Communities related to r/Outdoors, with what each one is for and how it differs. Member figures come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory.
r/Outdoors (about 5.1M members, directory rank #171) covers outdoor recreation broadly. Car/tent camping, trail hiking and wilderness survival skills each have clearer homes when you need a specialty community.
Raw directory related names that do not share an outdoors purpose are omitted.
Stay on Outdoors for general outdoor recreation. Use camping for camping-focused trips, hiking for trail hiking, and Survival for wilderness survival skills.
r/Outdoors — Outdoors
Outdoor recreation: keeping humans fit, fed and happy for thousands of years! The sun on your face, the wind in your hair: all this and more could be yours to experience... if you ever get off reddit and go outside for once! Outdoors is for all outdoor experiences, not limited t…
r/Camping
When to choose it: Camping trips more than long-distance hiking.
Why it is here: Public description: A subreddit for campers concerned more about the act of camping and less concerned about hiking long distances or light gear. Primarily for tent/hammock camping. No RV camping here (about 5.6M members, rank #153). Neighbouring outdoor room.
How it differs from r/Outdoors: Camping focus versus broad outdoors recreation.
r/Hiking
When to choose it: Trail hiking discussion.
Why it is here: Public description: The hikers' subreddit. (about 2.7M members, rank #411).
How it differs from r/Outdoors: Hiking focus versus general outdoors.
The Wilderness Survival subreddit
When to choose it: Wilderness survival skills and preparedness.
Why it is here: Public description: Wilderness Survival (about 5M members, rank #179).
How it differs from r/Outdoors: Survival skills versus recreational outdoors.
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Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-09 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-11-02. Directory rank is listing order. Guide updated 2026-11-07.