I have similar great sleep when camping. There are lot of factors that may be involved.<p>Exercise. When camping, I&#x27;m typically much more active during the day than my usual routine. This is especially true if I&#x27;m on a hiking trip, walking several miles each day. But even if we&#x27;ve setup a stationary camp, all of the little activities add up to a lot of movement.<p>Lack of distractions&#x2F;schedule. When camping, I typically just go to bed when I get tired, which is usually soon after it gets dark, and I wake up naturally, not to an alarm clock, typically with the sun.<p>Cool, dark, and quiet. It&#x27;s usually cool at night, very dark, and relatively quiet. That contributes to great sleep regardless of the environment.<p>I&#x27;ve also had some of my worst sleep when camping. A couple of times when it was way, way colder than expected. It&#x27;s hard to sleep when you&#x27;re shivering. But mostly the problem is when it&#x27;s too hot. I sleep terribly when it&#x27;s warm, and I think that&#x27;s true for many people.<p>I also think it matters whether you&#x27;re camping solo or in a group. When you&#x27;re with a group, I think you instinctively feel safer, but I&#x27;ve had some bad nights camping solo. One night especially sticks out in my mind. I&#x27;d seen a black bear and a cub earlier in the day, across a stream. They were a safe distance away and probably didn&#x27;t care about me at all. But all night, whenever I heard a noise, I&#x27;d spring up and question for the thousandth time if I hung my food far enough away. It&#x27;s amazing how large and menacing an opossum or deer can sound walking through the underbrush. But the next night when I met up with my companions, I had the best sleep ever. :)