Yellowstone help needed

[Hometown]

We stayed at Flagg Ranch last summer and had a great time. Spots are a little close but you need to tell them what you need as far as length and then they can guide you to reserving the right spot. They have a nice store/fuel station there and a restaurant for other dining choices. If you are going to spend time in both parks this might be your best choice since it is on the south side of Yellowstone and the North side in the Teton Range. We did more hiking and activites in the Teton Park but it was nice to just drive up to Yellowstone for day or two of sights.

[NotyetMHCowner]

We are now thinking of camping at Jackson Hole for two nights then on to Grizzly RV park. Is there any other good campgrounds around Jackson Hole that are not $100 night? Haha. It looks nice but real pricey.

[koko]

There's a KOA right on the Snake River outside of Jackson but very busy in the summer. You'd have to check on price when you'll be there but usually about $65.

[moniteaufarm]

we spent 4 days in YS last June. Stayed in Mammoth Springs cg - a first come first served cg. we had a 26ft tt, but plenty of room in the sites. All pull throughs, no services. Like others have said, you will be out driving through the park all day, so not in your rig all that much. We liked how the sites at Mammoth were so well spaced out and private. There were much larger trailers than ours there. Key to getting into the cg's that don't take reservations is to go early. We got there on a Tuesday at 1:00p. and got one of the last spots available.

[NotyetMHCowner]

Well we are leaving tomorrow afternoon. We are stopping a few places along the way (St. Louis, Omaha Zoo, and Jackson). We are staying at Grizzly RV park for 5+ days then coming back through the north. We are stopping in Minneapolis for 3 days to visit the Mall of America on the way back. We are excited and nervous and the same time. Woo Hoo!

[koko]

Be sure to see the St. Louis zoo. One of the best there is. And of course the Arch.

[tgpilot]

If you have not already gone, Coulters Bay in Teton NP adjoining Yellowstone has full hook ups plus an overflow site that you will need to rough it in with a genset and tanks.

Also, try W. Yellowstone, they have a lot of commercial RV parks, but we liked Bakers Hole three miles North of town. They have 50 amp elect at 33 of the 73 sires that they have, other wise you will need a generator. For $22.00 a night with elect and a access pass it's one of the greatest bargains around, take lots of food with you. The town prices are sky high. We stayed a week and loved it.

Go to the Grizzly/Wolf expo and the IMAX while there. Your just outside the park there and 20 miles from Old faithful.

[tgpilot]

There is a nice CG just 12 miles from Jackson Hole, can't think of the town name right now but they are $27.00 a night first come sites only.

[NotyetMHCowner]

What an awesome trip. We stopped at the arch in St. Louis and their city museum (one of the most interesting things we have seen). Then the Omaha Zoo. They are rebuilding about a third of the zoo and it will be amazing when they are finished sometime in 2016. Then a couple of KOA's along the way and then stayed at the Virginian Lodge in Jackson, Wy. Great place right in town and very close to the Grand Teton National Park. We stayed at Grizzly RV park in West Yellowstone. Very clean and well taken care of park. Just cant have campfires. Its just not camping without campfires. We left through the north across Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. We stayed 3 nights at Lebanon Hills park campground just about 15 minutes from Mall of America. Then to Condits Ranch in Illinois (too far off the interstate) and Jellystone campground north of Louisville Ky.

We tried to stay at Colter Bay but they did not have a spot.

The truck did great without any problems at all. The front jacks acted up on the first night, but only one more time after that. The fridge crapped out on the last day, but is working again now at home.

The weather was perfect the whole time. Jackson got down to 31 both nights and highs of mid to upper 60's. Yellowstone started out 40's for lows and 70's for highs then mid 80's when we left. Very little rain the whole trip except for the last 2 days. Very hot in Montana. It was 95 the day we stayed in Miles City but was 100 2 days earlier.

We did visit the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. It is a must visit. Saw hundreds of Bison and Elk and some other critters. No bears or wolves in the park. The road from the Norris junction up to Mammoth Springs is under construction so there was usually a 20 minute wait to pass through as it is down to one way at a time. The road is tore up, bumpy, and dusty/muddy.

Averaged 10 mpg for the whole trip. Ran 65 to 70 there and 75 (sometimes 80) on the way back with a mixture of bio diesel at times.

Awesome trip!!

Thanks for all the tips, everyone.

[tgpilot]

We were there in July just before you. They had the construction then. We did see five grizzly bears in two days while there. We spent a week in Bakers Hole, a much nicer park and cheaper place to stay then Grizzly RV at $22.00 a night. Even had our Direct TV while there. And, it was only three miles out of town.

W. Yellowstone is a high dollar town, even McDonalds is two to three times a normal MD. A pizza place was $30.00 plus when the same things were about 15-18 dollars elsewhere.

Other than that, it's a nice town.

[NotyetMHCowner]

You've got that right about McDonald's. I went through the drive thru the first morning to get enough biscuits for a few days.i ordered 10 sausage biscuits and the subtotal on the screen showed 34.99! They couldn't hardly understand me so I went inside. I asked if sausage biscuits were $3.49 each and she said yes. I said really? And turned around and left. At home, they are usually 2 for $1.50, sometimes $1.89. That's ridiculous. We enjoyed being close to the park though and my girls said that was the nicest bathhouse they had ever seen.