Best Outdoors & Nature Subreddits
Outdoor and nature subreddits for hiking and camping, fishing and hunting, snow and water sports, gardening and houseplants, and homesteading.
We list 20 outdoors & nature subreddits with about 35.8M subscriptions between them. The median one has 589K members, and the biggest, r/gardening, has 8.7M.
Tip: Plant and mushroom ID subreddits need clear photos from several angles. Never eat a wild mushroom based on an online ID.
| # | Subreddit | Members | What it’s about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/gardening | 8.7M | A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care. |
| 2 | r/camping | 5.5M | 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… |
| 3 | r/backpacking | 5.4M | A subreddit for traveling backpacking and wilderness backpacking, not restricted to one or the other. All posts must be flaired "Travel" or "Wilderness" |
| 4 | r/homestead | 3.5M | Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture… |
| 5 | r/Fishing | 3.1M | Fishing related news and personal stories. |
| 6 | r/houseplants | 2.8M | A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants! |
| 7 | r/whatsthisplant | 1.7M | A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants. |
| 8 | r/skiing | 1.6M | The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional! |
| 9 | r/CampingGear | 872K | A community to get advice and to show off camping and backpacking gear. Helpful folks who love the hobby as much as you do. |
| 10 | r/ActualPublicFreakouts | 829K | This subreddit was created as an alternative to similar communities, focusing solely on the intense and chaotic nature of true public freakouts. |
| 11 | r/Connecticut | 349K | Land of steady habits "...We welcome you with cordial hospitality, and if you remain, we will try to furnish better weather tomorrow." - Mark Twain |
| 12 | r/SpottedonRightmove | 287K | Toilet in the kitchen, sharks in the garden pond? Share the corkers you've spotted on Rightmove. |
| 13 | r/nosurf | 267K | NoSurf is a community of people who are focused on becoming more productive and wasting less time mindlessly surfing the internet. |
| 14 | r/Hunting | 254K | Hunting related news and personal stories. |
| 15 | r/Backcountry | 209K | Reddit's OG off-piste sub for all things backcountry skiing/splitboarding. Those two, non-detachable low speed quads are the best season pass you'll ever own. |
| 16 | r/askmath | 205K | This subreddit is for questions of a mathematical nature. Please read the subreddit rules below before posting. |
| 17 | r/lebanon | 147K | Welcome to Lebanon! The country where East meets West, bordered by the beautiful Mediterranean sea and home to grand green Cedar forests and high snow covered mountains. |
| 18 | r/PlantsVSZombies | 140K | The Largest Plants Vs Zombies discussion board, with topics ranging across all games and spinoffs in the series! |
| 19 | r/icecoast | 64K | The subreddit for information, comments and everything else about skiing and riding in the east. From Ohio to the Atlantic. |
| 20 | r/Skigear | 41K | A ski gear sub for everything ski related. |
Member counts were recorded in July 2025 and are shown as a size guide; current numbers may differ.
Frequently asked questions
What is the biggest outdoors & nature subreddit?
Of the subreddits on this list, r/gardening is the largest with about 8,650,708 members, followed by r/camping with 5,455,125.
Are there smaller outdoors & nature subreddits?
Yes. If the big subreddits feel too busy, try r/Skigear (41K), r/icecoast (64K), r/PlantsVSZombies (140K). They are the smallest communities on this page.
How is this list ordered?
The 20 outdoors & nature subreddits are sorted by subscriber count (July 2025). A subreddit is included when its name or sidebar description is about outdoors & nature, so some also appear under Travel.