Get your camping gear, and let's go on an adventure. There can be few such satisfying moments as sleeping under the stars, breathing fresh air, and smelling the forest soil. And each time we survive camping, the sense of achievement and satisfaction is always rewarding. So to encourage you to experience nature, we have compiled a selection of camping quotes.
When we think of camping, our mind goes to tents. Constructing a tent started as far back as 40,000 BC, and still, it's the most popular shelter of choice during camping. But don't let it hinder you from experiencing the outdoors. If you're well-versed in camping safety, you can sleep in your car, a hammock, or a sleeping bag.
Get outdoors and enjoy everything nature has to offer while reading the following camping quotes. And read to the end for our funny camping quotes and camping captions.
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The travel industry took a big hit at the onset of the pandemic. People hunted for alternatives even if airlines canceled flights and cruise ships stayed in ports.
Camping became a go-to weekend plan given the appeal of open spaces and easy self-distancing setup. According to the annual reports of Kampgrounds of America, the steady growth of campers pre-pandemic has increased further since 2020. As of 2021, 7 out of 10 households are at least occasional campers or glampers.
To kit yourself up for your next camping trip, be sure to grab some eco-friendly camping gear and sustainable outdoor clothing.
If you still have dilemmas about camping, let our best camping quotes below entice you to plan for one.
"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization."
"If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently."
"Camping rules. Stare at the fire. Listen to the birds. Jump in the lake. Read. Take a nap. Relax. Watch the sunset. Cook over the fire. Breathe the fresh air."
"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion."
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books."
There are many things to carry and wear for a safe and fun camping weekend. The logistics, unpredictable rain, and muddy forest floor could stress the camper, but in reality, being one with nature is good for your mental health and can reduce stress levels.
A review of multiple studies summarized how overnight camping in a forest can positively impact our immune function and suggested forest bathing once a month2. Camping can also benefit our mental health by treating and preventing depression1, according to other research.
Aside from reconnecting with nature, camping can also mean different things to others. For example, for people seeking shelter due to natural disasters, political unrest, and human rights violation, neighboring countries will offer refugee camps. Here are 31 refugee facts and statistics to give you a summary of human displacement around the globe and pause for thought about the plight of some under canvas.
If you need a break from what's stressing you out, the following camping quotes may encourage you to spend a whole day in the forest.
To inspire your journey, you might also like to check out our forest quotes and nature quotes.
"I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery. Air, mountains, tree, people. I thought: this is what it is to be happy."
"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."
"The camp is the space that is opened when the state of exception begins to become the rule."
"The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom."
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
"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."
"Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors."
"A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars."
Even if the outdoors is free for us to enjoy, we should be aware of our impact on our natural environment. The organization Leave No Trace created the following seven principles to guide us while visiting the outdoors:
These principles lead beginners and experts to a fun and safe camping while respecting the planet.
Plan your weekend stay in nature after reading our Camping quotes below.
"The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed."
"The fire is the main comfort of camp, whether in summer or winter."
"I just want to live in a world of mountains, coffee, campfires, cabins, and golden trees, and run around with a camera and notebook, learning the inner workings of everything real."
"Without the intense touch of nature, you can never fully freshen yourself! Go for a camping and there both your weary mind and your exhausted body will rise like a morning sun!"
"In a cool solitude of trees, where leaves and birds a music spin, mind that was weary is at ease, new rhythms in the soul begin."
"We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven."
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity."
Can you remember some embarrassing stories during camping? Epic moments when you forget your tent or wake up with messy camping hair. While laughing at those memories, we should avoid those mistakes again on the next camping trip as long as we consistently consult the Leave No Trace principles.
And don't let those memories hinder you from visiting another campground! You can experience another patch of nature from the east to the west coast. So visit National Park Service's directory to find the next perfect campground.
Are you excited to get your tent pitched? Read these funny camping quotes.
"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."
"Some national parks have long waitlists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."
"Is it weird that I’m taking Louis Vuitton camping?"
"Camping: the art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower, and flush toilet."
"A campfire is basically just a nightclub in the mountains."
"How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?"
"It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent."
"Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business."
We can show our love for camping every month of June by posting our snapshots on our social media. But the perfect way to celebrate it is by allowing ourselves to unplug from all electronics and reconnect with nature.
Did you know? The average US adult spends almost 4.5 hours daily on their mobile phones. That's 69 days on the phone per year! So aside from June, the national camping month, let's pick a weekend to camp out with the whole family or send the kids to camp programs.
After reading the rest of our camping quotes, unplug from your phones and enjoy the calm it provides.
"Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally."
"Leave the road, take the trails."
"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few are dirt."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions we have not yet learned to ask."
"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."
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep."
"I am most alive among the tall trees."
"Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit."
"The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition."
"There’s no such thing as a bad camping trip – only unprepared campers."
| 1 | Viewing Nature Scenes Positively Affects Recovery of Autonomic Function Following Acute-Mental Stress (PDF), Daniel K. Brown, Jo L. Barton, and Valerie F. Gladwell, Environmental Science & Technology 2013 47 (11), 5562-5569, DOI: 10.1021/es305019p |
| 2 | Li, Q. (2010). Effect of forest bathing trips on human immune function. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 15(1), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-008-0068-3 |
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