Free camping and cell signal in Mississippi
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Mississippi: De Soto, Holly Springs & Homochitto 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 Mississippi in the mapCan you camp for free in Mississippi?
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 Mississippi 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 56% of Mississippi for cspirewireless, 49% of Mississippi for AT&T, 22% of Mississippi for T-Mobile, 21% of Mississippi for Verizon, 4% of Mississippi for southernlinc, 0% of Mississippi for pinebeltcellularinc, 0% of Mississippi 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 Mississippi
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Snow Creek · gravel road · 5.9 km from Pine Grove · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Beaver Pond Creek · gravel road · 5.5 km from Redhill · AT&T
- Public land near Bud Branch · gravel road · 8.9 km from White Plains · AT&T, , Verizon
- Campsite near Mayes Lake · gravel road · 1.8 km from Eastover · AT&T, T-Mobile, , Verizon
- Public land near Shut Eye Creek · gravel road · 6.6 km from Oak Grove · AT&T,
- Public land near Andrew Pond · gravel road · 7.6 km from Brooklyn · AT&T,
- Dunn's Falls Water Park · hike-in · 4.6 km from White House (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile, , , Verizon
- Public land near Granny Creek · gravel road · 6 km from Rock Hill · AT&T, T-Mobile, , , Verizon
- Public land near Pipe Lake · unpaved track · 3.6 km from Garden City · AT&T,
- Public land near Mill Creek · gravel road · 5.3 km from Carnes · AT&T,
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Mississippi are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Mississippi 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.