Free camping and cell signal in Southeast Alaska
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Southeast Alaska: Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka & Glacier Bay, 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 Southeast Alaska in the mapCan you camp for free in Southeast Alaska?
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 Southeast Alaska 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 Southeast Alaska for AT&T, 1% of Southeast Alaska for gci, 0% of Southeast Alaska for adakeagleenterprisesllc, 0% of Southeast Alaska for arcticslopetelephoneassociationcooperativeinc, 0% of Southeast Alaska for coppervalleywireless, 0% of Southeast Alaska for cordovawirelesscommunicationsllc, 0% of Southeast Alaska for telalaskacellularinc, 0% of Southeast Alaska for Verizon, 0% of Southeast Alaska for bristolbaycellularpartnership, 0% of Southeast Alaska for otztelecommunicationsllc, 0% of Southeast Alaska 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 Southeast Alaska
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Mud Bay · gravel road · 19.6 km from Fort Saint Michael (historical) · AT&T
- Public land near Mud Bay · gravel road · 22.5 km from Fort Saint Michael (historical) · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 14 km from Tolstoi Bay (historical) · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 12.3 km from Doyhof · AT&T
- Public land near Deep Bay · gravel road · 17.3 km from Wrangell · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 10 km from Tolstoi Bay (historical) · AT&T
- Public land near Camp Trail Creek · gravel road · 12.7 km from Kake · AT&T
- Public land near Bear Creek · unpaved track · 7.2 km from Funter · AT&T
- Public land near Slo Duc Creek · gravel road · 10.1 km from Kake · AT&T
- Public land near Cathedral Falls Creek · gravel road · 15.8 km from Kake · AT&T
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Southeast Alaska are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Southeast Alaska 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.