Free camping and cell signal in Interior
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Interior: Fairbanks, Denali & the Alaska Highway, which carrier will reach you to work or call for help, and what's on the road in. Free to use online. Offline use is paid: the Camp Map Pass saves the region to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Interior in the mapCan you camp for free in Interior?
On most national forest and Bureau of Land Management land, yes: dispersed camping is allowed outside developed sites, usually for up to 14 days, unless an area is posted closed. Alaska state land allows camping for up to 14 days at one site too, and most refuges, preserves and parks allow backcountry camping; much of the rest is Alaska Native corporation land, where you need permission. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Interior the map shows who manages every piece of public land, wilderness boundaries and the land with no public record, which you should treat as private.
Where will I have cell signal?
From the carriers' own coverage filings with the FCC, strong (in-vehicle) LTE covers about 2% of Interior for AT&T, 1% of Interior for gci, 1% of Interior for Verizon, 0% of Interior for adakeagleenterprisesllc, 0% of Interior for arcticslopetelephoneassociationcooperativeinc, 0% of Interior for coppervalleywireless, 0% of Interior for cordovawirelesscommunicationsllc, 0% of Interior for telalaskacellularinc, 0% of Interior for bristolbaycellularpartnership, 0% of Interior for otztelecommunicationsllc, 0% of Interior for optimera. Carriers model their coverage optimistically in the mountains, so the map also collects speed tests from other campers. Canadian phones usually roam on AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon here: check which one your plan uses.
Remote spots with coverage in Interior
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Gerstle River Wayside · gravel road · 21.7 km from Healy Lake · AT&T
- Fielding Lake State Recreation Site · gravel road · 11.8 km from Paxson · AT&T
- Public land near Keystone Creek · gravel road · 13.3 km from Richardson · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Richardson 81 Mile Pond · gravel road · 12.1 km from Big Delta · AT&T
- Public land near Sheefish Lake · gravel road · 15.8 km from Delta Junction · AT&T, , Verizon
- Public land near Onemile Creek · gravel road · 13.1 km from Donnelly · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Dougherty Creek · unpaved track · 23.6 km from Dry Creek · AT&T
- Public land near Dick Lake · unpaved track · 26.4 km from Paxson · AT&T,
- Public land · gravel road · 15.6 km from Anderson · AT&T, , Verizon
- Public land near Hajdukovich Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · AT&T, , Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Interior are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Interior in the mapCosmic's Camp Map puts all of this on one map with land status, cell coverage by carrier, recreation sites, wildfires, services and road reports, and, with the Camp Map Pass, saves it to your phone for use without signal. See everything the map does.