Kansas to West Yellowstone
We will be traveling to West Yellowstone in June and we are trying to find the best route. We have a Ram diesel pulling a 35' trailer. Does anyone know of any roads that should be avoided because of...
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psurich wrote:How much time do you have and what kinds of things do you want to see along the way. You could take I-135 to US-81 to I-80. Along I-80, there is the Great Platte River Archway and Museum, Fort Kearny, and the original Cabela's in Sidney, NE which even has a campground.
Our journey starts about 30 miles north of Wichita.
If you were to take US-26 West from Ogallala, NE; there is Scotts Bluff National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Guernsey State Park, Register Cliff and Oregan Trail Ruts.
I-25 will take you to Casper and then US-20 will take you to Thermopolis where there is Hot Springs State Park, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, and the Legend Rock Petroglyph Site.
From Thermopolis, WY-120 will take you to Cody where there is the Buffalo Bill Center, Old Trail Town and the Nightly Rodeo. A loop of the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and Beartooth Highway with a stop in Red Lodge makes a nice day trip from Cody.
From Cody it is a pleasant, scenic but sometimes slow drive through the park to West Yellowstone.
I also recommend stopping in the Tetons as mentioned by several others. You could go one way and come back the other.
