Best Tall Tents: The Ultimate Guide for Tall Campers

The Eureka! Copper Canyon is a durable, freestanding tent that’s tall enough for the tallest campers to walk around in comfortably. It’s a cabin-style shelter with two spacious rooms and enough space for your entire camping crew.

On top of being one of the best tents for lengthy campers, we love the Copper Canyon’s livability. The large mesh windows and multiple wall vents will provide both the scenic views and ventilation most campers crave. On top of providing some much-needed airflow, its two walk-in doors allow people to come in and out without disturbing each other.

Despite its massive size, the Eureka! is easy to set up, too. While one person can awkwardly tackle the job, you’ll probably want to grab one or two friends. Since this is an 8-person shelter, finding a helper or two shouldn’t be a problem!

Additional thoughtful features include storage pockets, a new-and-improved rain fly, and a zippered power port. Only the Wenzel Klondike offers comparable features like oversize mesh windows and double doors.

For backpackers looking for a lightweight, durable, and high-quality dome tent, the MSR Hubba Hubba is an excellent choice.

The MSR is a nearly freestanding, two-person shelter with a roomy interior and lots of head space. It’s incredibly easy to set up and highly portable thanks to a trail weight of just three and a half pounds.

While most backpackers expect a trade-off between weight and durability, the MSR has found the right mix of both. Both the rainfly and the floor are made from ripstop nylon that is exceptionally waterproof thanks to a coating of MSR’s durable water repellent (DWR) Xtreme Shield.

With an interior peak height of 40 inches, the MSR initially appears to offer a decent, but not remarkable, center height. But this height just feels roomier due to a uniform peak height from door to door. This allows for 2 adults to sit up comfortably and move around, though the walls do taper down quickly at the sides.

Other useful features include an overhead gear loft, storage pockets, cable ports, and a mesh stargazing window.

For tall and lengthy car campers that love braving the elements, it’s hard to beat the Danchel Cotton Bell.

Canvas tents have earned a reputation for their longevity and weather resistance, and the Danchel is no different. Its heavy-duty, canvas khaki fabric is 100% waterproof and can easily withstand whatever mother nature throws at it.

Its yurt-style design offers an impressive peak height of 98 inches. With a diameter of 13 feet, tall people will enjoy plenty of legroom come bedtime.

All that weather resistance comes at a cost, however. Canvas tents have, unfortunately, also earned a reputation for their poor ventilation. The Danchel does a decent job of combating this by providing four mesh windows and four roof vents. It’s certainly not as breezy as the Eureka or the Wenzel, but for that, you’d have to give up some of its superior waterproofing.

Overall, if you’re a tall person looking for a roomy shelter that will last you for years to come, the Danchel offers the longevity and comfort you’re looking for.

If you’re looking for a tall family tent that offers lots of value for your buck, but with room for the masses, check out the Wenzel Klondike.

The Wenzel Klondike is an 8-person, cabin-style tent with an integrated screen room. The large ventilated panels make it the perfect choice for warmer conditions, but the partial-coverage rainfly offers enough coverage over the main compartment and screen room to keep you dry in case of rain.

Taller campers fear not! Thanks to the Wenzel’s dome shape and 78-inch center height you’ll enjoy plenty of room.

Despite being a surprisingly affordable tent, the WK is full of comfort-enhancing features like a spacious interior with two separate rooms, zippered side windows, mesh roof vents, and accessory pockets.

The only downside to the Wenzel Klondike is that all that ventilation doesn’t lend itself well to cold-weather camping. Despite its 3-season rating, the Wenzel isn’t the most insulative, so you might want to avoid the chilliest days at the beginning and end of the shoulder seasons.

The Coleman Instant Cabin is an affordable and spacious shelter with a remarkably fast setup time. If you don’t want to mess around with a bunch of poles or a complicated setup, this is the one for you! Its unique design allows one person to set it up all on their own in just one minute.

Once assembled, you’ll enjoy a cabin tent with plenty of room and excellent ventilation. Late sleepers will especially love the included dark room technology, which blocks out 90% of sunlight.

Like the Eureka!, the Coleman Instant has tall vertical walls which provide plenty of headroom. Only the very tallest of campers won’t be able to stand up inside.

One downside to the Coleman is its included rainfly only covers the roof and leaves the rest of the “water-resistant” walls exposed to the elements. This might not bother the average camper, but frequent all-weather, backcountry campers might be better off with something with a full-coverage rainfly.

All in all, the Coleman Instant is an uncomplicated and user-friendly shelter that offers lots of value for its low price tag (one of the lowest price tags on our list, to be exact!)

Amazingly lightweight, compact, and freestanding, the Agnes Copper Spur HV UL 1 is our top pick of tall tents for solo backpackers.

It’s no surprise that most ultralight tents sacrifice durability and liveability for performance. Despite its impressive 2 lbs. 6 oz. weight, the Copper Spur doesn’t fall victim to this curse as it’s surprisingly roomy for one person without sacrificing performance.

While the Copper Spur is designed to be compact and lightweight, it does feature enough room for tall guys and gals. With a center height of 38 inches, all but the tallest people will have enough room to sit up comfortably.

This is a premium backpacking tent, and that’s reflected in its hefty price. If you’re a beginner or are planning on using your tent only a few times a year, you’ll be better off choosing the less expensive Marmot Limelight instead.

The Copper Spur achieves its super light weight by using Big Agnes’ proprietary ultralight nylon double rip-stop fabric, which also makes it one of the most durable tents on our list.

At 5 lbs. 2 oz., the Marmot Limelight certainly is the second most lightweight model on our list after the Big Agnes Copper Spur. Given that it costs around half the price of the Copper Spur, however, the Limelight is well worth considering if you’re looking for an affordable backpacking shelter.

The Marmot Limelight is a 1–2 person shelter that feels much roomier than its dimensions lead you to believe. With 33 square feet of floor space and a 43-inch peak height, it offers much more room than the Agnes. Thanks to its nearly vertical walls, the interior space is great and allows 2 people to easily sit up straight.

That extra weight does have its advantages. The Limelight is made from a highly puncture and tear-resistant poly-cotton blend that will last you for years to come, especially if you use the conveniently included footprint.

If the Agnes is the premium backpacking tent for experienced solo backpackers, then the Limelight is its beginner-friendly counterpart. With huge doors, a roomy interior, and a high peak height, the Limelight is an excellent starter model for tall solo campers or camping couples.