Free camping and cell signal in Southern Colorado
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Southern Colorado: San Juans, Sangre de Cristo & the Rio Grande, 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 Colorado in the mapCan you camp for free in Southern 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 Southern 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 26% of Southern Colorado for AT&T, 18% of Southern Colorado for Verizon, 13% of Southern Colorado for T-Mobile, 3% of Southern Colorado for viaerowireless, 2% of Southern Colorado for nntcwirelessllc, 0% of Southern Colorado for panhandletelephone, 0% of Southern Colorado for smithbagleyinc, 0% of Southern Colorado for stratanetworks, 0% of Southern Colorado for unitedwirelesscommunicationsinc, 0% of Southern Colorado for uniontelephonecompany, 0% of Southern 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 Southern Colorado
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Cy Orr Spring · gravel road · 13.5 km from Norwood · AT&T
- Site 9 · unpaved track · 10.2 km from Lucky Seven Summer Homes · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Thirty Mile Campground · gravel road · 21.6 km from Beartown (historical) · Verizon
- Williams Creek Campground · gravel road · 11.6 km from Henson · AT&T, Verizon
- Pine Point Campground · gravel road · 5.1 km from Vallecito · AT&T
- Public land · gravel road · 14.2 km from Alamosa · AT&T, Verizon
- Base Camp Family Campground · gravel road · 12 km from Alamosa · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Clear Creek · gravel road · 12.5 km from Spar City · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 12.9 km from Blanca · AT&T, , Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 13.2 km from Yellow Jacket · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Southern Colorado are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Southern 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.