Yellowstone National Park - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Byrdy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yellowstone National Park

Colorado_Kid · RV-Dreams Family Member

I worked in Yellowstone several years ago and from what I remember there are no hookups in the RV camgrounds. There are some RV campgrounnds in West Yellowstone but they get expensive.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

I would stop and see the sites around the Black Hills of South Dakota on the way, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, etc. Your choice from there is to go I-90 West and then south into Yellowstone either at Livingston or Bozeman or US16 from Buffalo, WY through Ten Sleep Canyon (don't take 14), which will take your through Cody, a good place to stop for a bit. There are campgrounds with hookups in Gardiner (south of Livingston) and West Yellowstore, with West Yellowstone having more plus more restaurants. Inside the park only Fishing Bridge has hookups and it can be hard to get in. If you want to eat in bring your groceries with you.

The Grand Canyon is best from April through October. We stayed at the Village in the park with full hookups and the shuttle came by. We were there in October and it went down about freezing at night. Between Yellowstone and Grand Canyon are alot of places to see including the National Parks and Monuments of Utah. You can explore the West for years and not see it all.

cejones4210 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Discovery Park in West Yellowstone is nice and the people are friendly and you can walk around town. The KOA is out of town a distance of about 10-15 miles but was nice. I personally like Discovery Park because while Dave took the truck into the park to fish, I could walk around town.

cejones4210 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Also remember that they can have snow as late as June in the park. One year we could not get into certain areas when we were there due to snow.

Trabuco · RV-Dreams Family Member

WE went through Yellowstone on a motorcycle trip June 2009 and there was plenty of snow on the ground. We have stayed at a private campground just out of Jackson Hole, it was OK as a base to go in and out of Yellowstone and the tetons to see the sights.

Loki · RV-Dreams Family Member

If you want to see one of the most spectacular sceneries in the Rockies I would go to Grand Teton NP first; if you come from the South via Jackson Hole that's you entryway anyway. We stayed at the Gros Ventre CG, very beautiful, pretty large, no hookups. Jenny Lake is a must in Grand Teton. In Yellowstone, Grant CG was closed due to bears, Fishing Bridge was fully booked, so we stayed in Bridge Bay CG which was an amazing experience because we shared the CG with buffalos, elks and deers. However, we liked Madison CG the most. Plan ample travel time between the POI's, because roads are partly narrow and winding. If you want to see even more spectacular mountain scenery, leave Yellowstone via the Northeast entrance and take the Beartooth Highway - it is truly breathtaking. Yellowstone has a short no-snow season, basically just late June through mid or late September, so reserving CG's ahead is almost a must.