We recently converted two indoor cats(when living with another family) to outdoor cats. They don’t wander. One of them has befriended a box turtle and they hang out doing weed together. The other is fascinated by moles and spends the day looking for them.
See...that’s just what I mean...and they’re much Happier I think.
My outdoor cat hangs out on the deck and deck steps and occasionally wanders the neighborhood. Having watched how he navigates I was astounded to see him head toward crossing the street and actually stopped and looked for traffic, which isn’t much here...but still he looks.
He’s Big Tabby cat and very territorial.