Free camping and cell signal in Eastern South Dakota
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Eastern South Dakota: the Missouri River & prairie lakes, 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 Eastern South Dakota in the mapCan you camp for free in Eastern South Dakota?
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. South Dakota school lands are open for low-impact day use; for camping, the Black Hills National Forest and the national grasslands are the places to go. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Eastern South Dakota 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 73% of Eastern South Dakota for AT&T, 57% of Eastern South Dakota for Verizon, 32% of Eastern South Dakota for T-Mobile, 10% of Eastern South Dakota for jamesvalleywirelessllc, 2% of Eastern South Dakota for standingrocktelecom, 0% of Eastern South Dakota for viaerowireless, 0% of Eastern South Dakota for uniontelephonecompany. 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 Eastern South Dakota
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Public land · unpaved track · 16.3 km from Vivian · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Stony Butte · unpaved track · 13.3 km from Vivian · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Richland Reservoir · gravel road · 17.6 km from Teton · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 13.1 km from Fort Pierre · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Summit Reservoir · gravel road · 21.7 km from Vivian · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Richland Reservoir · gravel road · 15.5 km from Teton · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 19.9 km from Teton · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Summit Reservoir · gravel road · 21.9 km from Teton · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Summit Reservoir · gravel road · 20.7 km from Vivian · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land · gravel road · 18 km from Teton · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Eastern South Dakota are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Eastern South Dakota 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.