Free camping and cell signal in Northern Nevada
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Northern Nevada: Black Rock, Jarbidge & the Rubies, 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 Northern Nevada in the mapCan you camp for free in Northern 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 Northern 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 23% of Northern Nevada for AT&T, 21% of Northern Nevada for Verizon, 8% of Northern Nevada for T-Mobile, 1% of Northern 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 Northern Nevada
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land near Leach Hot Springs · gravel road · 20.5 km from Cherry Creek (historical) · Verizon
- Public land near Dewey Dann Creek · gravel road · 15.4 km from Crescent Valley · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Dry Canyon Spring · gravel road · 20.9 km from Nevin (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Gance Creek · unpaved track · 18.9 km from Dinner Station · Verizon
- Public land near Jackson Creek Slough · unpaved track · 14.4 km from Sulphur · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Pie Creek · unpaved track · 22.3 km from North Fork · Verizon
- Public land near Hot Springs · unpaved track · 21.2 km from Tulasco · AT&T
- Public land near Blue Jay Spring · unpaved track · 12.8 km from Joy (historical) · AT&T
- Public land near Flat Spring · unpaved track · 22.6 km from Goshute (historical) · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Smokey Spring · unpaved track · 12.4 km from Jungo (historical) · Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Northern Nevada are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Northern 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.