There are a lot of reasons to meditate in nature/wilderness.

The importance of meditating in nature is often undervalued because its implications are overlooked. [We can experience] spiritual transformation by leaving human society and going into the wilderness. [^1]

What are some of the values of meditating in the wilderness?

Spending time in nature
Communing with the plants and animals
Develop a wonderment at the natural beauty
Drop into serenity
Motivates us to work to care for nature
Stimulate our own well-being
Gives us time to heal what troubles us

This explains why we love being in the natural world. We might not understand all these values "but clearly it has something to do with the fact that the natural world offers us a temporary escape from our instrumentalized lives." [^2]

Bibliographical data:

[^1]: David Loy (2019): Ecodharma: Buddhist teachings for the ecological crisis, Wisdom Publications p.16 - [@Loy:2019a]
[^2]: p.115