50 Best Mountain Hiking Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Hiking in the Mountains for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a strange buzz that hits when you’re climbing higher than you planned. Your breath catches, your calves burn, and then the trees split open to show you something you can’t really explain later. That’s when music sneaks in and locks the memory down. The right track hits while you’re dragging yourself past switchbacks or sitting on a rock halfway up with a granola bar that crumbles everywhere. Some of these picks may not literally sing about mountains, but they still match that feeling of pushing through the climb with nothing but sky waiting on the other side.
Mountain hikes aren’t glossy postcard moments. It’s mud on your boots, sweat dripping into your eyes, and the hum of conversations that die off when the trail steepens. Your playlist needs to catch that push and pull—the grit, the pauses, the sudden energy when the view forces you to keep going. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all slide into that space, each bringing their own weight. A soft indie track can feel like catching your breath under pine shade, while a heavy beat can feel like your legs convincing you not to quit.
Nobody curates a hike like a commercial where the summit appears after three quick cuts. It’s uneven, awkward, tiring in ways that still feel rewarding hours later. The songs that stick are the ones that follow that rhythm, messy but perfect in context, looping in your head long after you’ve come back down. Here are the best mountain hiking songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Instagram Hiking Songs
1. 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver
3. 'Send Me on My Way' by Rusted Root
4. 'On Top of the World' by Imagine Dragons
5. 'Mountain Sound' by Of Monsters and Men
6. 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus
7. 'River Deep, Mountain High' by Ike & Tina Turner
8. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers
9. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf
10. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
More Hiking and Mountain Songs for Reels #11 to 20
11. 'Rocky Mountain High' by John Denver
12. 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac
13. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
14. 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin
15. 'Blue Ridge Mountains' by Fleet Foxes
16. 'Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane
17. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
18. 'Adventure of a Lifetime' by Coldplay
19. 'Mountain at My Gates' by Foals
20. 'The Rocky Road to Dublin' by The Dropkick Murphys
Travel and Adventure Songs for Instagram #21 to 30
21. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
22. 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by John Denver
23. 'Follow the Sun' by Xavier Rudd
24. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash
25. 'My Tennessee Mountain Home' by Dolly Parton
26. 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' by Harry McClintock
27. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams
28. 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers
29. 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina & The Waves
30. 'Ends of the Earth' by Lord Huron
Best Songs for Nature and Mountain Instagram Videos #31 to 40
31. 'Freebird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
32. 'Highway to Hell' by AC/DC
33. 'Magic Carpet Ride' by Steppenwolf
34. 'The Way' by Fastball
35. 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' by The Sound of Music Cast
36. 'The Passenger' by Iggy Pop
37. 'A Horse with No Name' by America
38. 'Walking in Memphis' by Marc Cohn
39. 'Good as Hell' by Lizzo
40. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Top Songs for Mountain and Scenic Views #41 to 50
41. 'You Make My Dreams (Come True)' by Hall & Oates
42. 'Misty Mountain Hop' by Led Zeppelin
43. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman
44. 'Sugar Mountain' by Neil Young
45. 'Homegrown' by Zac Brown Band
46. 'I'm a Ramblin' Man' by Waylon Jennings
47. 'Beautiful Day' by U2
48. 'The Call' by Regina Spektor
49. 'Rise' by Eddie Vedder
50. 'Open Road' by Bryan Adams
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