Free camping and cell signal in Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. One map, saved to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing in the mapCan you camp on Crown land in Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing?
Yes, on most of it. Canadian residents can camp free on Ontario's Crown land for up to 21 days at any one site in a calendar year; non-residents need a Crown land camping permit north of the French and Mattawa rivers. In Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing the map shows which land is Crown (unpatented) and which is patented private land, plus provincial parks, conservation reserves and First Nation reserves, so you can tell a legal campsite from someone's property. Parks and protected areas here include NAGAGAMI LAKE , ADAM CREEK , CRAIG'S PIT , NAGAGAMISIS , RED SUCKER POINT and more; camp only in their designated sites.
Where will I have cell signal?
Coverage in the backcountry follows the valleys and the highways. Using every licensed cell site and a terrain model of where each one can reach, the map estimates that a clear line of sight to a site covers about 4% of Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing for Telus and Bell, 4% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 77 Telus/Bell, 65 Rogers/Fido and 0 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Storm Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near North Storm Creek · gravel road · 26.3 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Upper Falls · gravel road · 19.9 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Blackbill Lake · gravel road · 17.8 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Vimy Lake · gravel road · 19 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Steepe Lake · gravel road · 29.1 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Wakagami Lake · gravel road · 12.7 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Libby Lake · gravel road · 12.5 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Vimy Creek · gravel road · 20.4 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near First Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Timmins, Cochrane & Kapuskasing are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Ontario is not on the map yet.
Towns in this region include MARATHON, COCHRANE, IROQUOIS FALLS, HEARST, SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, TIMMINS, KAPUSKASING, KIRKLAND LAKE.
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