Free camping and cell signal in Louisiana
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Louisiana: Kisatchie NF & the Atchafalaya, 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 Louisiana in the mapCan you camp for free in Louisiana?
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 Louisiana 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 60% of Louisiana for AT&T, 35% of Louisiana for Verizon, 29% of Louisiana for T-Mobile, 0% of Louisiana for southernlinc, 0% of Louisiana for cspirewireless, 0% of Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Long Island Ditch · gravel road · 13 km from Pecan Island · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Hunter Camp · rough road · 8 km from Sugrue · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near East Constance Lake · gravel road · 11.3 km from Pecan Island · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Corral Camp · road · 1.8 km from Derry · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near East Fork Bayou Pigeon · gravel road · 5.5 km from Bayou Sorrel · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Bull Bayou · gravel road · 10.9 km from Magnolia · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Public land · unpaved track · 9.1 km from Cora · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Devil Swamp · unpaved track · 5.2 km from Mink · AT&T, Verizon
- Dogwood Camp · gravel road · 4.1 km from Bellwood · AT&T, Verizon
- Ahtus Melder Camp · unpaved track · 5.7 km from Bringhurst · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Louisiana are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Louisiana 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.