Free camping and cell signal in Southern Arkansas
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Southern Arkansas: Ouachita NF & Hot Springs, 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 Southern Arkansas in the mapCan you camp for free in Southern Arkansas?
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. State trust land rules vary: check the managing agency. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Southern Arkansas 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 35% of Southern Arkansas for AT&T, 34% of Southern Arkansas for Verizon, 16% of Southern Arkansas for T-Mobile, 1% of Southern Arkansas for pinecellularphones, 0% of Southern Arkansas for crossvalliantcellularpartnership, 0% of Southern Arkansas for cspirewireless. 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 Southern Arkansas
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Sweetwater Creek · unpaved track · 7.9 km from Buck Knob · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Beech Point Campground · unpaved track · 2.2 km from Jeffersonville · AT&T
- Campsite near Lake Bailey · paved road · 1.8 km from West (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Poteau River Site Nine Lake · unpaved track · 3.5 km from Cauthron · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Hickson Lake · unpaved track · 3.7 km from Eden · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Campsite near Merrisach Lake · rough road · 7.2 km from Osotouy (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Public land near North Mill Creek · gravel road · 7.5 km from Mountain Pine · Verizon
- Campsite near Slunger Bay · hike-in · 1.6 km from Shorewood Hills · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Brooks Valley · unpaved track · 3.4 km from Langley · T-Mobile
- Public land · gravel road · 5.1 km from Liberty · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Southern Arkansas are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Southern Arkansas 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.