Free camping and cell signal in West Virginia
Where dispersed camping is allowed in West Virginia: Monongahela NF & the New River Gorge, 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 West Virginia in the mapCan you camp for free in West Virginia?
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. West Virginia wildlife management areas have campgrounds and designated primitive sites; the Monongahela National Forest allows dispersed camping. National and state parks, wildlife refuges, tribal land and private timberland are not. In West Virginia 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 26% of West Virginia for AT&T, 17% of West Virginia for T-Mobile, 17% of West Virginia for Verizon, 0% of West Virginia for appalachianwireless. 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 West Virginia
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Campsite 5 · gravel road · 3.5 km from Davis · AT&T
- Public land near Broad Run · gravel road · 9.9 km from Sugar Grove · AT&T
- Hawk Recreation Area · gravel road · 2.5 km from Capon Springs · AT&T
- Seneca · unpaved track · 1.5 km from Gum Spring · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Public land near Joes Branch · gravel road · 4.3 km from Richwood · AT&T
- Group Camp · gravel road · 1.9 km from New Manchester · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Piney Ridge · gravel road · 6.2 km from Morton Grove · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Campsite near Spruce Island Lake · hike-in · 5.1 km from Cortland · AT&T
- Public land near Neglar Spring · gravel road · 3.9 km from Shanghai · AT&T, Verizon
- Public land near Millstone Gap Ridge · unpaved track · 5.6 km from Greenbrier Junction · AT&T, Verizon
Road access and wildfires
The map shows which roads in West Virginia are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads, and live wildfire hotspots and perimeters while you're online.
Open West Virginia 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.