67 Epic Camping Tattoo Ideas – People Love #43!

Updated January 13th, 2024

If you love the great outdoors and are looking for a way to remember that love forever, you should get a camping tattoo! There are so many tattoo designs out there – everything from a simple but cute tent outline to a more detailed design such as a full color forest scene!

So find a tattoo artist and get inspired by this giant list of beautiful camping tattoos!

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P.S. if you see any of these tattoo designs that you are the artist of, feel free to leave a comment so that I can link to your shop/location/socials!

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Camping Tattoo Ideas

Pine trees, camp fire flames and a comfy camp chair just have an effect on us outdoor enthusiasts – the feelings those memories bring to mind are something pleasant to be reminded about as often as possible!

What better way than through a tattoo?

If this is your first tattoo, you may want to be on the look out for tiny tattoo ideas. These are low commitment, low pain level, and if you are “blank canvas”, it can be hard to adjust to a larger tattoo. And it’s more painful of course (I have eight myself now!)

All camping tattoo category ideas

Please submit yours (whether you’re the recipient or artist) to [email protected]!

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Campfire Tattoos

One of the best camping tattoos if you love spending time around the fire at the end of the night! There are so many unique designs for this one – you’ll have to decide if you want a “realistic” style or a more traditional camping tattoo style.

Personally, I find it hard to find an artist I trust/know enough to do realism, so I LOVE looking for a more artsy/traditional style.

campfire tattoo with tent
via D. Powell
simple tent and campfire scene
via J. Hill
campfire and pines tattoo arm
color campfire
via S. Ricks
moon pine and campfire tatoo
moon mountains tent and campfire tattoo on arm
bonfire scene with friends
black and white campfire
minimalist camping tattoo
camping lantern tattoo color
Not a campfire, but an awesome lantern that puts out light as well!
simple camping tattoo on leg

RV and Tent Tattoo Ideas

There’s always that one campsite that you wish you could just remember forever… and a great way to do that is with a tattoo! Capture that feeling forever with these cool camper and tent tattoo themed tattoos!

RVs and Campers

color vintage camper tattoo forearm
caming and hiking scene full color sleeve
life is good simple camping tattoo minimal
black and white camper tattoo wanderlust
minimal rv camper tattoo shoulder
minimal camper tattoo color on leg
black and white minimalist camper tattoo simple
vintage camper tattoo not all who wander are lost

Tent Tattoo Ideas

Tent camping has the ability to take you all kinds of fun places – after all, they are not near as big and cumbersome as RVs and cars.

My family did a wonderful backpacking overnight in the Grand Teton range in 2021, where I was able to snap an absolutely beautiful picture of our tent that looks the same level as the clouds. I hope to get that special place tattooed on myself someday soon (and add it to this list!)

color tent tattoo shoulder
color tent, campfire and mountains tattoo
camping scene in mason jar tattoo
womens tent scene tattoo shoulder
home is where your heart is color tent tattoo
tent choose your wings tattoo
minimal simple tent and campfire hand tattoo

Quirky and FUN – Pets, UFOS, Bigfoot and more!

Though not technically camping related, lots of ideas for supernatural things that may have been *seen* while camping!

simple cat ufo and camper black and white tattoo
dogs and camper simple black and white tattoo
via. A. Bourdelais
bigfoot adventure is out there tattoo calf black and white
bigfoot trees and ufos black and white believe tattoo
bigfoot in trees silhouette
finger missing from camping accident oops tattoo on hand
This person lost his finger in a camping accident… and so added the “oops” as a joke! LOL

Nature Tattoo Ideas

If you love camping, no matter in an RV or a tent, it’s also likely that you are also a nature lover! These nature tattoos feature natural landscapes (prominent mountain ranges, evergreen trees in the design), animals and some pretty awesome full color animal illustrations.

Nature tattoo categories

Please submit yours to [email protected]!

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General Nature

trippy color mushrooms butterfly and snail tattoo women forearm
womens nature shoulder tattoo with skull made out of nature
feminine minimal shoulder nature tattoo with mountains
color moon phases tattoo on forearm
moon cabin and mountains minimal nature tattoo
mountains arrow and tree forearm tattoo minimal simple

Compass and “Not all who wander…” tattoos

womens camping tattoo with compas and mountains
via S. Haskin
not all who wander are lost black and white compass tattoo
color and compass on back of calf tattoo
compass with nature scene inside tent mountains and campfire
owl and compass
lose yourself in nature and find peace womens shoulder nature tattoo

Motherly Nature Based Tattoos (Mama Bear, Gaia etc)

gaia mother earth hugging earth with planets around her
mama fox and and baby fox with flowers nature womens tattoo inner arm
mama and baby bear color tattoo on arm with rock border

Nature landscape tattoos

realistic color kayaking tatooo with frame forearm
landscape tattoo  with frame of favorite camping spot
mountain cabin black and white shoulder tattoo
color beach tattoo on leg
full color mountain and lake scene with eagle in mountains back shoulders tattoo men
mountains nature tattoo on side of foot black and white

Animal Tattoos (Bear, deer, hunting fishing etc)

bow hunting deer tattoo shoulder mens
fishing scene with bear black and white landscape tattoo realistic on  arm
fishing camp tattoo black and white
black and white deer in pine forest on forearm tattoo
nature sleeve with wolf and mountains
wolf thigh tattoo
skeltal black and white raven tattoo
snake deer skull pronghorn badger and rattlesnake nature tattoo ideas
simple pines and bear outline
realistic black and white grizzly bear tattoo with wood frame
color ancestral bear tattoo

Have an Awesome Camping-Themed Tattoo?

I would love to add your picture and info (if you’d like to share) to this idea bank! I update this article once a year, and hope to have all kinds of tattoos populating it soon!

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