175 Best Camping Instagram Captions & Quotes

Here are the best camping Instagram captions for your next camping trip!

Camping is the perfect way to reconnect with nature. 

There’s nothing like pitching a tent or sleeping under the stars to awaken your senses and change your perspective on the world. 

Whether your camping adventure involves bonding with friends, making memories with family, or connecting with yourself, this list has the perfect captions for your outdoor adventures!

​As you create memories under starry skies, roast marshmallows by the campfire, or snuggle into your sleeping bag, capture the moments with great photos.

Then, this list of amazing camping captions and quotes will make it easy to post your pics on social media. You’ll find clever, thoughtful, and funny camping quotes and captions on this list! 

These camping quotes and captions are perfect for your Instagram posts!

The Best Camping Captions

Camping Captions for Instagram

1. The great outdoors is my happy place. 

2. Camp more, worry less.

3. Trading city lights for starry nights

4. Let’s sleep under the stars and let our dreams soar.

5. A bad day camping is still better than a good day working. 

6. Camping: cheaper than therapy. 

7. Nothing beats sleeping under the stars. 

8. Home is where you pitch your tent.

9. Nature’s lullaby is the best. 

10. Summer camping: warm days and starry nights.

11. Nature is the best therapy.

12. Tents go up, stress goes down. 

13. Forest trails lead to camping tales.

14. Make time for camping. Stare at the stars. Listen to the birds. Breathe fresh air.

15. Real freedom is a sleeping bag and the open sky.

16. Magic happens in the heart of nature.

Cute Captions for Camping 

17. Happy camper!

18. Camping hair, don’t care!

19. Life is better by the campfire.

20. Tents, trees, and good company. 

21. Cozy sleeping bags and starry skies.

22. Fresh air and good vibes.

23. No WiFi, but a better connection. 

24. Gone camping. Be back never.

25. Camping is my favorite muse. 

26. Night sky, bright stars, sweet dreams.

27. Good times come to those who camp.

28. Going where the wild things are

29. A sleeping bag and a blanket of stars.

30. Every day is a new adventure.

31. Camping day today!

32. Getting lost in the right direction.

Short Camping Captions

33. Camp life, best life.

34. Nature lover. 

35. ​Nature calls. 

36. Under the stars.

37. Campfire stories.

38. Explore more. 

39. Simple life.

40. Off the grid. 

​41. Nature’s beauty.

42. Canopy of stars.

43. Gone camping. 

44. Best view ever.

Campfire Captions

45. Lit by starry skies and a campfire glow.

46. The best nightlife happens around the campfire. 

47. Summer nights are campfire nights.

48. Campfire lights for summer nights.

49. Cold air, dark night, warm fire, happy heart.

50. Making memories around the campfire.

51. Campfire and constellations.

52. Wild nights and campfire lights.

Captions for Camping with Friends

53. Camping with friends is a trip.

54. Life’s s’more fun with friends. 

55. Life was meant for good friends and great adventures

56. The stars burn brighter when we’re together.

57. The best days are when we unplug the devices and connect with each other. 

58. The simplest things are extraordinary when we’re together. 

59. Toasting (marshmallows) to our friendship.

60. Best friends are camping friends.

61. Camping buddies are the best part of camping.

62. At our campsite, friends and marshmallows get toasted.

63. The best things in life are campfires and friends.

Captions for Camping with Family

64. Making memories that will last a lifetime. 

65. Adventures are better when we’re together.

66. Campfire stories make the best bedtime stories.

67. Pitching tents and making memories.

68. Finding joy together in the simple things. 

69. The best sleepovers happen in tents.

70. Disconnect to reconnect.

71. Adventure awaits us in the great outdoors.

72. The best memories are made around the campfire. 

73. There’s no where in the whole world I’d rather be. 

74. Our love story is written in the sparks of the campfire and the glow of the stars.

Funny Camping Captions

75. Nature’s embrace is a little bit chilly today.

76. Home is where you pitch your tent.

77. Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

78. Campers have s’more fun!

79. The closer I am to nature, the farther away I get from the nearest cold beverage and hot shower.  

80. Donating blood, one mosquito bite at a time. 

81. I’ll take a five billion star tent over a five star hotel any day.

82. Making myself at home in Mother Nature’s living room.

83. A warm campfire, graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows. What more do you need?

84. What happens at camp stays at camp.

85. The sound of birds is my favorite alarm clock.

86. Glamping is the only way I camp. 

87. Who knew how much I could miss a flush toilet?

88. Everything was going great until the bear showed up.

89. The hardest climb is climbing out of your sleeping bag to pee in the middle of the night. 

90. Weekend forecast: camping with a chance of drinking.

91. The only thing scarier than a bear in the woods is running out of marshmallows.

Camping Puns

92. RV having fun yet? 

93. Camping is in-tents. 

94. Pitch perfect.

95. Campers have s’more fun.

96. Bear with me, I’m camping.

97. I tent to agree, camping is the best.

98. I’m at peak happiness when I camp.

The Best Camping Quotes

Camping Quotes for Instagram

99. “Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

100. “I just want to live in a world of mountains, coffee, campfires, cabins, and golden trees, and run around with a camera and a notebook, learning the inner workings of everything real.” — Victoria Erickson

101. “A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite, and go camping.” — Michael Steger

102. “Whatever form it takes, camping is earthy, soul enriching and character building, and there can be few such satisfying moments as having your tent pitched and the smoke rising from your campfire as the golden sun sets on the horizon–even if it’s just for a fleeting moment before the rain spoils everything.” — Pippa Middleton

103. “Camping is the best school for us in the matters of understanding both the amazing mind and the mysterious soul of nature!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

104. “There is nothing worse, after days of falling asleep by a babbling brook and waking up to a choir of chirping birds, than to go inside a house with insulated walls and an obstructive roof.” — Katherine Keith

105. “Far from the luxuries of home, camp life forces a slower, more thoughtful approach to living. Mornings are savored. Coffee is sipped rather than drained. Making meals is less a chore and more an event. An evening stroll replaces the nightly TV hypnosis. In short, for a few fleeting days, we are briefly, blissfully, beautifully human again.” ― Mark Kenyon

106. “Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors.” ― Fennel Hudson

107. “If camping isn’t your thing, you’re camping wrong” – Mary Roach

Quotes about Camping with Family and Friends

These family camping quotes and quotes about camping with friends capture the moments shared with the people who matter most.​

108. “Camping is not a date; it’s an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.” — Yvonne Prinz

109. “Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

110. “Camping is like motherhood: It pulls no punches. You can’t be undecided or indecisive about camping, because its very nature means accepting hardships on behalf of everyone involved. No matter what goes wrong, camping makes it right.” — Sherry Sargent

Quotes about Tents

111. “It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.” — Dave Berry

112. “My particular dread—the vivid possibility that left me staring at tree shadows on the bedroom ceiling night after night—was having to lie in a small tent, alone in an inky wilderness, listening to a foraging bear outside and wondering what its intentions were.” — Bill Bryson

113. “My tent doesn’t look like much but, as an estate agent might say, it is air-conditioned and has an exceptional location.” ―Fennel Hudson

114. “Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.” — Rick Yancey

115. “Each evening, I ached for the shelter of my tent, for the smallest sense that something was shielding me from the entire rest of the world, keeping me safe not from danger, but from vastness itself. I loved the dim, clammy dark of my tent, the cozy familiarity of the way I arranged my few belongings all around me each night.” — Cheryl Strayed

116. “I’d rather laugh in a tent than cry in a palace.” — James Enns

Quotes about Campfires

117. “Campfires are crackly happiness.” — Francesca Zappia

118. “The fire is the main comfort of camp, whether in summer or winter.” — Henry David Thoreau

119. “He smelled good—like a campfire on a summer night.” — Michelle Madow

120. “Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life’s great satisfactions.” — Patrick F. McManus

121. “Light a campfire and everyone’s a storyteller.” ― John Geddes

122. “The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed.” — John Muir

123. “The campfire is the most important part of camping. It’s far more than just a source of heat or light. It’s the heart of civilization. All other activities revolve around the fire.” — David Lubar

124. “Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.” ― Jim James

125. “Remember, a good marriage is like a campfire. Both grow cold if left unattended.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

S’mores Quotes for Campers

126. “And, when I have s’mores, I’ll make an extra one for you.” — Lisa De Jong

127. “Sometimes you gotta burn your fingers to enjoy the s’more.” — Graci Kim

128. “S’mores everywhere were coming up with contingency plans, and the nation of Peeps had declared a state of emergency.” — Emma Alcott

129. “All I ever wanted was that cozy kind of love. The gooey heart, curled toes, crinkled eyes kind of love. The kind that feels like hot cocoa warming my bones. Summer rain, fluffy socks, s’mores by the fire. That small kind of love you get lost in from too much happiness to ever wonder what else is out there.” — Lindsey Lanza

130. “We might be forced to eat raw s’mores.” — James Patterson

131. “Does he know that’s my Kryptonite, making me feel like an ooey, gooey s’mores on the inside that someone melted juuust right?” — Lauren Landish

Quotes about the stars

132. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

133. “It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.” — Richard Evans

134. “I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” — Stephenie Meyer

135. “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” — Sarah Willliams

136. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” — Marcus Aurelius

137. “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

138. “Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning.” — J.M. Barrie

139. “The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.” — David Eddings

140. “If people say outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.” — Bill Waterson

141. “Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.” — Vincent Van Gogh

142. “Sleep under a blanket of stars and your heart will forever be kept warm by your love of life.” — Anthony T. Hincks

143. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” — Norman Vincent Peale

144. “When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?” — Virginia Woolf

145. “I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.” — Vincent Van Gogh

146. “Stars really shine when camping!” ― Steven Magee

147. “As beautiful as a starlit sky.” — R. Alan Woods

Funny Camping Quotes

148. “It it weird that I’m taking my Louis Vuitton camping?” — Jessica Simpson

149. “Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.” ― George Carlin

150. “Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.” — Dave Barry

151. “What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless.” — Bill Bryson

152. “In a well-ordered universe…camping would take place indoors.” — Morgan Matxon

153. “Campgrounds are never comfortable. They are merely less awful than other options. In normal circumstances, if told that the nearest available toilet was half a mile away, up a dirt path frequented by animals in gastric distress, one would lock the doors and speed to civilization. When a tent or camper is involved, one is jubilant. At least this site had flush toilets!” ― Thomm Quackenbush

154. “The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.” — David Eddings

155. “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Longfellow

Short Camping Quotes about Nature

156. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein

157. “My wish is to stay like this, living quietly in the corner of nature.” — Claude Monet

158. “What a wonderful world.” — Louis Armstrong

159. “Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” ― Edward Abbey

160. “All good things are wild and free.” ― Henry David Thoreau

161. “The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

162. “Leave the road, take the trails.” — Pythagoras

163. “The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.” ― Daniel J. Rice

164. “I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.” — Robert Frost

165. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” – Aristotle

166. “Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.” – Charles Lindbergh

Camping and Nature Song Lyrics

167. “In your heart and your spirit, let the breezes surround you. Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind.” — John Denver

168. “When you’re down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.” ―Tom Waits

169. “Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods?” — Taylor Swift

170. “The weather’s gonna be fine. Today’s the day I’m going camping. I’m gonna pitch me a tent. Won’t have to pay any rent. It looks like ev’rything is ‘a O.K.’ As far as I can see I think it’s gonna be a perfect camping day.” — John Denver

171. “I call this one the ‘Campfire Song Song.’ Let’s gather around the campfire and sing our campfire song. Our C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song.” — SpongeBob SquarePants

172. “Find me in my field of grass, Mother Nature’s son. Swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun.” — The Beatles

173. “Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry. Sunshine on the water looks so lovely. Sunshine almost always makes me high.” —John Denver

174. “You belong among the wildflowers. You belong somewhere close to me. Far away from your trouble and worry. You belong somewhere you feel free.” — Tom Petty

175. “Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong” — John Denver

Final thoughts on the Best Camping Captions and Quotes

Camping adventures are the best kind of adventures! 

With these inspiring camping quotes and captions, you can capture the feelings of joy, connection, and adventure that you experienced on your camping trip. 

You can share funny captions that capture the silly or less than ideal moments at your campsite. 

Reflecting on the beauty of nature, share inspiring and thoughtful camping lyrics or quotes. 

With plenty of camping captions, puns, and quotes to choose from, you’ll find the perfect words to caption your Instagram posts about camping.

Whether you’ve pitched a lightweight tent in the backcountry, or you’re on a glamping adventure in a luxury yurt, the right camping caption for you on this list!

So go, enjoy being under the stars, sitting beside a campfire, soaking in nature.

Take beautiful photos of your adventures. And use the captions in your next post about your incredible experience in nature!

Happy camping!