50 Best Camping in Woods Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Top Songs for Camping Trips in the Woods for Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a certain mood that kicks in when you set up camp deep in the woods. It’s not total peace, not full-on adventure, something messy that sits in between. You’re half-unpacking gear, fighting off mosquitoes, staring into a fire that’s burning unevenly while the dark hums around you, and the right track drifts through a speaker. The kind of song that feels like damp earth and smoke, equal parts calm and unease. These tracks carry that mood, that sense of getting lost in the wild while trying to feel grounded again.

Camping trips rarely play out like those dreamy outdoor ads. It’s tripping over roots on the way to the tent, smoke blowing in your eyes, someone telling a story too loud while the night makes every sound seem closer than it really is. And somewhere in the middle of that chaos, a song cuts through. It might be a country ballad that sounds like it grew out of the soil, or an indie track that feels like a flashlight beam in the dark. Some songs may not be literally about camping, but they still hit that vibe, pulling the scene together in a way that photos can’t.

These are the tracks that fit with the crackle of firewood and the buzz of night, a mix of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs built for reels and stories. They capture the strange, uneven magic of nights spent tucked away in the woods. Here are the best camping in woods songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Ends of the Earth' by Lord Huron

2. 'Rivers and Roads' by The Head and the Heart

3. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers

4. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

5. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver

6. 'The Woods' by Hollow Coves

7. 'Old Pine' by Ben Howard

8. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show

9. 'Mountain Sound' by Of Monsters and Men

10. 'The World at Large' by Modest Mouse

11. 'Big Jet Plane' by Angus & Julia Stone

12. 'Into the Wild' by LP

13. 'Follow the Sun' by Xavier Rudd

14. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles

15. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd

16. 'Rattlin' Bones' by The Head and the Heart

17. 'King of the World' by First Aid Kit

18. 'Rivers and Roads' by The Head and the Heart

19. 'Rocky Mountain High' by John Denver

20. 'The Open Road' by Hollow Coves

21. 'Mess Is Mine' by Vance Joy

22. 'Island In The Sun' by Weezer

23. 'The Stable Song' by Gregory Alan Isakov

24. 'Coming Down the Mountain' by Mipso

25. 'Dirty Paws' by Of Monsters and Men

26. 'Open Road' by Roo Panes

27. 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell

28. 'Go to the Woods' by Dar Williams

29. 'Into the Woods' by Mindi

30. 'Daylight' by Matt and Kim

31. 'Ragged Wood' by Fleet Foxes

32. 'The Woods' by The Paper Kites

33. 'Where the Green Grass Grows' by Tim McGraw

34. 'Golden Country' by REO Speedwagon

35. 'The Call of the Wild' by Benji & Fletch

36. 'Lost in My Mind' by The Head and the Heart

37. 'The Stable Song' by Gregory Alan Isakov

38. 'The Woods' by Hollow Coves

39. 'Where I Belong' by The Paper Kites

40. 'Let's Be Still' by The Head and the Heart

41. 'Going Up The Country' by Canned Heat

42. 'Blue Ridge Mountains' by Fleet Foxes

43. 'The Woods' by Hollow Coves

44. 'The World at Large' by Modest Mouse

45. 'Mountain Sound' by Of Monsters and Men

46. 'Open Road' by Roo Panes

47. 'Rivers and Roads' by The Head and the Heart

48. 'The Woods' by The Paper Kites

49. 'Where the Green Grass Grows' by Tim McGraw

50. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver