4 Best Basecamp Tents

There’s no place like home. When home’s miles away, however, there’s no place like basecamp.  From high-alpine expeditions to family road trips, basecamp tents stake claim to your territory.  With Active Junky-tested tent options, you can travel light, knowing that a good night’s sleep waits back at camp.

Nemo Wagontop 4: A Bedroom with Headroom

Nemo Wagontop 4

Tall people, rejoice. Finally, a four-person tent you can stand up in.  The Wagontop’s unique, single-wall design both cuts weight and allows for easy set-up.  A removable vestibule adds storage space (if a 69 sq. ft. floor isn’t enough) and window flaps keep weather out while adding options for extra privacy or ventilation.

Best For: Winning over reluctant campers, touring state and national parks

Mountainsmith Conifer 5: Hunker Down Happy

Mountainsmith Conifer 5

When it’s nasty outside, the 5-person Conifer 5’s value is unbeatable.  Store everything in the fly’s massive vestibule or removable gear loft, keeping the 83.5 sq. ft. floor clutter-free.  When wind picks up, a surplus of guylines lock your backcountry sanctuary down, worry-free.

Best For: Getting out easy and often, with or without children

Coleman Tenaya Lake Fast-Pitch 6: The Collapsible Cabin

Coleman Tenaya Lake Fast-Pitch 6

Fast Pitch it is, fast pitch it does. A quick glance at the directions and the color-coded poles and you’ll have this set-up in no time.  Truthfully, this is less of a tent and more of a furnished cottage. Highlights include built-in cabinets with shelves, in-tent dividers, special doggy vestibules and a hinge-style door crouch-free entry.  

Best For: Knocking down the barriers to camping, saving money for other essentials

Eureka Copper Canyon 8: Live a Little

Eureka! Copper Canyon 8 Starting at: $379.05

Bring your friends, bring your friends’ friends. Everyone will be comfy in the Copper Canyon 8.  Built-in dividers separate the CC8 into private rooms and encourage easy organization.  The 10ft. by 13ft. floor easily fits every luxury your multi-day car-camping squadron desires, eliminating “should we bring it?” from your vocabulary. 

Yes. Yes, you should.

Best For: Reunions, exploring nearby vistas and manmade attractions