Free camping and cell signal in Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. Free to use online, and with the Camp Map Pass it saves to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec in the mapCan you camp on public land in Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec?
Yes. On Quebec public land (terres du domaine de l'État) you can camp without a permit, with temporary equipment, for a stay of up to 7 months; ZECs and wildlife reserves charge fees, and some regional municipalities require a camping permit. In Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec the map shows public and private land, national parks, wildlife reserves, ZECs, outfitter territories and First Nations lands. Parks and protected areas here include Couchepaganiche Ecological Reserve, Irénée-Marie Ecological Reserve, Marcel-Léger Ecological Reserve, Lionel-Cinq-Mars Ecological Reserve, Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological Reserve 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 28% of Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec for Telus and Bell, 22% for Rogers and Fido and 19% for Vidéotron and Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 834 Telus/Bell, 230 Rogers/Fido and 169 Vidéotron/Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Lac Audy · gravel road · 19.4 km from Lac-Édouard · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Ruisseau Deschênes · gravel road · 16.1 km from La Bostonnais · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac René-Gauthier · gravel road · 24.4 km from Lac-Bouchette · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Émile · gravel road · 15.9 km from Lac-Bouchette · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Pagé · gravel road · 11.7 km from Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Estaire · gravel road · 11.7 km from Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Campsite near Rivière du Nord · gravel road · 12.1 km from Saint-Côme · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Freedom
- Crown land near Ruisseau aux Becs-Scie · gravel road · 20.4 km from La Bostonnais · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Ruisseau Vassal · gravel road · 13.9 km from Lac-à-Beauce · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac en Cœur · gravel road · 10.9 km from Lac-à-Beauce · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Quebec is not on the map yet.
Open Mauricie & Centre-du-Québec 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.