Free camping and cell signal in Eastern Plains
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Eastern Plains: Pawnee & Comanche grasslands, 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 Eastern Plains in the mapCan you camp for free in Eastern Plains?
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. Colorado state trust land is closed to the public except parcels leased for hunting and fishing access, so national forest and BLM land are where to camp. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Eastern Plains 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 65% of Eastern Plains for AT&T, 26% of Eastern Plains for T-Mobile, 18% of Eastern Plains for Verizon, 11% of Eastern Plains for viaerowireless, 0% of Eastern Plains for nntcwirelessllc, 0% of Eastern Plains for panhandletelephone, 0% of Eastern Plains for smithbagleyinc, 0% of Eastern Plains for stratanetworks, 0% of Eastern Plains for unitedwirelesscommunicationsinc, 0% of Eastern Plains for uniontelephonecompany, 0% of Eastern Plains for nextechwireless. 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 Eastern Plains
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Campsite near Pawnee Buttes · gravel road · 13.6 km from Keota · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Public land · gravel road · 17.8 km from Grover · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Public land near Sand Reservoir Number 2 · unpaved track · 12.7 km from Purcell · AT&T
- Public land near Neenoshe Reservoir · unpaved track · 16.4 km from Big Bend · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Larson Reservoir · unpaved track · 8.9 km from Ayer · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 22.1 km from Avalo · AT&T
- Public land near Sand Reservoir Number 1 · gravel road · 14 km from Purcell · AT&T
- Public land near Wildhorse Tit · gravel road · 15.2 km from Purcell · AT&T
- Public land near West Fork Willow Creek · gravel road · 21.1 km from Purcell · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 20.5 km from Purcell · AT&T
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Eastern Plains are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Eastern Plains 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.