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Free camping and cell signal in Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay, 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 Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay in the mapCan you camp on Crown land in Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay?
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 Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay 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 SOLACE , LADY EVELYN-SMOOTHWATER, TEMAGAMI RIVER, OBABIKA RIVER , LITTLE COVE 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 18% of Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay for Telus and Bell, 18% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 304 Telus/Bell, 215 Rogers/Fido and 0 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Chebogomog Lake · gravel road · 13 km from Field · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Marian Creek · gravel road · 29.1 km from Field · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Angus Lake · gravel road · 18.1 km from Temagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Jumping Cariboo Lake · gravel road · 20.9 km from Temagami · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Angus Creek · gravel road · 16 km from Temagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Threeportage Lake · gravel road · 18 km from Temagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Dwy Lake · gravel road · 20.6 km from Temagami · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Dwy Lake · gravel road · 17.8 km from Temagami · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Pig Lake · gravel road · 15.2 km from Temagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Pan Lake · gravel road · 25 km from Temagami · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Sudbury, Manitoulin, Temagami & North Bay 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 COBALT, BLIND RIVER, LATCHFORD, ENGLEHART, SPANISH, SUNDRIDGE, TEMISKAMING SHORES, THORNLOE.
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