.
Eventually the location develops a reputation for
anonymous sex which attracts even more people to come to this location, even without prearrangements.
Free online websites such as holehunter.com maintain databases for people to find cruising grounds near them. These sites are editable to allow people to add and edit listings as cruising ground locations often change.
