Free camping and cell signal in Northern Colorado
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Northern Colorado: Rocky Mountain NP, Steamboat & the Medicine Bows, 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 Northern Colorado in the mapCan you camp for free in Northern Colorado?
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 Northern Colorado 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 32% of Northern Colorado for AT&T, 19% of Northern Colorado for T-Mobile, 18% of Northern Colorado for Verizon, 4% of Northern Colorado for uniontelephonecompany, 1% of Northern Colorado for viaerowireless, 1% of Northern Colorado for stratanetworks, 0% of Northern Colorado for nntcwirelessllc, 0% of Northern Colorado for panhandletelephone, 0% of Northern Colorado for smithbagleyinc, 0% of Northern Colorado for unitedwirelesscommunicationsinc, 0% of Northern Colorado 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 Northern Colorado
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Blue River Campground · paved road · 7 km from Slate Creek · AT&T
- Campsite near Summit Lake · gravel road · 14.3 km from Steamboat Springs · AT&T
- Crosho Lake Recreation Area · rough road · 11.7 km from Phippsburg · AT&T
- Campsite near Killpecker Creek · gravel road · 10.1 km from Red Feather Lakes · AT&T
- Bears Ears Campground · gravel road · 12.5 km from Hayden · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Wild camping spot · unpaved track · 18.3 km from Steamboat Springs · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Raven Basin Reservoir · unpaved track · 9.4 km from Blue Mountain · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Stillwater Campground · unpaved track · 9.8 km from Grand Lake · AT&T, Verizon
- Tent Camping · paved road · 3.1 km from Silverthorne · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Antelope Reservoir · unpaved track · 17.6 km from Kremmling · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Northern Colorado are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Northern Colorado 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.