About r/CampingandHiking
In its own words:
For Backpackers who Hike with Camping Gear in their Backpack. Tips, trip reports, back-country gear reviews, safety and news
Community guide
r/CampingandHiking (#397, about 2.8 million) is for backpackers who hike with camping gear—trip reports, backcountry gear, safety, and news.
Fit
Must involve camping AND hiking per rules. Ban ads/blogs, surveys, equipment sales; gear reviews and OC standards; no Leave No Trace violations. Lower volume (7.6 ppd).
Versus camping and hiking
camping allows tent/hammock focus without long hikes; hiking may be day-hike photos. This sub’s AND requirement is the filter.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 30, 2008, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,066 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/dogs (#377) and ahead of r/astrophotography (#422) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/CampingandHiking grew from 2,799,210 to 2,806,078 subscribers (+6.9K, +0.25%). That is about 156 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/CampingandHiking this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- Vintage Gear overnight in New Mexicou/Bucky571 · Oct 27 · gallery
- Is there a "durable" active mid layer that is more packable than fleece?u/UphillSweatEquity · Oct 31 · text post
- Replacement brow pole UKu/HanBandanaa · Oct 27 · gallery
- Western Mountaineering Megalite Daunenschlafsack fehlerhaft?u/Honeylikes2 · Oct 30 · gallery
- Is sizing up reccomended in order to fit rain jackets over an insulated midlayer?u/SiJayB · Nov 1 · gallery
- No access to specialized tech wash. Can I clean secondhand outdoor gear and a sleeping bag with regular hand soap?u/KindnessForWorld · Oct 31 · text post
- Southern Georgia/Alabama northern Floridau/Ok-Cartoonist7452 · Oct 26 · text post
- A spray to make backpacks water resistant?u/spirit4earth · Oct 28 · text post
- Liner or new bag?u/TripToOuterSpace · Oct 30 · text post
- Providence Canyon, GA camping questionu/Call_me_Vengeance · Oct 27 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/CampingandHiking, from 2016 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.
- If you proposed in the smoky mnts, and left fake rose petals everywhere I hope she said NO.u/samuel_smith327 · Jun 14, 2018 · 43,626 points · 616 comments · image
- Backpacked 78 miles in nine days around the Torres Del Paine “O” Circuit in Patagonia. Had the ring hidden in my pack and found the perfect spot to ask her to marry me after crossing John Gardner Pas…u/slipangle28 · Mar 6, 2018 · 32,491 points · 893 comments · image
- Tomorrow I start the Pacific Crest Trail. Here's all my gear.u/ireland1988 · Mar 27, 2018 · 32,230 points · 2,597 comments · image
- Clever. I hadn't heard this saying before but I like it.u/MossBoss · Feb 11, 2018 · 29,861 points · 241 comments · image
- She loves camping and hikingu/qwerty-confirmed · Nov 22, 2017 · 24,795 points · 131 comments · image
- Celebrated one year CANCER FREE backpacking in the Grand Canyon!u/cooliobossthebest · Apr 3, 2018 · 21,574 points · 292 comments · image
- Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R) Utah, intending to withdraw HR 621 which is the bill aimed at selling off 3.3 million acres of Federal land. We did it!u/SchpittleSchpattle · Feb 2, 2017 · 19,554 points · 553 comments · image
- Big thanks to President Teddy Roosevelt for establishing the first national parks! Truly America's best idea.u/themanwithahorse · Feb 20, 2017 · 19,029 points · 345 comments · link
- A week ago I finished my Thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail - what a summer.u/Spmartin_ · Aug 24, 2018 · 18,906 points · 581 comments · image
- One carries their food, the other carries their sleeping bag and supplies. They love going hiking and camping!u/Angryrobots55 · Jan 16, 2017 · 18,044 points · 423 comments · link
What r/CampingandHiking talks about
We read the titles of 57 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “hiking”, “camping”, “gear”, “boots” and “stove”. Other frequent themes are tent, recommendations, meal, question, trip and wash. Recurring phrases include “hiking boots”, “gear advice”, “protect blackwater” and “blackwater state”. By format, 58% are text posts, 26% are galleries and 9% are links.
Popular post flairs: Gear Questions (13), Trip reports (5), Picture (3), Campsite Pictures (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/CampingandHiking gets about 7.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 128,333 posts and 1,170,783 comments in total, about 9.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/CampingandHiking
The moderators of r/CampingandHiking list 8 rules. In short:
- Camping AND Hiking
- Ads, blogs, websites
- No surveys
- Equipment sales
- Gear Reviews
- Original Content
- Low Effort post
- No Breaking LNT Principles
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/CampingandHiking?
r/CampingandHiking has 2,806,078 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #397 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,868 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/CampingandHiking created?
r/CampingandHiking was created on Dec 30, 2008, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/CampingandHiking still active?
Yes. r/CampingandHiking gets about 7.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 128,333 posts and 1,170,783 comments. In a sample of 57 recent posts we counted 53 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/CampingandHiking?
The community describes itself as: “For Backpackers who Hike with Camping Gear in their Backpack. Tips, trip reports, back-country gear reviews, safety and news” Recent post titles often mention hiking, camping, gear, boots and stove. Most posts are text posts (58%).
Is r/CampingandHiking SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/CampingandHiking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/CampingandHiking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/CampingandHiking accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Camping AND Hiking”; “Ads, blogs, websites”; “No surveys”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/CampingandHiking?
Communities with similar topics include r/camping (5.6M), r/Shoestring (5.2M), r/Guitar (3.5M), r/JapanTravel (3.5M) and r/homestead (3.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/CampingandHiking.