Prospective travel trailer owner here. Looking to take family from Florida to Yellowstone for the summer. Can this be done adequately in a two-week block or will I need three weeks? How soon do I need to book our sites? Are there any places we “have” to see or stay at? Any insight is appreciated. I realize this is opening a giant can of worms.Thanks to those who respond.

Mmartinez10903 wrote:Prospective travel trailer owner here. Looking to take family from Florida to Yellowstone for the summer. Can this be done adequately in a two-week block or will I need three weeks? How soon do I need to book our sites? Are there any places we “have” to see or stay at? Any insight is appreciated. I realize this is opening a giant can of worms.Thanks to those who respond.Takes a 4 days to drive out and another 4 back if you don't stop and view the landscapes. Take 3 weeks to see everything.If you don't already own a trailer, consider a fly/drive - fly to Denver and rent a class C there

If you were hoping to go this summer, I would have booked my camping already.

Inside YNP there are some first come/first serve campgrounds with no hookups that will probably be your only option if you want to stay inside the park. Otherwise check for openings at West Yellowstone for sites with hookups. PIt is over 2,300 miles Tampa to YNP south entrance. 600 miles is a long day. 600 miles for 4 straight days is really long. And that means no real stopping along the way. Even on interstates you will probably average about 55 mph factoring in rest stops, fuel stops, eating.

The four day drive time is a bit optimistic unless you really push hard. It's about 2300 miles so you are talking about 600 mile days. And that is from North Florida, add another day from South Florida. If you don't know this it is a very bad idea to exceed 60 mph when towing a TT. We've made the trip a number of times from Florida and I'd put it at 5 days each way. With stops for fuel and other reasons you can probably figure on 50 mile/hr on average traveling. So that would be 12 hour days, start at 7 AM and drive to 7 PM. You'll be exhausted on arrival.My advice try somewhere closer. One trick I used was to start the first day of a holiday preferably a Friday holiday. That gives another day or so and a two week block is actually 16 days since you have a weekend on each end if you start your vacation on a Monday.

600 miles a day is way too much for my family.

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BB_TX
Nomad
Mar 13, 2019
Inside YNP there are some first come/first serve campgrounds with no hookups that will probably be your only option if you want to stay inside the park. Otherwise check for openings at West Yellowstone for sites with hookups. P

It is over 2,300 miles Tampa to YNP south entrance. 600 miles is a long day. 600 miles for 4 straight days is really long. And that means no real stopping along the way. Even on interstates you will probably average about 55 mph factoring in rest stops, fuel stops, eating.
IB853347201
Nomad
Mar 13, 2019
If you were hoping to go this summer, I would have booked my camping already.
yr2017
Explorer
Mar 13, 2019
Mmartinez10903 wrote:
Prospective travel trailer owner here. Looking to take family from Florida to Yellowstone for the summer. Can this be done adequately in a two-week block or will I need three weeks? How soon do I need to book our sites? Are there any places we “have” to see or stay at? Any insight is appreciated. I realize this is opening a giant can of worms.
Thanks to those who respond.

Takes a 4 days to drive out and another 4 back if you don't stop and view the landscapes. Take 3 weeks to see everything.
If you don't already own a trailer, consider a fly/drive - fly to Denver and rent a class C there

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