Has anyone else noticed that Google Maps has absolutely lost it's mind ? I was looking for the mileage from Madison junction, in Yellowstone, to Bakers Hole CG, just north of W. Yellowstone, now I know it's approximately 14 mi from the JCT. out the West entrance to West Yellowstone & roughly 9 mi. up to Bakers Hole, I was looking for the exact mileage. Google has always been pretty good, but in this case, it tried to send me all the way down to Jackson in the Grand Teton area, then up Rt 22/33 to Rt 20 up to Bakers Hole, a total of 242 miles & 5 hours ?? :h :S What the heck is up with that.

I've had them route me around mountain passes and roads that are closed in the winter.We live in the land of Microsoft, and S&T insists on routing me East from Anacortes, North to Bellingham, before it turns me around, and heads me South to Seattle. It adds about 60 miles. Adding waypoints solves it.

The road may be closed for weather or construction. This can cause these unusual routings.

Yes this a winter closure issue. Notice also the warning: 'This route includes roads that are closed in winter.' It won't let me put a destination point anywhere on the West Entrance - Norris - Mammoth road (except the junctions). So that's flagged as closed. Looks like someone entered incomplete, and possibly unnecessary, road closure information for the park.Ideally it should let you specify when you are traveling, but for now it's taking the 'safe' choice and assuming you want to travel now. Programs like this have gotten a lot a flack for recommending impossible or unsafe routes.

Just another reason I have not used them in all the years since '67 that I have traveled around this great country. I have not been lost or failed to be where I needed to be on time.

Had the same problem with my Garmin a couple of years ago, we were in Cody heading to W.Yellowstone thru the Park. The Garmin would not show the route on the Park roads it kept showing routes outside park.

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Pangaea_Ron
Explorer
Jan 20, 2015
I've had them route me around mountain passes and roads that are closed in the winter.

We live in the land of Microsoft, and S&T insists on routing me East from Anacortes, North to Bellingham, before it turns me around, and heads me South to Seattle. It adds about 60 miles. Adding waypoints solves it.
sch911
Explorer
Jan 20, 2015
The road may be closed for weather or construction. This can cause these unusual routings.
paulj
Explorer II
Jan 20, 2015
Yes this a winter closure issue. Notice also the warning: 'This route includes roads that are closed in winter.'

It won't let me put a destination point anywhere on the West Entrance - Norris - Mammoth road (except the junctions). So that's flagged as closed. Looks like someone entered incomplete, and possibly unnecessary, road closure information for the park.

Ideally it should let you specify when you are traveling, but for now it's taking the 'safe' choice and assuming you want to travel now. Programs like this have gotten a lot a flack for recommending impossible or unsafe routes.
john_bet
Explorer II
Jan 20, 2015
Just another reason I have not used them in all the years since '67 that I have traveled around this great country. I have not been lost or failed to be where I needed to be on time.
Germania
Explorer
Jan 21, 2015
Had the same problem with my Garmin a couple of years ago, we were in Cody heading to W.Yellowstone thru the Park. The Garmin would not show the route on the Park roads it kept showing routes outside park.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jan 21, 2015
Ditch the GPS and use the easy to read park brochure for getting through the park. :)
Germania
Explorer
Jan 21, 2015
Wasn't really using it for navigation at that point, I use it as much for distance and approx. arrival times as anything.
paulj
Explorer II
Jan 21, 2015
Germania wrote:
...The Garmin would not show the route on the Park roads it kept showing routes outside park.

Was the GPS set to exclude toll roads? Park entrance fees might count as 'tolls'. Digital databases don't make all of the distinctions that we humans expect.
MPond
Explorer
Jan 21, 2015
paulj wrote:
Yes this a winter closure issue. Notice also the warning: 'This route includes roads that are closed in winter.'

It won't let me put a destination point anywhere on the West Entrance - Norris - Mammoth road (except the junctions). So that's flagged as closed. Looks like someone entered incomplete, and possibly unnecessary, road closure information for the park.

Ideally it should let you specify when you are traveling, but for now it's taking the 'safe' choice and assuming you want to travel now. Programs like this have gotten a lot a flack for recommending impossible or unsafe routes.

It's definietly a winter closure issue. The old version of Google Maps had a setting to turn this off, but I can't find it right now on the new version.
rockhillmanor
Explorer
Jan 21, 2015
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