22 Cute Camping Cats for Wild Souls Chasing S'mores, Stars, and that Carefree Summer Feeling

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Sep 4, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

Summer may be almost over, but that feeling of freedom you get from looking up at the stars with your cat never goes away.

We'll always be the first purrson to tell you that you should keep your cat indoors. It's safer for your cat, and for the surrounding wildlife (if you didn't know, cats are incredibly skilled hunters). However, there are plenty of benefits to taking your cats outside in controlled circumstances. Harness training your cats from a young age, teaching them how to walk on a leash, and helping them become comfortable outdoors are skills that will change the way you look at your fluffy feline completely.

Not all cats and harnesses get along, so it helps to introduce them to kittens or young cats. Once they become comfortable in the harness, you can start taking them outside on a leash. Start in your backyard, letting them explore on their own and get used to the feeling of having a leash attached to them. Then, you can begin taking short walks, getting longer and longer every time, and eventually, they'll be fully ready to go have outdoor adventures with you.

As someone who loves camping, I've always wanted to have a cat that I could take with me on long hikes or camping trips. All of our cute kitties below are expurrt campers who probably are no strangers to s'mores and sleeping under the stars. It takes a lot of time and patience to get there, but it must be a one-of-a-kind experience to wake up with your cat curled up in between your legs while watching the sunrise, completely enveloped by nature.

The feeling you get from camping is one you'll never find in a city, or even your hometown. It's the feeling of freedom, a sense of oneness with the world around you, and the call of adventure that you can't deny. What a gift it must be to be able to share that with your cat.

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As you can see in the picture above, it's still impurrtant to keep some sort of leash attached to your cat while camping. What they have is called a “lead line”, and it is basically one long wire that you connect at two end points, and their leash attaches to that line, allowing them 360 degrees of movement, but still providing some sort of boundary to how far they can wander.
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Even cats that are used to the outdoors can still get spooked pretty easily, which is why it's important to always keep an eye on your cat even if they're attached to some sort of lead. You never know when some stray raccoon might come up and try to steal some of their food!
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22 Cute Camping Cats for Wild Souls Chasing S'mores, Stars, and that Carefree Summer Feeling

Summer may be almost over, but that feeling of freedom you get from looking up at the stars with your cat never goes away.

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