Free camping and cell signal in Central & eastern Nevada
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Central & eastern Nevada: Great Basin NP & Highway 50, which carrier will reach you to work or call for help, and what's on the road in. One map, saved to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Central & eastern Nevada in the mapCan you camp for free in Central & eastern Nevada?
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. Nevada is mostly federal land: state land is scarce, so BLM and national forest rules are the ones that matter. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Central & eastern Nevada 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 Central & eastern Nevada for AT&T, 16% of Central & eastern Nevada for Verizon, 4% of Central & eastern Nevada for T-Mobile, 0% of Central & eastern Nevada for worldmobilenetworksllc. 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 Central & eastern Nevada
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Twin Springs · gravel road · 32.4 km from Three Bar (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Blue Eagle Springs · gravel road · 13 km from Allred (historical) · AT&T
- Public land near Forest Home Reservoir Number 3 · gravel road · 15.1 km from Hot Creek · AT&T
- Public land near Garden Pass Creek · gravel road · 17.8 km from Romano (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Lone Mountain Spring · gravel road · 26.1 km from Three Bar (historical) · Verizon
- Public land near Dry Canyon Spring · gravel road · 20.9 km from Nevin (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Bull Creek Reservoir · gravel road · 12.3 km from Duckwater · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Blue Jay Spring · unpaved track · 12.8 km from Joy (historical) · AT&T
- Public land near John Wright Reservoir · unpaved track · 13.7 km from Hiko · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near South Fork Fish Creek · unpaved track · 16.9 km from Vanderbilt (historical) · AT&T
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Central & eastern Nevada are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Central & eastern Nevada 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 saves it to your phone for use without signal. See everything the map does.