Enlarge / Verizon 5G in Boston's Fenway/Kenmore area.Verizon

Verizon has continually touted its rollout of 5G as it reaches more cities with the latest cellular technology, but new coverage maps confirm what consumers have experienced: Verizon's 5G network is only sparsely deployed even in major cities.

You can check out Verizon's new coverage maps that show 5G mobile deployment in 18 cities on the Verizon website, and we'll show you some highlights in this article. In many of the maps, you'll see one or two densely populated areas covered by 5G, with just small pockets of 5G scattered throughout the surrounding streets. You'll also see a lot of areas where there is 5G on each street but not between each street, suggesting that Verizon 5G doesn't penetrate indoors.

Here's how to read each coverage map. For each city, we'll start with Verizon's extremely basic and blocky map that displays gray shapes for areas that have at least some 5G and white shapes for parts of the city that have no 5G at all.

After each city map, you'll see a selection of Verizon's more detailed maps for individual parts of that city, which include street grids. On these street maps, the dark, reddish areas show where Verizon 5G can be accessed. But most of the streets and neighborhoods in each map are in light pink, which means that 4G LTE is available but 5G is not.

This first gallery covers Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Providence, and St. Paul, which were the first five cities to get Verizon 5G. Chicago and Minneapolis were first, in early April, so Verizon has had more than seven months to build out the network in those cities. But even in those cities, 5G is still only in limited areas, so customers will get 4G in most places. Take a look:

  • Verizon 5G in Chicago. Verizon
  • Verizon 5G in the Chicago Loop.
  • Verizon 5G in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
  • Verizon 5G in Chicago's Rogers Park.
  • Verizon 5G in Chicago's Wrigleyville.
  • Verizon 5G in Minneapolis.
  • Verizon 5G in Minneapolis.
  • Verizon 5G in Denver.
  • Verizon 5G in Denver's Capitol Hill.
  • Verzon 5G in Denver's Central Business District.
  • Verizon 5G in Denver's Sun Valley.
  • Verizon 5G in Providence.
  • Verizon 5G in Providence's College Hill.
  • Verizon 5G in Providence's Federal Hill.
  • Verizon 5G in Providence's Upper South area.
  • Verizon 5G in St. Paul.
  • Verizon 5G in St. Paul.

Obviously, things aren't going to be much better in cities where Verizon's 5G network was deployed more recently. After the initial rollout to five cities, Verizon on July 31 announced the arrival of 5G in Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Washington, DC. Here are some Verizon 5G coverage maps from those cities:

  • Verizon 5G in Washington, DC.
  • Verizon 5G in Washington, DC's Downtown.
  • Verizon 5G in Washington, DC's Georgetown area.
  • Verizon 5G in Washington, DC's National Mall.
  • Verizon 5G in Atlanta.
  • Verizon 5G in Atlanta.
  • Verizon 5G in Detroit.
  • Verizon 5G in Detroit's Downtown.
  • Verizon 5G in Dearborn, near Detroit.
  • Verizon 5G in Westland in the Detroit Metro area.
  • Verizon 5G in Indianapolis.
  • Verizon 5G in Indianapolis' Arsenal Heights.
  • Verizon 5G in Indianapolis' Renaissance Place.

Now let's finish by taking a look at a few of the cities where Verizon 5G is much newer: New York City, Houston, and Boston. Verizon launched 5G in New York in late September and in Houston and Boston this week. Here are some of the maps:

  • Verizon 5G in Boston.
  • Verizon 5G in Boston's Fenway/Kenmore area. Verizon
  • Verizon 5G in New York City.
  • Verizon 5G in New York City's Downtown Brooklyn area.
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