Free camping and cell signal in Southwest New Mexico
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Southwest New Mexico: the Gila & Silver City, 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 Southwest New Mexico in the mapCan you camp for free in Southwest 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 Southwest 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 24% of Southwest New Mexico for AT&T, 17% of Southwest New Mexico for T-Mobile, 15% of Southwest New Mexico for Verizon, 0% of Southwest New Mexico for viaerowireless, 0% of Southwest New Mexico for panhandletelephone, 0% of Southwest New Mexico for smithbagleyinc. 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 Southwest New Mexico
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Dark Canyon Tank · unpaved track · 14.9 km from Old Horse Springs · Verizon
- Public land near Pine Tank · gravel road · 17.7 km from Magdalena · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Aragon Wash · rough road · 14 km from Placitas · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Joe Pankey Reservoir Number 2 · rough road · 17.6 km from La Petra · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near South Tank · rough road · 16.4 km from La Petra · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near CCC Tank · rough road · 18.1 km from La Petra · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Red Tank · unpaved track · 10.8 km from Las Palomas · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Oney Tank · gravel road · 14.4 km from Columbus · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Rock Tank · gravel road · 16.2 km from Virden · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near House Pasture Tank · gravel road · 20.1 km from Upham · AT&T
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Southwest 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 Southwest 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.