Free camping and cell signal in Middle & West Tennessee
Where dispersed camping is allowed in Middle & West Tennessee: Cumberland Plateau & Land Between the 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 Middle & West Tennessee in the mapCan you camp for free in Middle & West Tennessee?
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. Tennessee wildlife management areas mostly limit camping to designated sites; the Cherokee National Forest and Land Between the Lakes are where to disperse-camp. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In Middle & West Tennessee 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 48% of Middle & West Tennessee for AT&T, 33% of Middle & West Tennessee for Verizon, 25% of Middle & West Tennessee for T-Mobile, 0% of Middle & West Tennessee for appalachianwireless, 0% of Middle & West Tennessee for carolinawestwireless, 0% of Middle & West Tennessee for southernlinc, 0% of Middle & West Tennessee for cspirewireless. 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 Middle & West Tennessee
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Foster Falls Campground · hike-in · 6.9 km from Oak Grove · AT&T, Verizon
- Group Camp Site · gravel road · 1.7 km from Lankford Town · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Collins East · unpaved track · 3 km from Collins · AT&T, Verizon
- Raccoon Mountain Campground · hike-in · 3.7 km from Tiftonia · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Campground Check-in / Store · unpaved track · 1.6 km from Major · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Vice Presidents Island Number Forty-six · unpaved track · 7.7 km from West Junction · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Round Lake · unpaved track · 7.3 km from White Chapel · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Long Pond · gravel road · 5 km from Ayers · AT&T
- Public land near Rat Branch · unpaved track · 4.9 km from Vinson · AT&T
- Public land near OFDBA Lake Site Number 60-6 · gravel road · 4.5 km from Friendship · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in Middle & West Tennessee are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open Middle & West Tennessee 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.