Free camping and cell signal in North Florida
Where dispersed camping is allowed in North Florida: Apalachicola, Osceola & Ocala NFs, 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 North Florida in the mapCan you camp for free in North Florida?
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 North Florida 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 50% of North Florida for AT&T, 48% of North Florida for Verizon, 27% of North Florida for T-Mobile, 0% of North Florida for southernlinc, 0% of North Florida for tampnet. 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 North Florida
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land · gravel road · 12.2 km from Salt Springs · Verizon
- Public land near Morman Branch · gravel road · 8.1 km from Yellow Bluff · AT&T, Verizon
- Jr. Walton Pond · gravel road · 6.4 km from Killingsworth Crossroads · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Ragan's Family Campground · unpaved track · 7.1 km from Lee · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Sawgrass Lake · unpaved track · 9.8 km from Relay · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 10.3 km from Cedar Creek · Verizon
- Public land near Blue Sink · gravel road · 6.6 km from Camp Ocala · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Crooked Sapling Pond · gravel road · 12.1 km from Lynn · Verizon
- Public land near Zay Prairie · gravel road · 9.8 km from Lynn · Verizon
- Campsite near Blue Hole Spring · paved road · 5.4 km from Marianna · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in North Florida are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open North Florida 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.