Benefits of Camping

After completing this module you will want to go camping because you will understand how camping can:

• Improve your health
• build better relationships
• Help you relax
• Save you money
• Help you to feel connected to the world around you 

 

Camping provides both physical and psychological benefits such as:

• decreasing stress and anxiety levels
• increasing level of activity
• cleansing your lungs with fresh air instead of poor quality indoor air
• increasing exposure to vitamin D from sunlight
• replacing deafening sounds of society’s electronic devices with the sounds of harmonious nature

Camping provides the opportunity to socialize with family and friends in a relaxed setting and allows important time for families to bond which is often lacking in today’s fast paced world. Benefits include:

• family and friends bonding experiences
• social skills development
• increased conversations and sharing of feelings
• shared memories to last a lifetime.

Children, adults and senior citizens with learning disabilities and chronic illnesses have made amazing positive strides with the addition of outdoor living added to their calendar.

Today, studies show there is a humanistic value for children exposed to camping and the outdoors that extends beyond childhood. Camping helps children:

• learn social skills
• build character
• take on responsibility
• gain independence
• achieve self-respect
• learn to respect the environment and all living things

Today’s down economy makes it more difficult for people to “get away” for the weekend.  Economic benefits of camping are:

• low-cost alternative to pricey hotel rooms
• reduced cost of dining in up to three meals a day
• variety of locations: mountains, beach, or near a major city

With the high level of stress most adults currently encounter, the need to slow down and relax is greater than ever.  What better way is there to reduce stress and get away from our hectic, over-scheduled lives, than to spend time in the tranquility of nature?

Camping can provide this perfect escape as it is an ideal way to slow down, relax, and enjoy time with family and friends.