Rushmore to Fishing Bridge - Yellowstone
What do you recommend for a route from Rushmore to Fishing Bridge Campground in Yellowstone?
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Depends on how much time you have and what you would like to see and do along the way. If you take I-90, Devils Tower National Monument and the Little Bighorn Battlefield and not far off your route. You could enter Yellowstone through the North Entrance or exit I-90 at Laurel, MT and head South 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 East Entrance to Fishing Bridge.
You could exit I-90 at Buffalo, WY and take US-16 to US-20 which 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.
Or you could stay on US-20 to US-26 to Grand Teton National Park and then enter Yellowstone through the south entrance.
You could exit I-90 at Buffalo, WY and take US-16 to US-20 which 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.
Or you could stay on US-20 to US-26 to Grand Teton National Park and then enter Yellowstone through the south entrance.
