27 Quotes about the Love and Hate for Camping (2024)

People have different ways of escaping stressful situations or bonding with loved ones. Camping is one of those ways for some individuals, while others cannot stand being in the middle of nowhere. Here are 27 Quotes About the Love and Hate for Camping that will have you thinking twice about being in nature.

Some people enjoy camping because it gets them to explore and enjoy many things despi being disconnected from their everyday lives or not having access to the internet.

The adventure could include:

• Exploring the woods.
• Having great conversations around a campfire.
• Telling ghost stories.
• Sleeping in a tent while staring at the stars at night.

However, other people prefer going to some luxurious place where they can still access the internet and eat better meals. Others fear being out in the wild and would rather be somewhere comfortable than hear wild animals making noises at night. Here are 27 quotes about the love and hate of camping for a different experience.

Anonymous quote: "There's no wi-fi in the mountains, but you'll find no better connection." Source: Countryliving

The Experience of Camping

"Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower, and flush toilet." — Anonymous

"There's no wi-fi in the mountains, but you'll find no better connection." — Anonymous

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

"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." — John Lubbock

"If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently." — Bill Watterson

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my sense put in order." — John Burroughs

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity." — John Muir

Michael Steger's quote: "A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite and go camping." Source: Countryliving

"A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars." — Alan S. Kesselheim

"A bad day camping is still better than a good day working." — Unknown

"Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time." — Katrina Mayer

Campfire Quotes

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

"Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing every year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared." — Jack Handey

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

"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." — Victoria Erickson

Henry David Thoreau's quote: "The fire is the main comfort of camp, whether in summer or winter." Source: Countryliving

"Camping is about re-connecting with our primordial selves. The reason that cooking humble food around a campfire, surrounded by family and friends, feels so good is that for eons, that was the definition of life in the tribe. It is woven into our very DNA." — Anonymous

"Wherever you camp in the world, the campfire will be one of the things that sticks in your memory the most!" ― Mehmet Murat ildan

"Remember, a good marriage is like a campfire. Both grow cold if left unattended." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Humorous Quotes

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

"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

"Roses are red, mud is brown, the wood are better than any night on the town." — Earl Dibbles Jr

"Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a camper, which is kind of the same thing." — Unknown

"If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home." — Yvonne Prinz

Dave Barry's quote: "It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent." Source: Countryliving

"Money can not buy happiness, but it can buy a tent, and that's kinda the same thing." ― Anonymous

"Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business." ― Dave Barry

"In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors." ― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

"Of course, not everybody likes camping trips. I do not myself enjoy them much, because I'm not outdoorsy, or at any rate, I'm not outdoorsy overnight-without-a-matress-wise. There's a limit to the outdoorsiness to which some academics can be expected to submit." ― G.A. Cohen, Why Not Socialism?

Unknown's quote: "Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a camper, which is kind of the same thing." Source: Countryliving

There is more to camping than setting up a tent and going through the woods. Some people enjoy being connected to nature, seeing magnificent mountain views and wild animals.

There are many reasons why people go camping and love being in the outdoors. The same goes for those who do not like camping and would rather be at home and not have to live uncomfortably for a few days.

For more quotes about exploring the outdoors a little and for those who like to have a sense of adventure in their lives, read "53 The Lost City Quotes 2022.”