50 Good, Bad, And Questionable Nature Tattoos For People Who Love Hiking In The Great Outdoors

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Written by: Jack Clayton

Last Updated: 31 Mar 2017

Hiking, we think you’ll agree, is a seriously great way to take yourself away from the hustle and bustle of modern living. It’s an activity that gets you back to the very heart of nature; a hobby that allows participants to experience big adventures at a leisurely walker’s pace. In a nutshell, it’s a nice thing to do outside. The inherent niceness of hiking means there’s lots of people in the world who feel passionately about it. For the record, these people often have a deep-seated love of trousers with pockets.

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Sometimes these people’s passion for hiking in the wilderness spills over and becomes a permanent tattoo on the skin. Sometimes these tattoos look good, sometimes they look bad, and sometimes they make you tilt your head to one side and continuously scratch the top of your skull until your fingers fall off. Take a look at the ink-jobs below, and see what you think. Do you like them, or do you want to walk all over them with magical hiking boots that are capable of erasing tattoos?

1) Hiking meets The Revenant

2) The Vermont Long Trail

3) Mappin’ the hiker’s trail (down your arm)

4) #HikingBantz

5) Inspired by the sign, or crazy coincidence?

6) A boot with a view

7) Walking the path

8) Hiker on the arm

9) Following the Appalachian Trail

10) EXPLORE IT!

11) Flower and leaves on the arms

12) Lace up…and march out

13) Appalachian Trail 2014…BIG YEAR

14) The leg muscle is a window to the soul

15) Tree-mendous forearm

16) THE MOUNTAINS are CALLING and I MUST GO

17) The Full Monty

18) Hiking boots near the elbow (also other stuff)

19) Hiking the terrain

20) The Upside-Down Spine Tree

21) Drinking to the Appalachian Trail

22) Panoramic scene…across the limbs

23) Remember to take your boots off at the door

24) Boot print with Appalachian Trail logo

25) Hiking symbol (stick included)

26) How does this person read that map?

27) Another tribute to the Appalachian Trail

28) Why? Why would you do this?!

29) Boot print on the arse cheek

30) Oooooh….mysterious hiker

31) Hiking, camping, and campfires

32) Multi-coloured feet

33) The path taken

34) Nice, and simple

35) Walk through trees with trees on your legs

36) Tree tattoo…for hikers who love trees

37) Hiking by moonlight

38) Some sort of compass thing

39) Surveying the summits

40) Light cutting through the trees

       

41) Reflections

42) Pinecone (a.k.a a hiker’s football)

43) A view in frame

44) A wild tattoo for a wild person

45) Oh deer, oh deer

46) Pacific Crest Trail

47) Trees down the side

48) Hiker doubling up as an Appalachian Trail logo

49) Crossing states on the Appalachian Trail

50) The tree and the hiker