Best Large Tents In 2023 – Top Camping Tent For Family Or Groups

Do you need more space when you’re camping? Then you’re in the right place! Welcome to our round up of the best large tents.

Whatever sort of large tent you need, we’ve got you covered. Do you need a lot of rooms for privacy? Do you need a tall tent for campers who are fed up with crouching over? Do you need a tent that will be comfy enough for the whole gang to sleep together?

Then stick with us. We’ve got the tent recommendation for you, whatever your needs.

So lets stop talking and get into the round up of our favorite large tents you can buy this year.

If you’re in a rush, the best large tents are:

1. Eureka Copper Canyon LX 4 / 8 / 12-Person – Best Overall
2. Coleman Instant Cabin 4 / 6 / 10 Person Tent with Dark Room – Best for groups
3. CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent – Best budget tent
4. Coleman WeatherMaster 6 / 10 Person Tent with Screen Room – Best for small families
5. Ozark Trail 3 Room Instant Cabin 12-Person Tent – Best for large or extended families
6. Crua Core 6 Person Tent – Best alternative design

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Which large tent do we recommend?

In a hurry? Our favorite overall tent was the Eureka! Copper Canyon LX 4/8/12 Person Tent.

No matter the capacity, these tents are HUGE. That’s a real plus – a lot of tents lose some of their center height as the floor space is reduced in smaller sizes. But the Eureka comes with a peak height of seven foot in EVERY size.

It’s a giant, reliable tent that is a great choice for family or group camping.

Which Large Family Tent is Good on a Budget?

Maybe size isn’t your biggest concern—you want to keep the cost low in case this camping hobby doesn’t work out. It’s the CORE 9-Person Instant Cabin Tent in that case, which is fantastic.

It’s the most affordable family camping tent of the group, and it can fit small and large families. It’s a great option for families looking for a first tent.

Large Tents Compared

The Eureka! is a 12 person tent, a solid choice for large families and friend groups. It’s our top rated tent in our roundup of the best family tents for camping.

It has a comfort capacity of eight to 10 people but can hold 12 if you bundle together.

Sleeping bags are your best friend in here, and you’ll have plenty of room to stretch out if you utilize one. Otherwise, you’ll fit four queen air mattresses, but it’ll be cramped.

Make the most of the tent floor area; craft a living area in one room and cozy up in your sleeping bags together at night. You’ll need to get close in the winter, as the windows attach with velcro and let wind and rain leak in.

A tarp should cover the windows with no problem, though, letting this large family tent live up to its 3-season claims.

You can take this tent out in all seasons except winter (our review of the best 4 season tent is better for winter campers!) and have it work wonderfully for you. The floor area ensures you have plenty of room to bring and store lots of blankets for cooler fall nights.

Regardless of when you want to take this one out, the Eureka! 12 person cabin tent will cater to your large tent needs.

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Here’s an instant cabin tent well-suited to a group of friends for several reasons, some of which are the pre-attached tent poles for easy, instant setup and the 10 person tent capacity.

Friends don’t want to waste time wrangling a camping tent into shape, so the instant tent aspect lets you start relaxing swiftly. The tired driver, after your trip into the wilderness, can even dive into the tent to sleep the day away in darkness, thanks to the dark room technology.

The dark room tech keeps 90 percent of sunlight out of the 10 person cabin tent, as well as reducing the heat in the tent. However, some users report condensation and clamminess.

Two room dividers add privacy for the daytime sleeper; four or five people fit in each room depending on whether you use sleeping bags or air mattresses. The cabin-style tent fits four queens in total.

I have a Coleman 6p Darkroom, and I love it. It blocks a lot of light. I can’t speak to the heat in direct sunlight as it was quite cold out.

Tent review

It’s a large tent, larger if you keep the floor space as clear as possible, and makes for a good place to sleep and not much more. It’s so dark in the camping tent that it’s not great for livability, although with the large windows and hinged door open, it will let light in if you desire.

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This is a two-room tent, advertised as having a bedroom and a living space. If that’s what you’re looking for, then this may be the tent for you—so long as you don’t have a family of nine. The advertised capacity is for both rooms, so fewer people can sleep in the actual sleeping space.

Of course, you can use the living space however you wish—as a sleeping area or as a sleeping and living area; it’s large enough to do what you please with it. There are two large doors letting you access the living area, though you have to cross the space to get to the bedroom.

Once you get through the easy 60-second setup, you can take advantage of those doors and rooms. With the rainfly off, the mesh roof in the CORE makes it good for watching the stars at night.

Users report that staying in the tent is a pleasant experience, great for bonding with family, although when it rains, things can get difficult. The tent has a leaking issue around the seams, so use a seal for extra protection.

In general, this tent doesn’t beat the Eureka in most categories. But it does put up a great all round performance and, for it’s budget price, is one to consider.

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For a tent contrasting the prior, here’s one with a room you can hang out in awake. The screen room of the 6 person tent lets you spend time in the great outdoors without the nuisance of bugs, thanks to the mesh screen room.

Kids love to play regardless of the dirt and bugs outside, but for parents, it’s a nightmare. The screen room in the tent lets you sit and watch the kids while staying safe yourself.

Another feature that makes it excellent for small families is the hinged door for easy access. Kids often struggle with zippers, and carrying toddlers out of a regular tent door can get nightmarish.

Inside the tent, you’ll find a divider making two separate rooms as sleeping areas as well as the screen room to give parents privacy at night. Overall, it’s a simple, large family tent perfect for casual weekend camping trips with young kids.

This tent comes with Coleman’s WeatherTec System which includes inverted seams and waterproof tent floor to keep you dry on your trip.

This tent has only one downfall: in cold weather conditions, the tent can get a little chilly.

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For a 12 person tent that’s good for large and extended families, consider the cabin tent Ozark Trail. It fits four people to a room in sleeping bags.

You could also place an air mattress in each room, but that cuts down the room’s capacity from four to two per space.

Each room in the tent has its own air vent to the outside, and a closeable bug mesh window that lets the light stream in but keeps you free from outside pests. The two large doors also let the outside in, while keeping the terrors of it out.

The large outdoor awning is the same size as an interior room, so it’s a truly equal, square tent that’s fair to everyone.

Its outdoor tent awning area gives you a place to hang out without having the sun or light drizzle beat down on you. Unfortunately, it’s not screened in, so the bugs can attack all they like out there.

If you’d rather stay inside the tent but communal during the day, don’t worry. All the room dividers in the 12 person large family cabin tent roll back.

Try not to get too rowdy though, and keep away from scratchy tree branches outside. The material rips easily if you apply any amount of pressure.

On the other hand, the poles are wonderfully strong and heavy-duty, which you’ll realize during setup—which will take longer than the two minutes the manufacturers claim, by the way.

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If you want a large tent you can take out in any weather conditions, including snow, then the Crua Core 6 person tent is your match. It’s made of polyester, which is breathable and the water resistance will keep you dry.

The main tent, the Crua Core, fits six people in sleeping bags, but if the number of people in your party is higher, it attaches to several other smaller Crua tents. You could also get one of these for gear storage to maximize your floor space in the tent.

It also has ample head room, more than most large camping tents of this capacity, so you can walk around the tent with ease. This head room extends to the outside where there’s a large tent awning you can spend time under.

The awning will work in rain or snow, so long as the weather isn’t falling at a sharp angle.

It’s a highly insulated tent with thick fabric that remains breathable, letting it withstand the extreme weather but keep you warm. It also blocks outside sound, so don’t worry about the howling winds.

The only downside is how it blocks out light in the interior space. This is excellent for sleeping late, but it would be nice to have some windows for daytime use.

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Best large tent overall

Winner: Eureka! Copper Canyon LX 4 / 8 / 12 Person Tent

The best large tent is the Eureka! Copper Canyon LX 12 Person Tent. It has a mammoth height which measures at 7 feet and a floor space of 14 by 12 feet. This isn’t the largest floor space — there’s a 16 by 16-foot tent after all — but it feels more spacious.

Technically the Ozark Trail tent is the biggest tent by dimensions, but keep in mind that it also includes the awning in this.

The removable room divider is fully openable, where as in the Ozark Trail tent you have three very distinct and separate rooms. With the Eureka tent, you have the best of both worlds, with a fantastic max and comfort capacity.

Outdoor Tent Size Comparison

Tent	Width x Length	Center Height	Floor Area	Capacity
Eureka Copper Canyon LX Tent	8 ft x 8 ft / 13 ft x 10 ft / 14 ft x 12 ft	7 ft	64 ft2 / 130 ft2 / 168 ft2	4/8/12 Person
Coleman Instant Cabin Tent	8 ft x 7 ft / 10 ft x 9 ft / 14 ft x 10 ft	4 ft 11 in / 6 ft / 6 ft 7 in	56 ft2 / 90 ft2 / 140 ft2	4/6/10 Person
CORE Instant Cabin Tent	14 ft x 9 ft	6 ft 6 in	126 ft2	9 Person
Coleman WeatherMaster Tent with Screen Room	11 ft x 9 ft / 17 ft x 9 ft	6 ft 8 in	99 ft2 / 153 ft2	6/10 Person
Ozark Trail 3 Room Instant Cabin Tent	20 ft x 10 ft	6 ft 8 in	200 ft2	12 Person
Crua Core Tent	16 ft x 12 ft	7.5 ft	192 ft2	6 Person

Avoid crouching down: the best tall tent

Winner: Eureka! Copper Canyon LX 4/8/12 Person Tent

The Eureka tent is the best tent for tall campers with a peak height of seven feet. The cabin tent straight wall design means that the roof stays relatively uniform at this center height as well thanks to the vertical walls, making it good for tall campers to walk around inside.

The floor space is also large enough for campers to lie down comfortably without touching either end of the tent.

Which Family Tent is the Most Comfortable?

Winner: Eureka Copper Canyon LX 4/8/12 Person Tent

Your family won’t want to feel closed in within your tent, even large ones. Luckily, the Eureka tent has a large, airy feel with the room dividers open — almost like circus tents, but smaller and without the popcorn smell. It’s wonderful for families, and the open vibe makes the family tent seem larger than it is.

The ceiling height gives you an impressive 7 feet of space for headroom. That’s tall enough for standing straight inside the tent. The near-vertical walls also mean that these tents have ample space for storing camping gear.

While all multi-room tents provide a sense of privacy for your family, the Ozark Trail tent has to come out on top. The rooms are more like those in a cabin, with doorways to step through as you travel from room to room within the Ozark Trail tent.

Although some people find that three rooms can be too many. For instance, a family with a two room tent means that the adults can stay in one room while the kids stay in another.

Which Family Tent Has The Best Storage Options?

Winner: Coleman WeatherMaster 6/10 Person Tent

Looking for tents with plenty of storage space? The Coleman WeatherMaster tent might be the one you’re looking for.

The screen room that is increased in the 6 person model impressed us. Since there is no floor, it is perfect for storing dirty or muddy camping gear and equipment. You don’t have to worry about damaging the floor or cleaning the tent afterwards!

And it’s a game-changer for storing the family’s smelly boots after a long hike. No need to stink out these tents!

We were also impressed by the ample space for storage in the Eureka Copper Canyon Tent. The gear loft in particular was one of our favorite features. Like the Coleman WeatherMaster tent, the Eureka tent also comes with mesh storage pockets.

Which tent is best for you?

Which tent suits your group size?

Cabin tents are the best for big groups as they have mostly straight walls and ample ceiling center height. This lets you maximize the floor space, making use of every last corner in the tent.

For small crews who still want a lot of space inside their tent, the Eureka Copper Canyon 4/8/12 Person Tent and Coleman Instant Cabin 4/6/10 person tent are both available in smaller capacities. They’re great for a couple or three people when camping.

For bigger groups or a family, the Crua or the Coleman WeatherMaster tents are good choices. They both come with lots of space for sleeping campers and room to store extra camping gear as well.

The Ozark Trail 12-Person 3-Room tent is great for larger groups who want some privacy and individual rooms. If all being together in the same room is more important than privacy, the larger Eureka! or Coleman Instant Cabin tents are wonderful for groups.

Best Large Family Tent For Camping

Winner: Coleman WeatherMaster 6/10 Person Tent & Ozark Trail 3-Room 12 Person Tent

The screen room in the big Coleman WeatherMaster tent makes it a great tent for family camping. Parents can sit in the interior of their sheltered, bug-free vestibule and still watch as the kids play outdoors.

The Ozark Trail tent’s rooms makes it a good choice for family camping with older kids or extended families. It still lets people have a little bit of privacy on their camping trip.

Both big tents come with an electrical cord access port which lets you run an extension cable into the interior of the tents. This is a nice feature which lets you charge devices for the entire family the night before your journey home.

If you’ve taken a long road trip to get to your campsite, you’ll really appreciate being juiced up for the return journey.

Which Tent is Great For Group Camping?

Winner: Coleman Instant Cabin 4/6/10 Person Tent

The Coleman Cabin Instant Tent comes with Dark Room technology which means you won’t be woken at the crack of dawn. If you’re planning to spend your camping trip chatting until the early hours of the morning, this big tent is a great choice.

Which tent is easiest to set up?

Easiest camping tent to set up

Winner: CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent or Coleman Instant Cabin 4/6/10 Person Tent

You can’t top an instant cabin tent when it comes to easy set up or speed. Although it’s not its main appeal, the rapid setup that this dark room tent brings is nothing to ignore. The pre-attached poles make tested setup easy and super quick.

Most of these large family camping tents are easy to set up relatively quickly, even if not instantly. The only camping tent you’ll have any real difficulties with is the Ozark Trail tent.

Can one person set up all these tents?

It’s always easier to set up tents with other people to lend a pair of helping hands but if you are left alone, most of these top tents are easy to set up thanks to their intuitive instant designs.

The hardest part of setting these camping tents up is getting the rainfly on. This can be a real challenge if you’re short and you may need help from other people. It can also be tricker to setup tent poles in a large tents a conventional setup. But once this is done, you’ll just need to peg down the stakes.

Do You Need To Be Tall To Set up Large Camping Tents?

You don’t need to be tall, people manage camping at any height. But being tall wouldn’t hurt. If possible, bring a step ladder or camp with people who can give you a boost when attaching the rainfly.

Are these camping tents easy to carry?

Although the best tents are easy to carry to your campsite if you are car camping, they would be terrible for backpacking. They are heavy and awkward to carry so are best suited to car camping trips.

Battling the weather

You’re going to need camping tents with enough weather protection features to make sure you have a dry, warm and safe camping experience. So which family car-camping tent will keep you protected in bad weather?

Best tent in the rain

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

The Crua Core tent is designed to cope with weather when camping in Ireland and Britain so comes with fantastic waterproof protection. It will keep you dry in heavy rain and bad weather better than most camping tents and certainly better than the camping tents on this list.

It comes with impressive extra weather protection features like the super waterproof polyester fabric which has a hydrostatic head rating of 5000mm.

The cabin tents use a lot of mesh for large windows and walls which is great for ventilation but can make them susceptible to water leaking into their interior in the rain, even in moderate rain. A dome tent is much more aerodynamic and waterproof.

Top large camping tent for condensation

Winner: Eureka Copper Canyon LX 4/8/12 Person Tent

The only tent that we found complaints about condensation inside was the Coleman Cabin Instant tent. Camping with the rainfly on and the windows closed, the interior can get clammy quickly.

It’s best suited for fair-weather camping when you can leave the rainfly off for most of your trip.

The large mesh windows and vents on the Eureka tent and the interior mesh ceiling help to improve the ventilation by letting cool air into the tent and pushing warm, damp air out.

Best tent for protection from the wind

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

Larger tents can often get caught in the wind and the boxy, cabin-shaped design of most of these tents means they are often susceptible to breaking in stormy weather.

The Crua tent was once again the best big tent for dealing with the wind thanks to it’s superior quality.

The inflatable structure is good for windy conditions as the tent poles won’t bend and shatter like fiberglass poles can. You can use the tent stakes to peg down the Crua Core tent and keep it stable in as the wind blows.

the best big 3 season tent

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

The Crua Core tent is waterproof, snow-resistant and UV-resistant, meaning it’s the most weatherproof tent of the group. It’s the only big 4 season family camping tent, and customers say it does a good job in bad weather.

For summer camping trips, the large Eureka Copper Canyon tent provides excellent ventilation. The mesh interior design, including a mesh roof with vents, gives these tents enhanced ventilation to keep cool as the weather heats up outside your tent.

The Coleman Cabin Instant tent comes with darkroom technology which is good for if you’re camping at a music festival. The darkroom technology keeps the tent sheltered from the sun’s heat and light, letting you sleep in.

Durability – Which Big Tent Will Last Longest?

Winner: Crua Core 6 Person Tent

As it’s made to resist extreme weather, the Crua Core camping tent is extremely durable in general. It’s a tent that sleeps 6 people and is built to last and will withstand almost any weather you throw at it—just don’t go out of your way to show it hardship.

Plus Crua camping tents all come with a two-year warranty against any defects in materials or workmanship. So you can be reassured that you’re covered for at least two years with the Crua camping tent.

Eureka offer a limited lifetime warranty for their large Copper Canyon tent, as they do for all their camping tents. This warranty also covers against manufacturing defects.

Family Camping Tent – Frequently Asked Questions

Which Family camping tent can you fit the most queensized airbeds in?

You can comfortably fit three queen airbeds inside the large Eureka and the Ozark Trail camping tents. You can use a divider and put one in each of the large rooms in the Ozark Trail tent and still have extra space leftover in the interior for storing camping gear.

Can you take any of these camping tents backpacking?

They’re all too large, heavy and awkward to carry so we’re afraid not! If you are planning a backpacking trip with lots of campers, you are better to buy a few smaller camping tents rather than sharing one large one.

How To Get the Most livable Space From a camping Tent

Large camping tents may seem spacious, but once you and your outdoor camping gear get in there, they shrink considerably. Here are a few tips on how to get the most space out of your big tent:

• Use sleeping bags that roll up small in the large luxury camping tent.
• Store some of your camping gear in the car or in separate small tents.
• Use furniture that folds flat in big tents.
• Pile your camping gear strategically, so it takes vertical height and not floor space.
• Avoid air mattresses and camp beds with large groups; they take up too much space.

What Are the Advantages of a Large camping Tent?

The main advantage of big tents is that you can have a big camping group and have plenty of space to store your camping gear. But if you travel light with few people, there are further advantages:

• You can have dedicated sleeping and living areas in the large family camping tent.
• If you intend to camp for a long time, you can bring more furniture into large camping tents.
• Large camping tents are versatile—they work for throwing parties in the rain.
• Large camping tents usually have high ceilings, and are among some of the top tall tents.

What Are the Potential Issues of a large camping tent?

Large camping tents aren’t all fun and games. First of all, they’re much harder to assemble thanks to their big center peak height and width. It may also be difficult to find that much even, debris-free land to get out the tent poles and stakes and set up the tents when camping out in the wild.

Always check if campsites will accept large camping tents or offer extra room for a family

Then we have campsites — they might not accept large camping tents.

If you’re unsure if the campsite will be okay with your large family tent, call up and provide the dimensions of your large camping tent, so you don’t show up and get disappointed. Or, consider booking two neighboring spaces to ensure there’s room for your massive tents.

How Easy Is It for the Family to Stay Warm when camping in a Large Tent?

There’s a lot of room for air circulation to keep you cool in large camping tents. You’ll need to shut the windows and doors and attach the rainfly to keep as much warm air in as possible.

Using a large tent’s room dividers to create more living spaces in your tent

If there are any room dividers, put those up too. It’s easier to warm the individual, smaller spaces than the large camping tent overall. The Ozark Trail tent is a good large camping tent for this since its rooms are so separate, this makes it one of the best multi room tents.

The Final Verdict on the top large camping tent

The best large camping tent has to be the Eureka! Copper Canyon LX 4 / 8 / 12 Person Tent. It’s a large product with high ceilings making it highly accommodating, with enough space to store camping gear and sleep. The tent features multiple rooms which provide excellent livability, too.

On top of that, it’s a 3 season tent which ensures you can camp in all weather and still have a wonderful time. It’s truly one of the best large camping tents on the market.

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