Free camping and cell signal in The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island
Where dispersed camping is allowed in The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island, 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 The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island in the mapCan you camp for free in The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island?
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 York’s Forest Preserve and state forests allow camping up to 3 nights without a permit, 150 feet from roads, trails and water. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island 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 63% of The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island for AT&T, 45% of The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island for Verizon, 24% of The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island for T-Mobile, 0% of The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island 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 The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Billet Camp, FSR · gravel road · 2.7 km from Forestburg · AT&T
- William H. Pouch Scout Camp · unpaved track · 1.8 km from Willowbrook · AT&T, Verizon
- Camp Rayim · hike-in · 2.5 km from Parksville · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Campsite near Lost Pond · unpaved track · 3.9 km from Moscow Hill · AT&T, Verizon
- Campsite near Pinnacle Point · gravel road · 2.7 km from Austerlitz · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Henderson Scout Reservation · hike-in · 3.8 km from Maryland · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Wiley Post B · unpaved track · 3.3 km from Neponsit · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Sky Lake Camp and Retreat Center · access unclear · 3.2 km from Mount Carmel · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Campsite near Meadow Lake · paved road · 1.8 km from Kew Gardens Hills · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Cherry Ridge Camping Area · unpaved track · 2.9 km from Moscow Hill · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open The Catskills, Hudson Valley & Long Island 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.