Crazy Yellowstone
My Dad and stepmom just told me last weekend they wanted to go to Colorado and up to Yellowstone this year in mid Aug and wants me to drive, so I got on the line to see if there was some rooms at Old ...
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chuckbear wrote:
We were in Yellowstone a few months ago. The crowds are absolutely insane. Every lodging and campground is completely full and even finding a parking space around the major attraction areas is almost impossible. Unfortunately we found the same situation in most of the well known NP's out west on this last trip. It was so bad we started looking for smaller less well known parks because it was just not fun anymore. Chuck
For every overcrowded national park in the west, there is a corresponding nearby area that is often just as beautiful, much, much, much, much, much, much, much cheaper, far less crowded, and can serve as a base for exploring the nearby national park. Yellowstone in particular is surrounded by National Forest lands. The campgrounds on Hwy 191 just west of the park (between Bozeman and West Yellowstone) are wonderful (and cheap!) and there is plenty of guest lodging in the Island Park area, south of West Yellowstone.
