Next summer SC to Yellowstone?
We hope to do this next summer with our 2 teenagers. We will be able to take 21 days. Is this reasonably doable? Would love your suggestions on routes and itineraries and even cg recommendations. We...
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Just one of almost countless possibilities for exactly 21 days from Columbia, SC to Yellowstone National Park and back:
1st day: to Lexington, KY and the camp at Kentucky Horse Park. 420 miles 8 hours
2nd day to Hannibal, MO, several camps such as Mark Twain Cave and Campground,
445 miles 8:15 hours
3rd and 4th days at Ponca State Park, NE, camping, swimming, golf, hiking, etc.
430 miles 8:30 hrs. I highly recommend a 2 night stay here to let everyone relax
and enjoy the park http://outdoornebraska.gov/ponca/
5th day to Custer, SD, lots of camping choices such as Custer’s Gulch, Rafter J Bar and many within
Custer State Park. Again, I would recommend at least a 2 night stop at one of these.
425 mi. 8:30 hrs.
7th through 10th days in Yellowstone. 420 miles to Fishing Bridge, 8:30 hrs.
(I’m not recommending Fishing Bridge, just using as central point.)
11th and 12th days in Grand Teton National Park, camp such as Colter Bay RV Park with hookups
60 miles. This actually makes 6 days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
13th and 14th days in the Flaming Gorge area. I recommend staying at Manila, UT KOA and driving
around from there. 276 miles from Colter Bay, 5:30 hrs.
NOTE: This could be one night if leaving early and having the afternoon of arrival.
I have allowed for 2 nights as this is a great area for a visit.
15th and 16th days in Buena Vista, CO. Plenty of choices of campgrounds. I recommend Arrowhead
Point or Buena Vista KOA. Schedule a “river run” that the kids will enjoy, drive up to St. Elmo.
336 miles, 7 hours to Buena Vista. A week would not be enough in the Arkansas Valley, under
the shadow of the Collegiate Peaks, but this plan is for Yellowstone.
17th day Dodge City, KS and the Gunsmoke Trav-L-Park 375 mi. 7:45 hrs.
18th and 19th days, Branson, MO. If you’ve never been there you should surely go at least once.
Many choices of campgrounds. I prefer Ozark Country or out at the Lake on a COE camp
432 mi. 8:30 hrs.
20th day at Nashville, TN Many camp choices such as Seven Points COE 455 mi 9 hours
21st day back in Columbus, SC 448 mi 8:20 hours
These are long driving days, but entirely possible. The key is to stop for a couple of days along the way. Six days is not enough to see everything in Yellowstone, but neither is 30 days. I think this will allow enough time to really get the flavor of Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
1st day: to Lexington, KY and the camp at Kentucky Horse Park. 420 miles 8 hours
2nd day to Hannibal, MO, several camps such as Mark Twain Cave and Campground,
445 miles 8:15 hours
3rd and 4th days at Ponca State Park, NE, camping, swimming, golf, hiking, etc.
430 miles 8:30 hrs. I highly recommend a 2 night stay here to let everyone relax
and enjoy the park http://outdoornebraska.gov/ponca/
5th day to Custer, SD, lots of camping choices such as Custer’s Gulch, Rafter J Bar and many within
Custer State Park. Again, I would recommend at least a 2 night stop at one of these.
425 mi. 8:30 hrs.
7th through 10th days in Yellowstone. 420 miles to Fishing Bridge, 8:30 hrs.
(I’m not recommending Fishing Bridge, just using as central point.)
11th and 12th days in Grand Teton National Park, camp such as Colter Bay RV Park with hookups
60 miles. This actually makes 6 days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
13th and 14th days in the Flaming Gorge area. I recommend staying at Manila, UT KOA and driving
around from there. 276 miles from Colter Bay, 5:30 hrs.
NOTE: This could be one night if leaving early and having the afternoon of arrival.
I have allowed for 2 nights as this is a great area for a visit.
15th and 16th days in Buena Vista, CO. Plenty of choices of campgrounds. I recommend Arrowhead
Point or Buena Vista KOA. Schedule a “river run” that the kids will enjoy, drive up to St. Elmo.
336 miles, 7 hours to Buena Vista. A week would not be enough in the Arkansas Valley, under
the shadow of the Collegiate Peaks, but this plan is for Yellowstone.
17th day Dodge City, KS and the Gunsmoke Trav-L-Park 375 mi. 7:45 hrs.
18th and 19th days, Branson, MO. If you’ve never been there you should surely go at least once.
Many choices of campgrounds. I prefer Ozark Country or out at the Lake on a COE camp
432 mi. 8:30 hrs.
20th day at Nashville, TN Many camp choices such as Seven Points COE 455 mi 9 hours
21st day back in Columbus, SC 448 mi 8:20 hours
These are long driving days, but entirely possible. The key is to stop for a couple of days along the way. Six days is not enough to see everything in Yellowstone, but neither is 30 days. I think this will allow enough time to really get the flavor of Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
