Free camping and cell signal in New Hampshire
Where dispersed camping is allowed in New Hampshire: White Mountain NF & the Great North Woods, 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 New Hampshire in the mapCan you camp for free in New Hampshire?
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. New Hampshire state lands mostly limit camping to campgrounds; the White Mountain National Forest is where to disperse-camp. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In New Hampshire 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 47% of New Hampshire for AT&T, 31% of New Hampshire for Verizon, 22% of New Hampshire for T-Mobile, 0% of New Hampshire for vtelwirelessinc. 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 New Hampshire
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Roaring Brook Campsite · gravel road · 5.9 km from Orford · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Kinsman Pond Tentsite · hike-in · 4.7 km from Easton · AT&T, T-Mobile
- Osceola Vista Campground · unpaved track · 3.1 km from Waterville Valley · AT&T, Verizon
- Winding Rivers Campground · gravel road · 2.2 km from Prescott Corner · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Camp Huckins · gravel road · 1.8 km from Ossipee Lake Shores · AT&T, Verizon
- Neal's Cove Camping Area · rough road · 4.4 km from Nottingham Square · AT&T
- Jeffers Brook Shelter · gravel road · 1.6 km from Glencliff · AT&T, Verizon
- T.L. Storer Scout Reservation · gravel road · 3.4 km from South Barnstead · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Mt Cabot Cabin · road · 6.4 km from Lost Nation · AT&T, Verizon
- Campsite near Little Bear Brook · gravel road · 3.6 km from Bowman · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in New Hampshire are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open New Hampshire 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.