Free camping and cell signal in Northern New Mexico
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Northern New Mexico: Santa Fe, Taos & the Jemez, 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 Northern New Mexico in the mapCan you camp for free in Northern New Mexico?
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 Mexico State Trust land needs a recreational access permit and camping needs the lessee’s permission, so national forest and BLM land are where to camp. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Northern New Mexico 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 39% of Northern New Mexico for AT&T, 19% of Northern New Mexico for T-Mobile, 14% of Northern New Mexico for Verizon, 1% of Northern New Mexico for smithbagleyinc, 0% of Northern New Mexico for viaerowireless, 0% of Northern New Mexico for panhandletelephone. 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 Northern New Mexico
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Campsite near Holy Ghost Spring · unpaved track · 12.3 km from San Luis · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Tecolote Spring · gravel road · 18.9 km from Vaqueros (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Dry Point Tank · unpaved track · 10 km from Vaqueros (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Webster Lake Camp · gravel road · 10.2 km from Cimarron · AT&T
- Public land near Deer Tank · unpaved track · 16.6 km from Vaqueros (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 17 km from Vaqueros (historical) · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Rincon Largo · gravel road · 15.4 km from Counselor · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Fourmile Mesa · gravel road · 21.2 km from Navajo City · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Rockhouse Canyon · gravel road · 16.2 km from Lybrook · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Middle Trabajo Creek · unpaved track · 9.9 km from Pennington · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Northern New Mexico are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Northern New Mexico 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.