50 Best Camping Under Stars Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Camping Under the Stars for Instagram
There’s a strange kind of silence that shows up when you’re camping out under an open sky. The fire’s burned down low, someone’s fiddling with a lantern that refuses to cooperate, and the air is cool enough to bite a little. Then a song kicks in. Not the glossy ones built for stadiums but the ones that stumble right into the night and settle there. Some tracks lean into the stillness, others stretch it wide open, and a few hum like they’re in on the secret that nothing feels as endless as a sky littered with stars.
It’s not always the obvious picks either. Some of the best fits aren’t singing about campfires or constellations but the mood lines up anyway. A certain guitar riff can fold into the quiet like it was waiting for the moment. A slow R&B track might crawl through the trees and sit in the back of everyone’s head. Even country ballads that were probably written for highways find their way into the dirt and grass. The point isn’t the lyrics matching the scene—it’s the energy sticking to it.
This playlist isn’t neat or boxed in. It swings across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, landing wherever the mood fits. A few tracks are tender, a few kick louder than they should, but they all bend toward the feeling of staring up at the sky with nowhere else to be. These are the best camping under stars songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Camping Instagram Songs
1. 'Stargazing' by Myles Smith
2. 'Under Stars' by Brian Eno
3. 'A Sky Full of Stars' by Coldplay
4. 'Stars Are Blind' by Paris Hilton
5. 'Sleeping Satellite' by Tasmin Archer
6. 'Astronomy' by Conan Gray
7. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver
8. 'Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)' by Elton John
9. 'Fireflies' by Owl City
10. 'Golden Hour' by JVKE
Stargazing and Nature Instagram Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Into the Wild' by LP
12. 'Ends of the Earth' by Lord Huron
13. 'Follow the Sun' by Xavier Rudd
14. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
15. 'Yellow' by Coldplay
16. 'Riptide' by Vance Joy
17. 'Big Jet Plane' by Angus & Julia Stone
18. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
19. 'Let Her Go' by Passenger
20. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Campfire and Night Sky Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Ho Hey' by The Lumineers
22. 'To the Moon and Back' by Savage Garden
23. 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' by Israel Kamakawiwoole
24. 'Stand by Me' by Ben E. King
25. 'A Thousand Stars' by The Fleetwoods
26. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac
27. 'You Are My Sunshine' by Johnny Cash
28. 'Brown Eyed Girl' by Van Morrison
29. 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash
30. 'Free Fallin'' by Tom Petty
Top Country and Folk Camping Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Wagon Wheel' by Darius Rucker
32. 'Spirits' by The Strumbellas
33. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
34. 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz
35. 'Wonderwall' by Oasis
36. 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles
37. 'American Pie' by Don McLean
38. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers
39. 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton
40. 'Let It Be' by The Beatles
More Outdoor and Sky Instagram Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey
42. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler
43. 'Hotel California' by Eagles
44. 'Shallow' by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
45. 'Dancing in the Moonlight' by Toploader
46. 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie
47. 'Starman' by David Bowie
48. 'The Moon's a Harsh Mistress' by Linda Ronstadt
49. 'Walkin' on the Sun' by Smash Mouth
50. 'Stolen' by Dashboard Confessional
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