Free camping and cell signal in Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands, 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 Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands in the mapCan you camp on Crown land in Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands?
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 Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands 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 LAKE ST. PETER , MENZEL CENTENNIAL , BELL BAY , ALEXANDER STEWART , SHARBOT LAKE 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 62% of Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands for Telus and Bell, 82% for Rogers and Fido and 10% for Freedom. Rogers / Fido reaches the most of this region. The region has 774 Telus/Bell, 1,070 Rogers/Fido and 174 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Methuen Lake · gravel road · 12.8 km from Nephton · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Cucumber Lake · gravel road · 13.7 km from Henderson · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Troutling Bay · gravel road · 14 km from Nephton · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Payes Lake · gravel road · 12.7 km from Plevna · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Strains Lake · gravel road · 21.7 km from Denbigh · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Callaghan Lake · gravel road · 21.8 km from Denbigh · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Marble Lake · gravel road · 15.1 km from Calabogie · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Muskrat Lake · gravel road · 18.3 km from Denbigh · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Beaver Lake · gravel road · 18.7 km from Denbigh · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Diamond Lake · gravel road · 13.6 km from Quadeville · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands 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 OTTAWA, DESERONTO, BELLEVILLE, KINGSTON, GREATER NAPANEE, CORNWALL, WESTPORT, HAWKESBURY.
Open Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa & the Thousand Islands in the map